Director of Clinical Operations & Nursing

This is a newly established senior leadership role created through DCHS's operating model redesign. This role will support DCHS's evolution as an integrated health and social care provider and is central to DCHS safely and effectively delivering a neighbourhood health model.

With a strong and up-to-date background in nursing, you will bring visible, credible clinical leadership and operate confidently across organisational and system boundaries, influencing change at scale.

You'll will be a key role model for a high-support high-challenge care delivery environment, ensuring care delivered is safe and effective and truly puts the needs of people and communities at the centre.

Working closely with senior leaders and partners, you will thrive in complexity, balancing professional expertise with strategic insight to drive improvement, develop high-performing teams and ensure outstanding care for our communities.

Main duties of the job

Leads and enables high-performing clinical and professional teams, driving improvement in quality, safety and care experience across a complex organisation.

Works at pace across organisational and system boundaries, using strong influencing, judgement and communication skills to manage challenge, shape decisions and deliver change.

Builds capability in others, fosters a culture of continuous improvement and accountability, and ensures effective deployment of people and resources to meet population needs in a dynamic environment.

At Derbyshire Community Health Services (DCHS), we are committed to delivering safe and effective, person-centred care that supports people to remain independent and well in their communities. Our new operating model brings together care delivery units within neighbourhood and place-based teams to enable more integrated, responsive and joined-up services; and bring quality and professional standards functions closer to care delivery as a key partner in this.