Proactive Care Lead, INT

Main area Proactive Care Lead, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

Site University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Town Coventry Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/11/2026

Are you passionate about making a real difference to people’s lives? We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate Proactive Care Lead to join our neighbourhood team and help shape a more responsive, preventative approach to care. Working with people who have complex and long-term health and social care needs, you will bring together professionals from across primary care, community, acute, mental health and voluntary sector services to ensure individuals receive the right support at the right time.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead meaningful change, helping people to remain independent, improve their wellbeing and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. You will build strong relationships, champion person-centred care, and work alongside partners to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for our local population.

The successful candidate will be an experienced clinician with excellent communication and leadership skills, a collaborative approach, and a genuine passion for delivering high-quality integrated care within the community.

Join us and play a key role in developing proactive neighbourhood care that supports people to live healthier, more independent lives.

Please be advised the interviews for this post will take place week commencing 02/11/2026.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

The Proactive Care Lead will provide clinical and operational leadership to support the delivery of proactive, preventative care across the neighbourhood. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams and system partners, the post holder will identify and coordinate care for individuals with complex health and social care needs, ensuring timely interventions that promote independence, improve outcomes and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. The role will lead service development, support population health management approaches, drive quality improvement initiatives, and champion person-centred care to address health inequalities and enhance the experience of patients and carers.

Through strong leadership and collaborative working, the Proactive Care Lead will play a key role in developing integrated neighbourhood services and delivering sustainable models of care.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant…