Total 6 Director/C-Level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Nottingham, NG5 6DA

Nottingham City Council is seeking an ambitious, visionary leader for the role of Director of Adult Social Care and Health. This pivotal role requires a highly skilled and dedicated individual to strategically guide and manage adult social care services, enhance health and well-being across the city, and foster a customer-focused environment that upholds the values of our "One Council" ethos.

The successful candidate will champion innovative, partnership-oriented approaches to address the complex needs of our community and transform the delivery of adult social care in Nottingham.

If you’re looking for a role at the heart of an organisation where you can play a key role in its continued improvement, and influence the future of a vibrant city, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting time to join Nottingham City Council. We have a clear vision and a plan to improve, recently approved by Councillors and Commissioners. We are on a journey to becoming a council that delivers with clear purpose, is financially sustainable, and well-run. As Director of Adult Social Care and Health, you will play a key role in supporting that journey – ensuring the organisation is informed and involved.

In this role, you will:

Support the development of relationships with key partners, citizens, and other stakeholders.

Make a meaningful difference in the lives of Nottingham’s residents.

Lead change within a growing and progressive council.

The Opportunity

You will lead by developing service strategies and customer-focused propositions that prioritise service user voices, while fostering a culture of continual improvement and organisational excellence. Your leadership will help drive service delivery improvements and position Nottingham as a city of innovation and opportunity.

Key responsibilities include:

Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement service strategies that align with the Council’s corporate priorities and vision.

Building Partnerships: Create collaborative relationships across the public, private, and voluntary sectors to deliver integrated health and social care services.

Driving Operational Excellence: Oversee service design, performance management, and financial accountability, ensuring resources are managed effectively.

Community Leadership: Act as a key representative for Nottingham City Council, enhancing the city’s reputation through innovative community partnerships.

Champion Transformation: Lead and implement innovative approaches to adult social care, ensuring services are responsive, efficient, and impactful.

Budgetary Constraints: Will be responsible for managing budgetary constraints and ensuring effective allocation of resources within the department

Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a seasoned leader with a strategic mindset and extensive experience in adult social care and health services. The ideal candidate will have:

Visionary Leadership: Experience in leading the development of customer-focused service strategies that prioritise service user voices and promote continuous improvement.

Collaboration: The ability to build strong partnerships across sectors and foster a networked governance model to enhance service delivery.

Operational Excellence: A proven track record in overseeing service performance and managing resources effectively.

Community Engagement: A deep understanding of the importance of community partnerships and safeguarding practices, particularly for vulnerable adults.

Experience in Transformation: Leading major change initiatives and advancing service improvements, particularly in areas such as mental health, learning disability services, and housing solutions.

Must be an extremely experienced and qualified Social Worker, with a proven track record in the field.

Why Nottingham City Council?

At Nottingham City Council, we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers with purpose. Alongside a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy exceptional benefits, including a generous pension scheme and ample leave entitlement.

Additional benefits include:

Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, to help you balance your professional and personal life.

Professional development opportunities that support career progression in a dynamic and inclusive environment.

A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of our work.

If you’re passionate about transforming adult social care, committed to customer-oriented leadership, and eager to make a significant impact in Nottingham, we invite you to apply. Join us in building a healthier, more resilient community for our citizens.

• This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.
• This post is politically restricted.
• A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
• The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries, please contact Lucy Wesson, Senior HR Consultant-Recruitment, via email at lucy.wesson@nottinghamcitygov.uk.

All candidates are advised to have an informal discussion with Vicky Murphy, Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Health prior to submitting an application. In order to arrange please email Tayyibah Ahmed (tayyibah.ahmed@nottinghamcity.gov.uk) to organise.

Closing Date: 1st December 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home

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This exciting role will be a pivotal in developing and leading the delivery of the Trust’s Occupational Health and Wellbeing provision.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about Occupational Health and Staff Wellbeing Services in supporting the health and wellbeing of staff. The successful candidate will work alongside internal and external stakeholders including, Staff Physiotherapy, Infection Prevention and Control, Human Resource, Staff Side Representatives, Commercial customers, and System Partners to lead, develop, deliver and evaluate a comprehensive programme of support for our diverse workforce and the customers we serve.

The Trust has an ambition to deliver exemplar occupational health and wellbeing services that supports staff from across the Trust. In doing so this role would lead a team of well trained, skilled and motivated practitioners that care for staff, provides professional advice to managers and assurance and oversight of the service to the Trust.

The role will provide senior leadership and support to the department providing stability to the teams with good governance and leadership before exploring the opportunity to expand and grow new commercial income. You will be a key member of the People Services Senior Leadership Team and will be given the right autonomy and support to transform these services.

We are looking to recruit a highly experienced and credible senior manager, whose values align with our trusts. Experience in Occupational Health, Mental Health and the wellbeing sector is essential for this role. You will also be able to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of NHS People Plan priorities and a commitment to improving health equality.

This role will give you the opportunity to work alongside exceptional clinical leaders and teams. You will be able to contribute to ensuring Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is a great place to work. You will have the opportunity to work with caring and compassionate colleagues. Your skills and experience will be embraced to support the provision of an exemplar service as you introduce new and exciting ways of working.

If you think this is the role for you we would love to have a conversation with you.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

You will be responsible for leading and delivering the transformation of Occupational Health and Wellbeing service provision, with NUH as the primary internal client, whist recognising ICS partners as prospective clients and co-design partners.

You will also ensure the programme is aligned to the key actions within the NHS People Plan, Growing OH & WB strategy, Enhanced HWB strategy and any relevant national and international guidance from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Society of Occupational Medicine, Health and Safety Executive, British Psychological Society, NICE, etc., that are key to the transformation of the trusts occupational health and wellbeing services.

You will be expected to demonstrate a clear and thorough understanding of current and future Occupational Health, Mental Health and Well Being opportunities in the health and social care sector, and be able to maximise the commercial opportunities with existing and prospective clients across other industries, with a focus and understanding on the needs of the trusts workforce.

For more detailed description on the job and responsibilities please find attached the supporting documents.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

You will be responsible for leading and delivering the transformation of Occupational Health and Wellbeing service provision, with NUH as the primary internal client, whist recognising ICS partners as prospective clients and co-design partners. You will also ensure the programme is aligned to the key actions within the NHS People Plan, Growing OH & WB strategy, Enhanced HWB strategy and any relevant national and international guidance from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Society of Occupational Medicine, Health and Safety Executive, British Psychological Society, NICE, etc., that are key to the transformation of the trusts occupational health and wellbeing services. You will be expected to demonstrate a clear and thorough understanding of current and future Occupational Health, Mental Health and Well Being opportunities in the health and social care sector, and be able to maximise the commercial opportunities with existing and prospective clients across other industries, with a focus and understanding on the needs of the trusts workforce. For more detailed description on the job and responsibilities please find attached the supporting documents.

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and person specification documents attached to this advert. The successful candidate must be highly motivated, a team player and have a desire to provide safe and effective medicines to patients in an acute hospital setting. You will be on the GPhC register as a Pharmacy Technician. For more specific details on what is involved in the job role please refer to the job description document enclosed.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy Production team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). As the Chief Technician - Pharmacy Production - Product Approver, you will be joining a team of hardworking and dedicated pharmacy professionals who compound cancer treatments for NUH patients.

You will be responsible for the final check and release of medicines manufactured, prepared or assembled in pharmacy production. You will also contribute to the leadership of the team of pharmacy technicians, science technicians and assistants to ensure patients receive their treatment in a timely and efficient way, ensure all required quality standards are met and drive continuous improvement throughout the team and department.

To be eligible for this post you must be a registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

The Pharmacy Production department has of four manufacturing areas. The Sterile Production Unit (SPU), Non-Sterile Manufacturing Unit (NSM) and Pharmacy Packing Unit (PPU) are based at the MHRA licensed facility at the Queens Medical Centre (QMC) campus. The Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Production Unit (Cytolab) is located at the City Hospital Campus. The post holder will be required to work at both the Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Production Unit (Cytolab) and Sterile Production Unit depending on the service demands.

To assist in the provision, management and development of safe and efficient pharmacy production services at NUH.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills and the desire to provide a high quality, safe, effective and efficient service to our patients. You will demonstrate initiative, problem-solving and decision making skills.

If you are able to demonstrate these skills and are looking for a new opportunity then this may be the perfect role for you.

With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.



Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!



We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

The successful candidate must be highly motivated, a team player and have a desire to provide safe and effective medicines to patients in an acute hospital setting.

You will be on the GPhC register as a Pharmacy Technician.

For more specific details on what is involved in the job role please refer to the job description document enclosed.




This advert closes on Sunday 11 Aug 2024

Promoting equality and reducing inequalities To uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality. To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality. Partnership and cross boundary working To liaise with NHS Optometry contractors To liaise with Optometry leads To liaise with key staff in other teams Provide advice to all relevant stakeholders, including the Primary Care Commissioning Team (as directed) on matters relating to assurance of Optometry practice. To provide clinical and professional input to investigations and subsequent management of serious untoward incidents, complaints, and other clinical incidents Operational requirements Working within the overall strategic objectives, devise, implement and monitor the agreed strategy. Evaluate, interpret, and locally implement best practice. Contribute to the delivery of the function. Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine performance against the organisational strategy. Report progress against the strategy through personal representation at senior management forums and by written reports. Tailoring delivery to meet the needs of the audience. Ensure that best practice is developed and delivered at organisational and departmental levels. Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate, and influence other senior managers to realign their practice where necessary. Ensure that appropriate strategies are employed in line with business objectives and that these are fully cascaded. Support and contribute to formal negotiations with senior level internal and external stakeholders, providing a high level of negotiating expertise to secure the most advantageous arrangements. Advise on innovative opportunities and support all departments in their strategies and programmes to maximise service benefits. Track progress against plans and transition milestones, ensuring appropriate processes are in place to flag issues, risks, and concerns with the relevant stakeholders. Ensure the securing of value for money, assuring relevant factors such as quality and governance. To monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables. Quality assurance and progress of deliverables to the NHS England that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives, and the business planning process. To contribute to business plans and provide expert strategic and policy advice Devise, manage and update policies and procedures, ensuring the adoption of best practice methodology, rules, standards, and thresholds. Support the creation and locally implements the operational strategy and business plan, clearly identifying links to national, regional, and local priorities and policy objectives. Contribute to the development and implementation of general policy and service development. Develop and implement strategies for improving performance and processes, ensuring stakeholders representation. Drive and lead development and improvement of processes. Drive process efficiency in the continuous development of the end-to-end cycle and its associated performance metrics. Accountable for short-, medium- and long-term business plans, achieving quality outcomes. Responsible for linking people, resource, and strategy to organisational strategy. Leadership for transformational change As part of the Clinical Leadership team and together with colleagues, support the ICB Medical directors in the delivery of all ICB To support the medical director in delivery of statutory functions To provide clear clinical leadership on using innovative approaches and aligning tools and levers in order to support the improvement of outcomes for patients and drive up the quality of care. To model a collaborative and influencing style of working, negotiating with others to achieve the best outcomes. Embedding this approach across the Directorate Developing an excellent organisation To ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of all staff within the department To ensure compliance with all confidentiality and governance requirements within the department To adhere to the NHS Managers Code of Conduct and any other relevant professional codes of conduct at all times Financial and Physical Resources Budgetary responsibility, where appropriate, for a function and the services provided within that function, where it exists. Evaluating value for money of new contracts, monitoring the performance of existing providers and ensuring that provider performance aligns, and comply, with contractual terms and condition. Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of these budgets and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year, in a way that is compliant withstanding Orders and standing Financial Instruction. People Management Support the team, building a collaborative working environment and an innovative culture. Support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS objectives, where appropriate. To manage, motivate, inspire, and develop staff within the team to ensure that they are able to deliver the employee relations cases responsibilities of the ICB. Contribute to the recruitment and development of team staff, including undertaking appraisal, ensuring team and individual development and where appropriate progression of employee relations matters. Information Management. Responsible for devising, developing, and implementing appropriate information sharing systems. Lead the creation, maintenance, and review implementation, of information systems for collecting, evaluating, and interpreting complex data. To inform short and medium and long term strategies. Developing and presenting reports, summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, providing progress reports for senior staff or groups of staff as directed from time to time, tailoring content to meet the needs of the audience. Research and Development Ensures the team are able to access best practice and current information within specialism, draining from experience and expertise in other fields and industries, ensuring the organisation and other stakeholder organisations, benefit from relevant innovations. Commissions Research and Development initiatives to secure cost and service improvements from alternative methods of operation, through new goods and services or re-engineering existing processes. Policy and Service Development To identify and assess opportunities for new services and threats to existing services and market developments. Develop plans and seize opportunities, mitigate threats, and deliver strategic objectives. Within own function making recommendations for service delivery. Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies, guidelines, and service level agreements (SLAs) which may impact service delivery and Sector. Maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments, to assist in the thinking and definition of strategy discussions. Key Working Relationships Regular contact with internal and external stakeholders, sensitive, complex, contentious, and confidential issues. Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives to provide project, information and analytical advice and expertise. Overseeing the team to develop and implement processes and systems that align to strategy. Present verbal, written and numerical information and issues, explaining complexities, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. To liaise with other Managers to share best practice.