Head of Health and Community Care

Job Description

Head of Health & Community Care

Salary: NHS Band 8C £90,808 - £97,338 | Council £107,177 - £110,471
Hours: NHS 36 hours | Council 35 hours
Tenure: Permanent
Location: West Dunbartonshire

Lead Community Services. Deliver Transformation. Improve Lives.

West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership is seeking an exceptional leader to join our Senior Management Team as Head of Health & Community Care.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of community health and social care services within one of Scotland's longest-established integrated partnerships.

Working across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and West Dunbartonshire Council, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a substantial portfolio of integrated community health, social work and social care services. You will lead service transformation, performance improvement and effective governance, ensuring services are safe, sustainable and focused on improving outcomes for local people.

We are looking for an experienced, credible and resilient senior leader who can demonstrate:

• Significant senior leadership experience within community health, social work, social care or integrated services.
• Experience of leading large-scale service transformation and organisational change.
• Experience of managing substantial budgets and delivering services within a complex and challenging financial environment.
• A strong track record of improvement within statutory and regulated services.
• Excellent partnership-working skills and the ability to work effectively across organisational and professional boundaries.
• The ability to influence, inspire and lead through change.

You will share our commitment to reducing inequalities, improving outcomes and delivering high-quality, person-centred services for the communities of West Dunbartonshire.

An Integrated Opportunity

This is an integrated post within West Dunbartonshire HSCP. The successful candidate may be appointed on either NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde or West Dunbartonshire Council terms and conditions, depending on individual circumstances.

Find Out More

For an informal and confidential discussion, please contact:

Caroline Sinclair, Chief Officer, West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership. Email: caroline.sinclair@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Closing date: Sunday, 15 November 2026

How to Apply

Applications for this post are being managed through NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Applications cannot be submitted through MyJobScotland.

Please view the full advert, candidate information and submit your application via the NHS Scotland recruitment site:  NHS Scotland | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career - Job Information | Apply for Head of Health and Community Care B8C

Requirements

About You

We are looking for an experienced, credible and values-driven leader who can inspire others and deliver results.

You will have a successful track record of senior leadership within a complex organisation and be able to demonstrate experience of leading large-scale services, organisational change and service transformation.

You will be politically astute, highly collaborative and comfortable working across organisational boundaries to build strong partnerships and achieve shared goals.

Most importantly, you will share our commitment to improving outcomes for people and communities and have the vision, energy and leadership skills required to shape the future of integrated health and social care services.

Responsibilities

The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.

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