About this role
Job summary Package Description: Job Introduction Are you an experienced CQC Registered Manager who wants real influence, autonomy and the chance to shape highquality sexual health services for local communities? We are looking for a confident and valuesled Sexual Health Service Manager to lead the Cheshire West and Chester Sexual Health Service. This is a senior leadership role where you will take full responsibility for service delivery, people leadership, performance and quality, working closely with our General Manager and Clinical Leads. This role will suit someone with a strong background in health or social care management who enjoys leading multidisciplinary teams, balancing quality with performance, and building services that are accessible, inclusive and genuinely patientcentred. Package Description You will join a supportive and experienced leadership team, working across an integrated sexual health service that plays a vital role in improving public health outcomes. You will have the autonomy to lead your service while being backed by a large, established organisation with strong governance, learning and wellbeing support. In return, we offer: A salary of £40,000 - £45,000 with access to our group pension Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offers Access to your wages as you earn them, helping cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or highinterest borrowing Onlin
Main duties of the job We are seeking a confident and valuesled Sexual Health Service Manager to lead our Cheshire West and Chester Sexual Health Service. The successful candidate will assume full responsibility for service delivery, people leadership, performance, and quality. This senior leadership position requires someone with a background in health or social care management who excels at leading multidisciplinary teams, balancing quality and performance, and building accessible, inclusive, and patientcentered services. The role includes visible, valuesled leadership to clinical and nonclinical teams, accountability for service performance and quality outcomes, and managing the service budget. You will ensure compliance with regulatory standards, maintain robust governance, and drive continuous improvement using data, insight, and feedback. Building strong relationships with commissioners, partners, and community organizations is essential, as is fostering a positive operational culture.
About us HCRG Care Group, established in 2006, is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. We work in collaboration with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services, focusing on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. Our offerings span adult and children community health services, primary care services, including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Operating across England, we support communities totaling millions while directly assisting over half a million individuals annually. Our core valuescaring, thinking, and doingdrive our mission. We are committed to equal opportunities, welcoming applicants from diverse backgrounds, and aim to be as inclusive as possible as a Disability Confident Committed employer. Our safeguarding practices prioritize protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults, reflected in our thorough recruitment process.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description:
Job Introduction
Are you an experienced CQC Registered Manager who wants real influence, autonomy and the chance to shape highquality sexual health services for local communities?
We are looking for a confident and valuesled Sexual Health Service Manager to lead the Cheshire West and Chester Sexual Health Service.
This is a senior leadership role where you will take full responsibility for service delivery, people leadership, performance and quality, working closely with our General Manager and Clinical Leads.
This role will suit someone with a strong background in health or social care management who enjoys leading multidisciplinary teams, balancing quality with performance, and building services that are accessible, inclusive and genuinely patientcentred.
Package Description
You will join a supportive and experienced leadership team, working across an integrated sexual health service that plays a vital role in improving public health outcomes. You will have the autonomy to lead your service while being backed by a large, established organisation with strong governance, learning and wellbeing support.
In return, we offer:
A salary of £40,000 - £45,000 with access to our group pension Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offers Access to your wages as you earn them, helping cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or highinterest borrowing Online and inperson wellbeing support, including mental health services, financial wellbeing tools, coaching and counselling Access to elearning, bespoke career pathways and professional development through our Outstanding Learning Enterprise team An open, just culture where you are encouraged to share ideas, supported by ringfenced innovation funding The pride of working for an organisation where the majority of services are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQCCandidates must be available for an in-person interview on 1st June 2026.
Main Responsibilities
As Sexual Health Service Manager, you will lead and manage a multidisciplinary team delivering a comprehensive, highquality sexual health service across Cheshire West and Chester. You will be accountable for operational delivery, performance, quality, finance and workforce, ensuring services meet contractual, regulatory and patient expectations.
You will act as the CQC Registered Manager, ensuring full compliance with regulatory standards and maintaining robust governance arrangements. You will foster a positive, inclusive culture where colleagues feel supported, developed and engaged, and where patient experience is at the heart of everything we do.
Key responsibilities include:
Providing visible, valuesled leadership to clinical and nonclinical teams Holding overall accountability for service performance, KPIs and quality outcomes Managing the service budget and financial performance, identifying risks and opportunities Using data, insight and feedback to drive continuous service improvement Ensuring services are safe, confidential, accessible and responsive to diverse communities Working collaboratively with Clinical Leads to support clinical governance and supervision Leading workforce development, including performance management, appraisals and talent development Building strong relationships with commissioners, partners and community organisations Supporting service development, innovation and strategic planning in line with public health priorities Representing the service at senior meetings and contractual performance reviews
Person Specification:
Essential Current CQC Registered Manager Significant experience leading teams within health or social care Proven experience managing KPIs, contracts and complex performance data Strong financial and budget management experience Excellent leadership, communication and influencing skills Experience implementing and leading change across services Demonstrable track record of delivering safe, effective and wellgoverned services Ability to work autonomously and make sound operational and strategic decisions Confident using IT systems and digital reporting tools Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicleDesirable Degree or postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience Extensive experience in health or social care management at a senior level Experience leading largescale change or service transformation Knowledge of community health or sexual health services Experience of service marketing, innovation or business developmenCandidates must be available for an in-person interview on 1st June 2026.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Current CQC Registered Manager, significant experience leading teams in health or social care, managing KPIs, contracts, and financial performance as well as strong communication and leadership skills.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name HCRG Care Group
Address HCRG Care Group
Chester
CH1 4DS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)