Service Director for Integrated Community Services

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Are you an exceptional operational director? Could you play a key role in developing our integrated community services?

The Service Director for Integrated Community Service role is an opportunity to think bigger and lead by example, engaging with multiple stakeholders to enable change. You will shape our vision and develop the delivery of services, putting people at the centre of everything we do.
Expressions of interest are invited for this six-month secondment. The role requires outstanding leadership skills, the ability to empower colleagues and to work collaboratively with partners, as well as highly developed interpersonal and business skills to be effective across a wide range of complex issues.

Salary: Band 9

Location: flexible working across Dorset and home working

Full time: 37.5 hours

Find out more in the job description and person specification

Our integrated community services portfolio includes:

  • community services supporting people at homes

  • community hospitals

  • Integrated Urgent Care Services including MIUs and UCTs

  • specialist community services e.g. stroke, MSK, sexual health, podiatry and audiology.

Apply now

Please submit a supporting letter detailing why you would consider yourself a suitable and strong candidate for this role together with a copy of your full CV to Jo.Nation@nhs.net by 19 March. Interviews will be held on 27 March.

To find out more information about this role, please contact Kristin Dominy, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, at Kristin.Dominy@nhs.net or to arrange a conversation, please contact Jo.Nation@nhs.net

Staff testimonial

ITim Hodgetts.JPG have been a registered nurse for 25 years and spent most of my career in community services. Over the last 10 years, I have undertaken management roles specifically looking at integrating services. 

I joined Dorset HealthCare in January 2020 as Head of Integrated Urgent Care (IUCS). Urgent care services have been through tremendous changes as we worked through and recover from the pandemic, which saw services expand in size to meet demand. We took opportunities to review urgent care pathways to ensure patients are seen in the right place at the right time by the right person and improve the patient experience. We also continue to focus on supporting our staff, support wellness and focus on the workforce development.

In October 2022, I started in my new role as Deputy Director for Integrated Community Services, and I am now looking to recruit in the Head of Integrated Urgent Care role. This is a fantastic opportunity to continue the development of urgent care services and pathways and work with a dedicated and diverse workforce. 

Tim Hodgetts

Deputy Director for Integrated Community Services

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