Delivery Director – Mental Health

Job summary

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for transforming mental health services?

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking aDelivery Director - Mental Health to drive strategic change and deliver high-impact transformation across our mental health portfolio.

This is a full-time position on a fixed term contract for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

About the Role

As Delivery Director, you will lead the All-Age Mental Health Transformation Programme, shaping services across community mental health, inpatient care, and crisis/urgent care pathways. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you'll work collaboratively with system partners, clinicians, people with lived experience and the voluntary sector, to ensure services are innovative, inclusive, and aligned with national priorities.

This is a senior leadership role requiring vision, resilience, and the ability to navigate complexity. You will champion co-production, foster strong partnerships, and ensure robust governance to deliver measurable improvements in quality, performance, and sustainability.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

12 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£91,342 to £105,337 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-25-1045

Job locations

Edward Jenner Court

1010 Pioneer Avenue

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

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