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Director of Performance and Outcome Delivery
The closing date is 21 January 2026
This role is currently open only to NHS employees in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. Eligible organisations include:
* Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
* Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
* Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
Applications from outside these organisations will not be considered.
The postholder will lead and oversee the transformation of Neighbourhood Health & Care services across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Operating at a senior level, you will share accountability for delivering the region’s 10-Year Plan and Darzi Review, ensuring pace, intent, and measurable impact.
As performance and delivery lead for the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme (NNHIP), you will work closely with Place Directors, the Associate Medical Director, and the Interim Programme & Commissioning Director to achieve programme aims and provide assurance to the Trust and ICB.
We seek a confident, data-driven leader who can challenge the status quo and navigate complex organisations. You will drive three strategic shifts: Hospital to Community, Analogue to Digital, and Sickness to Prevention--improving outcomes, reducing inequalities, and ensuring productivity and value for money.
Accountable to the Chief Executive/Deputy Chief Executive, this is a key opportunity for an aspiring or experienced Chief Operating Officer passionate about reform, excellence, and values-driven leadership.
Main duties of the job
* Lead strategic planning and delivery of Neighbourhood Health & Care services across CIOS.
* Drive implementation of the 10 Year Plan and Darzi Review with pace and intent.
* Collaborate with Place Directors, AMD, and IPCD to deliver the three strategic shifts:
o Hospital to Community
o Analogue to Digital
o Sickness to Prevention
* Chair the Provider Performance & Delivery Committee (PPDC) and manage escalations.
* Ensure robust programme and project management for service transformation.
* Provide independent assurance to the Trust Board and strategic commissioners.
* Oversee development of quality, performance, and financial reporting infrastructure.
* Lead co-design and implementation of performance metrics and clinical outcomes.
* Promote a culture of excellence, safety, and values-based teamwork.
About us
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support for people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Job responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications, training and professional membership
* Evidence of recent management and leadership development
Personal Values
* Personal commitment to the NHS values, delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan, the NHS People Plan, Nolan principles.
* Demonstrates a compassionate leadership style with a track record of active challenge to ensure improvements in equality, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.
* Lives by the values of openness and integrity and has created cultures where this thrives.
* Committed to continuing professional development and actively develops and supports a continuous learning culture and behaviours within the ICB and ICS, to support innovation and transformation as well as individual development.
Experience
* Substantial experience of working at senior leadership level (likely to be at board, or deputy/senior leadership team with organisational wide responsibilities and / or senior leadership role with system wide responsibilities) in health care or local government or other relevant / transferable sector experience in commissioning, operations, performance delivery, and NHS business planning processes
* Substantial experience of working in complex systems with multiple partners and stakeholders
* Experience of leading highly complex and contentious quality improvement or service improvement or workforce change or financial value at significant scale
* Substantial experience of holding high value provider/commissioning budgets and contracts
* Experience of achieving results through others, convening multiple and diverse stakeholders in support of common goals.
* Experienced commissioner, securing results through relationships and outcomes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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