Job summary
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is creating a new generation of Care Group leadership.
We are seeking four outstanding Care Group Directors to lead our Trust wide Care Groups and play a pivotal role in delivering on the Trust's vision of Great Places for Care and Great Places to Work.
Each Care Group Director will be the single accountable leader for one of GMMH's four Care Groups, with full responsibility for quality, safety, operational performance, workforce, transformation and financial delivery across a substantial portfolio of services. The posts report directly to the Deputy Chief Executive / Chief Operating Officer and form a critical part of the Trust's senior leadership structure.
As a Care Group Director, you will lead at scale, influence Trust-wide strategy, provide assurance to the Executive Leadership Team and Board, and help shape the future of mental health, learning disability, autism and specialist services across GMMH.
Main duties of the job
You will lead one of the following Care Groups:
Acute Care Group
Leading urgent care, crisis and inpatient services, ensuring safe, high-quality care, improved patient flow and delivery of key quality standards.
Community Care Group
Leading community mental health, neighbourhood, older adult and locality services, supporting community transformation and population health improvement.
Specialist Care Group
Leading specialist services including children and young people, addictions, talking therapies and other specialist pathways.
Rehabilitation & Forensic Care Group
Leading forensic, rehabilitation, secure and justice services, including prison mental health, supporting high-quality care, recovery, safety and system partnerships.
As Care Group Director, you will:
- Lead one of GMMH's four Trust-wide Care Groups.
- Translate strategy into measurable operational delivery.
- Hold full accountability for quality, safety, workforce, operational performance and financial sustainability.
- Drive large-scale transformation and improvement programmes.
- Reduce unwarranted variation and improve consistency of care.
- Lead a senior multi-professional leadership team.
- Build strong partnerships across Greater Manchester and beyond.
- Ensure the voices of service users, carers and communities influence decision-making.
- Provide visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership.
Details
- Date posted: 28 October 2026
- Closing date: 22 November 2026
- Pay scheme: Very senior manager (VSM)
- Salary: £112,782 to £129,783 a year per annum, pro rata
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 437-8392361
- Job locations: Trustwide - Dependent on Care Group allocation, Prestwich, M25 3BL, United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years Excellent pension Cycle to work scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Wellbeing programme Blue Light Card Discounts
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- oA recognised mental health clinical qualification and current professional registration.
- oSignificant senior leadership experience within mental health services.
- oExperience of leading large, complex operational or clinical portfolios.
- oA track record of delivering improvements in quality, safety, performance and financial outcomes simultaneously.
- oExperience of leading major organisational change and transformation.
Desirable
- Formal qualification or advanced training in quality improvement, transformation or system leadership.
- Experience of place-based, provider collaborative or wider system leadership.
- Experience as Senior Responsible Owner for a major transformation or service redesign programme.
Essentail
Essential
- Values based leadership approaches
- Evidence of understanding self and impact on others
Desirable
- Evidence of positive impact on others
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).
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Employer details
- Employer name: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Address: Trustwide - Dependent on Care Group allocation, Prestwich, M25 3BL, United Kingdom
- Employer's website: https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/