Closing date: 01 March 2026
Assistant Director - Strategic Lead for Derbyshire’s Integrated Care & Support Services
Derbyshire County Council and Derbyshire Community Health Services have agreed to integrate a range of services that support people to remain at home when their needs change, but also to return home following a hospital admission by receiving short term assessment, rehabilitation and reablement support. Both organisations are already working together to streamline health and care support for local people; we are now at a stage where we are pushing forward to achieve a greater level of “joined up” care. The objectives of our partnership are attached for further information.
We are looking for a highly ambitious and experienced leader who can help us take our vision forward and shape our new service offer.
This post is a unique position in that it will work to create and lead a unified social care and community health team to provide seamless support for local people with the aim of keeping them living as independent as possible, and with good health and mental wellbeing. This includes ensuring that local people access assessment, reablement and rehabilitation support that maximises their own skills and abilities, even after a hospital or medical episode. This is commonly known as “intermediate care”.
The postholder will be responsible for a pooled budget, an agreed set of Partnership level outcomes and a large multidisciplinary team, including allied health professionals, care workers and social workers. You will be an excellent and experienced leader, with a good track record of transformation and operational delivery as well as being able to work across a wide range of networks, not just limited to health and social care partners, but including the voluntary and community sectors and housing organisations.
Responsibilities
* Ensure more people are supported to remain at home independently following changes in their health or care situation
* Support the teams you are responsible for to take a strength‑based approach and work in a way that makes the most of an individual’s abilities and strengths to gain the best outcomes for them
* Ensure the newly formed team is high performing and able to respond flexibly which will include transforming practice where needed.
* Harness the strengths of a wide range of professional teams to deliver the required service outcomes and increase the productivity of our teams.
* Work to ensure that across Derbyshire, there is consistent intermediate care offer with more people supported to be able to manage for longer at home.
* Reduce and improve processes so that individuals and their families only have to “tell it once” and have a streamlined experience.
This post is offered on a permanent basis and will initially be hosted by Derbyshire County Council but will transfer during 2026 to the Derbyshire Community Health Services who will act as the lead employer for the Partnership. Secondments from the NHS will be considered.
PLEASE NOTE: The job will be ringfenced for people currently working within the Joined up Care Derbyshire System.
For an informal discussion about this exciting new role, please contact the Programme Directors for this work - Kirsty McMillan, kirsty.mcmillan3@nhs.net or Jennifer Harper, Jennifer.Harper@derbyshire.gov.uk
The post involves hybrid working but candidates must be available to work flexibly within the geography of Derbyshire.
Provisional Interview Date: 4th March 2026
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