Rotherham Care Group Director

We hope you are considering joining Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH). The Trust is striving to be different and working hard to become a community powered NHS organisation, focusing on significantly transforming patient outcomes and ceaselessly tackle health inequalities.   This is really an exciting time and a real chance for you to help shape what we do and be part of our ambitions.

We are progressing on our five-year strategy, and 28 Promises, launched in You would join a team that is driving this ambitious and radical five-year strategy, which puts our communities that we serve at the very heart of our Trust.

We have 5 Clinical Care Groups, each with a Care Group Director, with a Senior Leadership Team (SLT)  reporting to the Care Group Director.  We are seeking to recruit a substantive Care Group Director with accountability for the Rotherham Care Group.

You have day-to-day accountability for everything within the Care Group.  This role is within the wider Clinical Leadership Executive, reporting to Board, which shapes Trust decision making.  You are an excellent system partner, a community and patient advocate with a strong focus on delivery.  You understand and will positively influence patient flow and can continue to develop our directorate leadership.  We are seeking a colleague who has experience in working with & leading clinicians, in particular medical colleagues including Primary Care.

This role will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) who is accountable for the day-to-day delivery of effective and safe clinical services across all the clinical Care Groups.  You will join four other established Care Group Directors and the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, who work as one team.

The Care Group Director provides leadership to all their clinical services which are Adult Mental Health Services, for Rotherham.  This is with the SLT which constitutes three Care Group Clinical Directors and a Deputy Care Group Director.

Please apply if you are passionate about patient outcomes; the RDaSH strategy, values and focus on community, and can demonstrate:

• significant experience of operationally managing and improving clinical service delivery

• strong and demonstrable skills in leadership and clinical engagement

• excellent communication skills, including the ability to produce high quality written material

• ability to lead and deliver on large-scale change

• sharp analytical skills and is data driven

• a record of delivering on performance, safety & quality and financial sustainability

• foster strong partnership relationships; also, with community voices & those with lived experience

• feels passionate about taking forward community powered services

• a demonstrable ability to lead strategically across different services and systems

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues. 

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Eligibility for sponsorship

We welcome applications from individuals who may require sponsorship [if eligible] under the skilled worker or health & care visa route. Please note, not all  vacancies or applications are eligible for sponsorship.

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