Job requirements
Essential
29 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning. Highly developed political skills and ability to influence others.
- Skills
Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations.
- Skills
Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Skills
Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively.
- Skills
High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.
- Skills
Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions.
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High level critical thinking skills.
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Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.
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Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Skills
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Knowledge
Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
- Experience
Must have an understanding of the background of and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this for RDaSH.
- Experience
An appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care, the individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Experience
Consolidated experience as a senior Manager
- Experience
3-5 years’ experience as a senior Manager within the NHS, Local Authority, Business or similar organisation
- Experience
Minimum 4 years’ experience of staff Management
- Experience
Successful track record of leading complex multiple service areas
- Experience
Experience of complex financial and clinical redesign
- Experience
Recent demonstrable success in delivering high standards of operational performance
- Experience
Recent demonstrable success in influencing and delivering successful service redesign at scale
- Experience
Experience of effective team working with multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience
Experience of exercising effective, results orientated leadership
- Experience
Demonstrable evidence of sound financial planning and HR management at a senior leve
- Experience
Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
- Experience
Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
- Experience
Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning. Highly developed political skills and ability to influence others. • Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning. Highly developed political skills and ability to influence others
- Experience
Determination perseverance, and personal resilience. • Flexibility and the ability to handle a Rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
- Qualifications
Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a relevant area.
- Qualifications
Educated to master’s level or equivalent
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives.
- Knowledge
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
- Experience
Show a high level of understanding and experience in the NHS commercial development. Previous experience of working at senior management level within the NHS.
- Experience
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
- Experience
Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
Job overview
We have 5 Clinical Care Groups, each with a Care Group Director (CGD), who leads their Senior Leadership Team (SLT). This is a serious opportunity for an experienced senior leader to take up this role at a pivotal time. The Children’s Care Group delivers a wide range of high-quality physical and mental health services for children, young people, and their families across the Trust footprint.
The CGD holds day-to-day accountability for everything within the Care Group. This relies on a depth of experience; a candidate who is outcomes-focused, a data informed leader who strives to deliver on all the things the Trust are wanting to achieve.
All CGD are part of the Clinical Leadership Executive, which reports to the Board, informing Trust decision making.
Main duties of the job
The role reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), who is accountable for the delivery of effective and safe clinical services (i.e. the Care groups). You will join four other established Care Group Directors; Deputy Chief Operating Officer and other members of the senior operational team.
The Care Group Director provides leadership to their clinical services which are Childrens Services across Rotherham, North Lincolnshire and Doncaster, alongside their SLT which constitutes three Care Group Clinical Directors and a Deputy Care Group Director.
Please apply if you are passionate about the RDaSH strategy with its focus on community power, 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Care Group Director with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Doncaster, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Director role. The advertised salary is £94,356 - £108,814 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Oct 2026.
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