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Care Group Director - Mental Health

The closing date is 12 October 2025

We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our Integrated NHS Foundation Trust. Our service portfolio for this role includes Mental Health (Inpatients and Community), Older Adults Mental health and the newly created Children's Care unit bringing together Children's Mental and Physical health services. The Trust is also involved in several collaborations in research and innovation with the Institute of Mental Health, the University of Nottingham, and other partners.

Our services are provided by more than 11,000 staff in hospitals, community settings and patients\' own homes, predominantly in Nottinghamshire but services are also provided in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Leicestershire.

We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic individual to lead the Mental Health Care Group as Care Group Director within Nottinghamshire Healthcare supporting and working directly with our Chief Operating Officer. In this pivotal role, you will be expected to embrace the changes in the delivery of healthcare and to champion leading in line with our values, always demonstrating compassionate and inclusive leadership.

Main duties of the job

To be successful in this role you will need experience of delivery of high quality and safe clinical services in Mental Health both on a local, regional and national level. The role will be accountable for the coordination and delivery of operational services within the Care Group. Whilst not essential someone with clinical credibility in Mental Health would be a desirable factor to take our range of services forward.

You must have successfully led large multi-disciplinary teams and have significant experience in managing complex stakeholder relationships either within NHS organisations, local government, community, and voluntary sector or the private sector.

As a member of the Leadership Team, the successful candidates will have integrity and enthusiasm and be committed to championing our values, while always demonstrating inclusive leadership. You will be actively involved in shaping the future direction of the Trust, helping us embrace emerging ways of working and driving our commitment to delivering high quality care.

This is a real opportunity for an experienced, inspirational leader to help us deliver on our ambition to improve services for people and communities.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire\'s biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description and person specification that further outlines the requirements and responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Master\'s Degree level or relevant equivalent experience supplemented by further specialist training, research or study.
• Relevant professional qualification in leadership.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development, particularly in leadership and/or strategy.

Experience

• Significant and senior level experience of NHS, social care, local authorities and more broadly across the government, private and voluntary sector providers.
• Experience and expertise in working in the relevant clinical area i.e Community Services, Mental Health, and Forensics
• Demonstrable track record of achievement in leading and implementing change in a large-scale complex organisation.
• Highly developed analytical, political and judgment skills alongside excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills.
• A working knowledge and understanding of present health policy in relation to services provided by the Trust and expectations of stakeholders
• Significant experience of service transformation, care pathways and new models of care.
• Experience of involving service users and carers in service redesign and improvement
• Significant experience of managing and motivating diverse and multi-professional teams, transforming cultures.
• Experience of negotiating contracts.
• Experience of working in partnership with other NHS Trusts / primary care services / voluntary sector
• Experience in the management of large budgets.

Contractual Requirements

• Car owner Able to travel across county

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust