Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust

Divisional Lead

The closing date is 18 August 2025

Job summary

The Divisional Lead has operational accountability and responsibility for the development and delivery of a specified Division. The post holder is pivotal to ensuring safe, timely and compassionate care to patients and service users across Lincolnshire. They will be a key member of the Nursing, AHPs and Operations Directorate senior leadership team reporting to their respective Divisional Managing Director and deputising where appropriate. The post holder is expected to work autonomously and use a high degree of initiative to innovate and develop services whilst working collaboratively with functions across the organisation. The post holder will need to be able to demonstrate highly effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, including those across the wider ICS.

This is a great opportunity to work in the community arm of the wider Lincolnshire Community Hospitals NHS Group in either the planned or unplanned care group.

Main duties of the job

Supporting the Divisional Managing Director, the Divisional Leadwill be responsible for

Contributing to and delivering operational and strategic business planning

High quality leadership to ensure outstanding quality patient care

Developing and delivery of the clinical strategy

Achievement of agreed performance and financial objectives, improving standards of care and the patient experience

Engaging and working effectively with a range of partner organisations (e.g. Primary Care, NHS Trusts, Voluntary sector, District Councils, the general public) to support the successful delivery of the Division services

Leading transformation programmes including the ability to influence and contribute to system pathways and new models of care

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev

Details

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£76,965 to £88,682 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

818-CSP034-VCP460-A

Job locations

Beech House

Lincoln

LN5 7JH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more details on the role and the main responsibilities.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Kylie Farbrace on the contact details below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more details on the role and the main responsibilities.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Kylie Farbrace on the contact details below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified and registered clinical practitioner with current NMC/HCPC registration or professional registrant
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development
  • Experience at senior management level in delivery of operational services
  • Master's level qualification or other management and/or leadership postgraduate qualification and/or equivalent level of experience to Master's level

Knowledge

Essential

  • In-depth knowledge of the NHS and wider health and social care
  • In depth knowledge of governance and risk
  • Ability to understand and navigate the political health and care landscape
  • Understand highly complex clinical information, using this to compare a range of options to be able to inform operational decisions and set clinical direction

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience at clinical manager level including strategy development, budgetary and financial control, business planning and clinical leadership
  • Significant experience of leading and delivering change programmes
  • Significant experience of line management of multiple teams
  • Experience of development, interpretation and implementation of policy
  • Significant experience of quality and performance
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified and registered clinical practitioner with current NMC/HCPC registration or professional registrant
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development
  • Experience at senior management level in delivery of operational services
  • Master's level qualification or other management and/or leadership postgraduate qualification and/or equivalent level of experience to Master's level

Knowledge

Essential

  • In-depth knowledge of the NHS and wider health and social care
  • In depth knowledge of governance and risk
  • Ability to understand and navigate the political health and care landscape
  • Understand highly complex clinical information, using this to compare a range of options to be able to inform operational decisions and set clinical direction

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience at clinical manager level including strategy development, budgetary and financial control, business planning and clinical leadership
  • Significant experience of leading and delivering change programmes
  • Significant experience of line management of multiple teams
  • Experience of development, interpretation and implementation of policy
  • Significant experience of quality and performance

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust

Address

Beech House

Lincoln

LN5 7JH


Employer's website

https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust

Address

Beech House

Lincoln

LN5 7JH


Employer's website

https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Divisional Managing Director - Planned Care

Kylie Farbrace

k.farbrace@nhs.net

07920400322

Details

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£76,965 to £88,682 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

818-CSP034-VCP460-A

Job locations

Beech House

Lincoln

LN5 7JH


Supporting documents

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