Operational Lead | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	25 November 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	25 December 2025
Location:	Scunthorpe/Grimsby/Goole, DN15 7BH
Company:	Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7577782/208-7B1E10-25-1

Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled and experienced Allied Health Professional to join our Community, Therapy and Frailty Group as an Operational Lead.

As the Operational Leader you will be focused on patient safety, patient experience and quality assurance frameworks for a designated portfolio of services. This particular post will primarily work on the South Bank sites however an element of cross-group working will be required.

You must be able to demonstrate a compassionate approach to the care of patients and the public, whilst also possessing the ability to ensure robust clinical operational demands are met while the multi professional team are fully supported in achieving their duties.

The post holder will provide operational, clinical and service leadership for a portfolio of clinical services, this may include cover where there is short or long term absence. Core components of the role will include the oversight of the Nutrition and Dietetic and Podiatry services on the South Bank. This role will include cross-group collaboration to support in pathway development and promoting innovation to ensure safe, effective, responsive and high quality nutritional and podiatric care within the organization. There will be an expectation to work across care-groups in the delivery of the nutritional strategy for the group and to act as a resource providing expert advice and guidance.

**Interviews will be held Tuesday 23rd December**

Reporting to the Head/Deputy Head of Therapies on a day to day basis and professionally accountable to the Chief AHP, the post holder will provide dynamic, professional leadership and direction to the designated teams within the Community, Frailty and Therapy group ensuring the highest standard of clinical care to patients. The post holder requires a high level of discretion, diplomacy and management expertise.

To be an accessible and visible presence across the designated teams within the given area of responsibility, advising and supporting staff, patients and their families, providing monthly clinical input, direct care or supervision, to maintain competencies.

To facilitate, support and empower Team Leaders to manage their areas effectively, supporting the development of the individual, their staff and their services.

It is essential that the post holder works effectively as part of the managerial team to support the department including flexing between teams and supporting other areas to deliver the service. They must work collaboratively with other Operational Leads in the Trust, contributing to the development and delivery of both Trust and Group objectives and assisting in the delivery of the Clinical Governance Agenda.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.



For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website athttps://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025