Deputy Care Group Director: Sponsorship Available

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are seeking experienced, compassionate and highly motivated senior leaders to join Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as Deputy Care Group Director/s.

These exciting opportunities come at an important time for our organisation as we continue to transform and improve our services and deliver the ambitions of our Making a Difference 2026-2029 Strategy.

These roles offer an excellent opportunity to broaden your senior leadership experience, influence the future direction of our services and make a tangible difference to our patients, families, carers, colleagues and communities.

Main duties of the job

As Deputy Care Group Director, you will be a key member of the Care Group senior Leadership Team, providing visible, compassionate and effective strategic and operational leadership. Working collaboratively alongside the Care Group Directors, Care Group Nurse Directors, Care Group Associate Medical Directors, Chief Psychological Officer and senior Allied Health Professional (AHP) leaders, you will bring together operational, nursing, medical, psychological and AHP leadership to ensure our services are safe, effective, inclusive and sustainable.

You will translate strategic priorities into effective operational delivery, maintaining a strong focus on quality, patient safety, performance, workforce and financial management, while creating a culture that supports innovation, continuous improvement and high-quality care. This is a role with significant scope to influence.

You will build strong relationships across professional and organisational boundaries, working with operational teams, nurses, medical colleagues, psychologists, AHPs and the wider multidisciplinary workforce, alongside corporate colleagues, partners and communities to improve services and outcomes.

Person Specification

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Full UK driving licence and ability to travel

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional qualification or equivalent experience across health or social care to masters level
  • Management qualification or equivalent

Desirable

  • Postgraduate qualification (MPA, MBA, MSc in leadership/management or similar)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience at a senior / strategic level in a leadership role in large, complex public sector organisations (not always requiring clinical background)
  • Experience working at senior leadership level, supporting senior leaders and operating within formal governance frameworks
  • Proven ability to influence, coordinate and integrate across organisational boundaries
  • Strong understanding of NHS governance, performance management, risk and assurance.
  • Experience of managing sensitive and complex issues requiring high levels of judgement and discretion.
  • Demonstrable people management and leadership experience.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities

Desirable

  • Experience of system working (ICS, provider collaboratives or regional structures).
  • Experience supporting financial recovery or major improvement programmes.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 1 November 2026

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