Band 8c Locality Director | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust
Salary:	£79,504 - £91,609 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham, B13 8JL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Nov 2026
Closing date:	2 Dec 2026

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Summary

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We are recruiting to two Locality Director posts, with one post covering the Central locality and the other covering the East locality.

The Locality Director of Operations will be a key member of the Divisional Leadership Teamaccountable for the operational leadership, performance, financial stewardship, governance and improvement of services within the locality portfolio and will contribute corporately to the statutory responsibilities, strategic objectives andcontinued development and success of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the wider Integrated Care System within defined locality.

The postholder will be responsible for the operational leadership and delivery of all-age services within a single locality, working in partnership with the Locality Nursing & Therapies and Medical leadership to ensure the effective delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centred services aligned to population need.

The Locality Director is a leadership role responsible for the translation of the government's community-first health vision into frontline delivery. This role will oversee the integration, delivery and performance of community care to shift care from hospitals into local communities as defined within the NHS 10 Year Plan and Neighbourhood Framework.

The Locality Director will:

• Operates as the senior operational lead for a defined locality, interpreting local BCHC and national policy (NHS 10 Year Plan, Neighbourhood Framework) into frontline delivery, inclusive of identified key performance indicators.

• Provide visible, inclusive and compassionate leadership across services within their area of responsibility

• Ensure services deliver against agreed outcomes, quality standards and performance expectations

• Contribute to the development of Trust strategy and delivery of corporate objectives

• Support the development of BCHC as a great place to work, enabling high‑performing and engaged teams

• Formally deputises for the Director of Operations and acts with broad operational independence.

The postholder will also be expected to act corporately, taking collective responsibility for the performance of the Trust and supporting cross‑organisation priorities where required.

The postholder will be required to deputise for the Director of Operations as needed.

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

This advert closes on Monday 16 Nov 2026

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