Head of Service

Salary: NHS Band 8a (including NHS pension scheme) Closing date: 4th January 2026 Interview date: 13th January 2026 Solutions 4 Health are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Head of Sexual Health to lead our high-performing, forward-thinking service in Doncaster. This is a pivotal role providing strategic, operational and clinical leadership, shaping the future of sexual health provision for the communities we serve. About the Role As Head of Service, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and inclusive care across our multidisciplinary team. You’ll lead on service transformation, champion quality improvement, and work in close collaboration with commissioners, local authorities and community partners. This is a role for someone who can balance compassionate leadership with robust operational oversight — a leader who motivates teams, embraces innovation and is driven to make a real impact on population health outcomes. Main duties of the job Lead the operational delivery of the sexual health service, ensuring model compliance, efficient workflow, and achievement of KPIs and quality metrics. Translate strategic objectives into robust annual service plans and measurable outcomes. Use data and intelligence to drive improvement, reduce inequalities and enhance access. Manage service risk proactively, ensuring issues are identified early and addressed. As the Head of Service, work with the Lead Nurse and Medical Lead for the service, ensuring clinical standards, policies and pathways reflect best practice and national guidance. Ensure robust systems exist for audit, incident reporting, risk management, safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and learning reviews. Oversee service-wide quality improvement, embedding a culture of learning and excellence. Provide compassionate, inspiring leadership to multidisciplinary staff including nurses, HCAs, clinical support workers, administrators, Psychosexual Therapists and HIV Team. Lead safe staffing models, recruitment, workforce planning and succession management. Ensure high-quality supervision, appraisals, mandatory training compliance, mentorship and preceptorship programmes. Lead service transformation programmes, digital innovation and pathway redesign, including new contract developing and monitoring. Build strong relationships with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary sector partners and community organisations. Co-produce service improvements with people who use the service. Manage the service budget, ensuring financial sustainability and value for money. Monitor contract performance and prepare reporting for internal and external stakeholders. Ensure effective procurement, stock control and resource allocation. Act as a support to the Safeguarding Lead who will provide expertise and oversight for adult and child safeguarding concerns, ensuring compliance with statutory responsibilities and local safeguarding processes. About us Solutions4Health are an innovative company with a passion and a track record for tackling health inequalities. We provide a one stop solution for commissioners accountable for outcome focused integrated Public Health services. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, as we do not sponsor work permits and outside work permits are not accepted as proof of a right to work in the UK. We encourage applicants meeting the criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity. Solutions4health are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments, either at application or interview stage, please contact our HR team. Job responsibilities Head of Sexual Health Location: Doncaster Contract: Full time, 37.5 hours Salary: NHS Band 8a (including NHS pension scheme) Closing date: 4th January 2026 Interview date: 13th January 2026 Are you an inspiring clinical leader with a passion for improving sexual health and reducing inequalities? Do you thrive in fast-paced, person-centred services where innovation, compassion and partnership working are at the heart of everything we do? If so, this could be the perfect next step in your career. Solutions 4 Health are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Head of Sexual Health to lead our high-performing, forward-thinking service in Doncaster. This is a pivotal role providing strategic, operational and clinical leadership,shaping the future of sexual health provision for the communities we serve. About the Role As Head of Service, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and inclusive care across our multidisciplinary team. You’ll lead on service transformation, champion quality improvement, and work in close collaboration with commissioners, local authorities and community partners. This is a role for someone who can balance compassionate leadership with robust operational oversight a leader who motivates teams, embraces innovation and is driven to make a real impact on population health outcomes. What You’ll Be Doing Strategic & Operational Leadership Leading day to day delivery of the service, ensuring high-quality care, efficient pathways and achievement of KPIs. Turning organisational priorities into clear service plans and using data to drive improvement and reduce inequalities. Clinical Governance & Quality Acting as a senior clinical leader alongside the Lead Nurse and Medical Lead. Overseeing robust systems for safeguarding, audit, risk management, IPC and learning. Embedding a culture of continuous improvement and high clinical standards. Providing compassionate leadership to a diverse multidisciplinary team. Leading workforce planning, recruitment, supervision and staff development. Fostering a positive culture of wellbeing, accountability and professional growth. Driving transformation, digital innovation and pathway redesign. Building strong partnerships with commissioners, local authorities and community organisations. Co-producing improvements with service users and expanding outreach and health promotion. Finance & Resources Managing the service budget and ensuring value for money. Overseeing procurement, stock control and contract performance. About You We’re looking for someone who brings both passion and expertise, a leader who is committed to delivering equitable, person-centred care and supporting our teams to perform at their best. Significant experience in sexual health or a closely related clinical field. Leadership experience in a clinical or operational service environment. Strong knowledge of sexual health practice, safeguarding, clinical governance and risk management. The ability to motivate and develop multidisciplinary teams. Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective partnerships. A proactive, data-driven and improvement-focused mindset. Level 3 Safeguarding training (Adults & Children). A leadership or management qualification or training (formal or experiential). Master’s-level qualification or equivalent experience. Experience in service redesign and innovation. QI or project management training. Why Join Us? At Solutions 4 Health, we are passionate about delivering accessible, inclusive and high-quality services that make a genuine difference. You will join a supportive, progressive organisation that values innovation, professional development and the wellbeing of our people. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape a service, influence local health outcomes, and lead a dedicated team committed to making a positive impact. Ready to lead, inspire and make a difference? We’d love to hear from you. Apply now by submitting your CV and supporting statement outlining how you meet the person specification. If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Lynn Goy, Head of Service, on 01302 272 165 by 22nd December. Person Specification Leadership or management qualification or training (formal or experiential). Evidence of ongoing professional development with relevant experience within a healthcare setting. Safeguarding training to Level 3 (Adults & Children). Strong knowledge of sexual health clinical practice, pathways, and national guidance. Excellent understanding of safeguarding processes and public protection responsibilities. Strong grasp of clinical governance, risk management, audit and quality improvement. Ability to lead, motivate and develop multidisciplinary teams. Skilled in strategic planning and translating objectives into operational delivery. Ability to analyse data, identify trends and make evidence-based decisions. Excellent communication skills, able to influence and build partnerships across organisations. Strong organisational skills, able to manage competing priorities effectively. Problem‑solving skills, with a proactive and solution‑focused mindset. Commitment to equity, inclusion and improving access for underserved populations. Significant experience working within sexual health or a closely related clinical field. Demonstrated experience in service leadership or management within a clinical setting. Experience managing clinical governance processes including incidents, complaints and audit. Experience leading and supporting workforce development, supervision and performance management. Experience working with commissioners, local authorities or ICS partners. Experience managing or contributing to service budgets and resource planning. Experience in service redesign, improvement or innovation. Able to travel across service locations and work flexibly depending on operational need. Demonstrates values and behaviours aligned with Solutions 4 Health: compassionate leadership, integrity, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement. Experience representing a service at contractual, performance meetings or leading major change programmes. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr