Head of South Yorkshire Urgent Care in Sheffield

Welcome to FCMS! Post: Head of South Yorkshire Urgent Care Pay: £60,000 - £67,743 per annum depending on experience Hours: 37 Hours per week Accountable to: Deputy Chief Operating Officer Base: Doncaster Same Day Health Centre CLOSING DATE: 08 NOVEMBER 2026 Overview of Role: The Head of South Yorkshire Services is FCMS's accountable business-unit leader for all services delivered across South Yorkshire, providing integrated operational and clinical leadership alongside financial and system leadership. The postholder will translate FCMS strategy into delivery, strengthen the organisation's position across the region and ensure that services are safe, effective, responsive, sustainable and aligned to population need. The postholder holds accountability for operational delivery and for the quality, safety and effectiveness of clinical services, contractual performance, workforce, risk and the Business Unit budget. Working with the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, Places, Primary Care Networks, NHS providers, local authorities and other partners, the postholder will influence pathway redesign, build trusted alliances and identify opportunities that improve outcomes, reduce inequalities and support sustainable growth. As FCMS's senior representative in South Yorkshire, the postholder will work in partnership with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, the Clinical Director, the Clinical Manager and the Business Development team. They will also contribute to FCMS-wide integrated operational and clinical leadership, transformation and mobilisation, sharing learning and capacity beyond the South Yorkshire portfolio. About us The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services. Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we have a core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of our patients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the service delivery and user experience due to their considerable experience and commitment to what they do. Come and be a part of our amazing team! We offer NHS Pension Cycle to Work Scheme Career Development Opportunities Attendance Bonus Staff Benefit Scheme Free Tea & Coffee Eye Care Contributions Day to Day Duties to include, but not exhaustive
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Hold overall accountability for the leadership, delivery, development and sustainability of FCMS services across South Yorkshire, including fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of CQC registered Manager registration. ·
Set clear priorities, ownership and performance expectations for the Business Unit, ensuring that decisions and actions are delivered at pace. ·
Ensure services meet or exceed national standards, contractual obligations, key performance indicators and agreed quality measures, with clear accountability and routine monitoring of delivery. ·
Own and manage the Business Unit budget through effective forecasting, efficient resource utilisation and timely recovery action where actual or forecast performance deviates from the plan. ·
Maintain effective control of workforce expenditure, agency use, establishment, demand and capacity, and identify and escalate any unfunded or over-contract activity, and it's financial and operational impact. ·
Balance quality, safety, finance, workforce and operational risk when making decisions, acting within delegated authority and escalating material issues appropriately. ·
Maintain clear governance, assurance and reporting arrangements so that the Executive Team has an accurate view of performance, risk, delivery and required decisions. Leadership, culture and workforce
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Provide visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership that reflects FCMS values and creates clarity of purpose. ·
Build a coaching, learning and psychologically safe environment in which constructive challenge, openness and continuous improvement are expected. ·
Directly lead, manage and develop the Business Unit's leaders, setting clear objectives, holding them to account, recognising good performance and addressing performance, attendance, capability, conduct and employee-relations matters promptly, fairly and consistently. ·
Lead workforce planning, succession, talent development, engagement and organisational change across the Business Unit. ·
Ensure teams have the capacity, capability, leadership and support needed to deliver safe, high-quality and financially sustainable services. System leadership, partnerships and growth
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Act as FCMS's senior representative across the South Yorkshire health and care system, establishing credibility with commissioners, providers, local authorities and wider partners. ·
Influence service and pathway design at the earliest opportunity, ensuring that FCMS contributes operational insight and credible solutions to system priorities. ·
Protect and strengthen FCMS's existing position by maintaining trusted relationships, understanding commissioning intentions and responding proactively to emerging risks. ·
Work with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Clinical Director and Business Development team to identify, assess, develop and mobilise viable service and partnership opportunities. ·
Ensure proposals and commitments are supported by robust due diligence, clear ownership, deliverable mobilisation plans and appropriate Executive approval. Clinical quality, governance and improvement ·
Hold overall accountability for the quality, safety and effectiveness of clinical services within the Business Unit, ensuring that robust clinical governance, professional leadership and assurance arrangements are in place and effective. The postholder is not required to be a registered clinician and will work in partnership with the Clinical Manager, Clinical Director and other registered clinical leaders, who retain professional accountability for clinical standards, professional practice and individual clinical decisions. The postholder remains accountable for obtaining appropriate clinical advice, scrutinising assurance, addressing identified gaps and ensuring that clinical risks, concerns, incidents and performance issues are acted upon and escalated promptly through agreed governance routes. ·
Ensure effective systems are in place for safeguarding, risk management, incident learning, patient experience, regulatory compliance and quality improvement, supported by clear ownership, reporting and assurance. ·
Lead service transformation and pathway redesign using evidence, data, patient insight and staff expertise, with benefits defined, tracked and sustained. ·
Ensure significant quality, safety and delivery risks are identified early, mitigated or controlled effectively, and that resulting actions are completed and sustained. Organisational contribution
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Contribute actively to FCMS-wide operational leadership, strategy, transformation, mobilisation and improvement. ·
Share learning, resources and effective practice across FCMS and support other services when organisational priorities require it. ·
Make operational, workforce and financial decisions within the approved budget, delegated authority and organisational policies. Our key expectations are: Self-awareness – Living authentically Adaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situation Openness – What you see is what you get Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible Generosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness Ability to have fun – Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself Our ‘Why':
To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next. Values:
Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathescomplimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA: Fun:
People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy! Awesome:
We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome! Humble:
Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become Brave:
We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done Oompf:
We have natural oompf! Its infectious! Go-getting:
We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity Disability Confident Employer As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy DBS -
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption 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. This will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).
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. PERSON SPECIFICATION Qualifications Essential Degree-level and/or leadership and management qualification, or equivalent senior leadership experience. Evidence of relevant continuing professional development. Desirable Postgraduate qualification in healthcare management, public health, business or a related field. Qualification in quality improvement, project, programme or change management. Experience Essential Significant senior leadership experience with accountability for complex operational services across multiple sites, teams or service areas within healthcare, social care, or a comparable regulated environment. Direct responsibility for a substantial budget, including financial planning, cost control, productivity, forecasting and delivery of timely recovery action where performance deviates from the plan. Delivery against contracts, key performance indicators, quality standards, clinical governance requirements and regulatory obligations, including taking timely action where performance or assurance falls below the required standard. Leadership of workforce planning, engagement, organisational development, performance management and change. Leading service improvement, transformation or pathway redesign from concept through implementation and benefits realisation. Partnership working and influencing across organisational boundaries at senior level. Commercial awareness and experience of identifying, appraising and developing strategically, operationally and financially viable service or partnership opportunities. Desirable Experience in urgent, emergency, integrated or community services. Service mobilisation, tender development or contract negotiation experience. Operating with executive boards, commissioners or senior system forums. Experience within the South Yorkshire health and care system. Knowledge Essential Strong knowledge of the NHS landscape, integrated care systems and place-based working within the South Yorkshire geography. Understanding of clinical and corporate governance, quality improvement, safeguarding, regulation, risk management and the assurance responsibilities of a leader. Understanding of population health, health inequalities and how system priorities are translated into service delivery. Desirable Detailed knowledge of urgent and emergency care pathways. Knowledge of digital transformation and data-enabled improvement in healthcare. Leadership, commercial and partnership skills Essential Demonstrates values-driven, compassionate and inclusive leadership, creating clarity, delegating effectively and holding others to account while remaining committed to improving patient outcomes and reducing health inequalities. Ability to interpret complex operational and financial information, including the relationship between activity, workforce, quality and contribution, and translate it into clear priorities and action. Highly developed stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority. Strong coaching, mentoring, communication and performance-management skills. Demonstrates sound judgement and autonomous decision-making within delegated authority, balancing safety, quality, finance, workforce, reputation and contractual risk, and escalating appropriately. Desirable Existing senior relationships across South Yorkshire. Experience of supporting bids, due diligence or commercial negotiation. Personal attributes and behaviours Essential High levels of integrity, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and personal accountability. Resilient, adaptable and calm when working through ambiguity, challenge and organisational change. Open and transparent, creating a psychologically safe environment in which constructive challenge, learning and continuous improvement are encouraged. Collaborative, curious and solution-focused, with the confidence to act at pace. Desirable Evidence of wider professional or system leadership contribution. The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
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