Job summary
Head of Borough Wide Services
8B
Interviews to be held of 26th August 2026

• The Head of Borough-wide Services will provide strategic and operational leadership for specialised community health services that operate across the whole of Bromley. The postholder will maintain clinical excellence and specialist expertise that complements and supports the four Community Health Locality Teams (CHLTs) and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs). As the single accountable leader for borough-wide specialist services, this role is responsible for delivering the NHS 10 Year Plan objectives through expanded community-based specialist care that prevents hospital admission, reduces health inequalities and supports the shift from hospital to community.
• The postholder will lead a portfolio of specialist services and oversee the provision of specialist advice and support to CHLTs. This role ensures these services maintain specialist standards while developing integrated pathways with CHLTs, enabling patients to access specialist input seamlessly and be 'pulled back down' to neighbourhood-level care as soon as specialist intervention is complete.

Main duties of the job
This role requires expertise across multiple clinical specialties and rehabilitation disciplines. The postholder will be responsible for driving forward and innovating robust evidence-based practice in the delivery and development of specialist services, maintaining borough-wide provision that interfaces with all four Integrated Neighbourhood Teams through designated link practitioners for consistent specialist capability. The postholder will work in strategic partnership with acute hospitals, primary care networks, the local authority and voluntary sector to deliver proactive, preventative and community-based specialist care aligned with the CHLT Service Specification and the Bromley Healthcare Community First strategy.

The postholder will be accountable for delivering high-quality specialist community services that meet national policy requirements including the Community Rehabilitation and Reablement Model, NHS England Long Term Conditions Framework, national respiratory and diabetes standards, and the NHS 10 Year Plan's three foundational shifts: hospital to community, analogue to digital, and sickness to prevention. The postholder will maximise digital innovation including remote monitoring, virtual consultations and patient self-management tools to extend reach and improve outcomes.

For full duties and responsibilities associated with this role, please review the attached job description
About us
Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.

Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.

We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Masters degree-level qualification or equivalent senior management experience in a relevant field

Desirable

• Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse or HCPC registration as an Allied Health Professional

Experience
Essential

• Significant senior leadership and management experience at Band 8B or equivalent in community or acute healthcare settings
• Substantial experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams delivering specialist community health services across nursing and/or AHP disciplines
• Experience of working in community health settings delivering care in patients' homes, clinics and bed-based rehabilitation units
• Experience of partnership working with acute hospitals, primary care, local authorities and Integrated Care Systems
• Experience of service redesign, pathway integration and change management in community healthcare settings
• Experience of performance management and delivery against contractual KPIs

Desirable

• Experience of specialist rehabilitation, respiratory, diabetes or neurological service development and transformation

Specific Skills
Essential

• Excellent leadership skills including negotiating and influencing
• Competent in using electronic records and understanding of audit opportunities/processes
• Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and communicate appropriately with service users and their families, senior managers and external agencies

Desirable

• An understanding of current therapy and specialist nursing issues across rehabilitation, respiratory, diabetes and neurological services

Information Technology
Essential

• Ability to synthesise complex data from multiple sources, interrogate information systems and databases, and use Microsoft Office applications (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) to produce high-quality analytical reports, business cases and presentations for senior leadership and external stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience using EMIS or equivalent clinical system

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.