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Divisional Clinical Manager

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

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Location
Salary
£79,504 - £91,609 Per Annum / Pro Rata
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
15 Apr 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
01 Apr 2026

Job overview

The Divisional Clinical Manager is a key member of the Senior Operational Leadership team and working closely with the Deputy  Director of Operations, the post holder offers dynamic leadership and management within the shared portfolio of all Adult and Children’s Community and Specialist Services across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ensuring all performance and quality metrics in the contracts are met. The post holder will ensure responsive, efficient and effective services, which are well led and of a high quality are developed and delivered in community settings, working with commissioners and system partners to deliver innovative and transformational services within the financial resources available reflecting system wide requirements.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

  • Have a clear understanding of the vision of the Trust and key partner organisations, be able to translate this into the directorate’s strategic planning intentions and into operational implementation within community and specialist services.
  • Support the Deputy Director of Operations in establishing an ethos of modern, customer-orientated services and translate that into a culture of effective patient/user centred delivery, with partners, in a community setting.
  • Proactively lead the transformation and redesign of care and patient pathways for all ages embracing the concept of Families and care closer to home in collaboration with partners, to develop integrated and safe care wherever possible.
  • Working closely with the Director of Operations and the Deputy Director of Operations to shape community services in to “Place” and develop locality and neighbourhood models to bring care closer to home.
  • Lead and develop a “can do” culture that supports all staff to innovate and to deliver best practice standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.