Accountable Care Group Managing Director

Job overview

We have recently refreshed our organisational strategy to allow us to transform and modernise. The development of accountable care groups each led by a Managing Director is at the centre of our strategy to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients and the taxpayer. We are continuing to shape our operating model and the roles of Accountable Care Managing Director across three groups potentially (focused on Medicine, Surgery and Women & Children’s Services) are pivotal to our future success. Reporting into our new Chief Delivery Officer, Laura Churchward, we are seeking highly capable leaders with significant experience of delivery and change in complex environments. If you believe you have the experience to help continue our journey of improvement, we would love to hear from you.

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We are particularly keen to attract a diverse range of applicants so we can better reflect the diversity of the communities we serve as a Trust.

Main duties of the job

The Managing Directors of the Accountable Care Group (ACG) are accountable for the leadership and management of the ACG. Specifically, the Managing Directors will:

Provide leadership and management of the ACG, its resources, plans and activities to ensure the highest standards of quality, service and governance.

Deliver the ACG’s annual plan and ensure the ACG meets its financial responsibilities.

Provide strategic leadership, engaging stakeholders in shaping the future direction and development of the ACG. This includes implementing the CUH’s strategic aims as a leading centre of healthcare, education and research.

Build strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including Executive Directors and members of the CUH Board, other ACG Managing Directors, commissioners, and where relevant academic partners, local authorities and other Integrated Care System partners. Take a leading role in guiding discussions across the System and Place on service configuration and pathway development.

Represent the ACG, promoting the reputation of the ACG, as a significant part of a major university teaching hospital with national and international reach, particularly in healthcare innovation and research.

Oversee and support the development of the ACG’s commercial services and partnerships.

Ensure that all legal and statutory obligations are met.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 8th July 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

As an executive/senior officer at CUH, you are accountable for the health and safety of employees and other persons who may be affected by the Trust’s work activities in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. You must ensure workplace injuries and work-related ill-health are prevented so far as is reasonably practicable and provide strong leadership and commitment to health and safety by ensuring that the principles and practices described within the Trust’s H&S Policy are discharged and embedded throughout the organisation. You must also ensure your responsibilities are discharged in accordance with the policy and that the necessary resources and infrastructure for health and safety are provided.