Associate Director of Place, One Herefordshire

Job summary

Shape the future of health and care in Herefordshire An exciting opportunity has arisen for an outstanding senior leader to join the One Herefordshire Partnership as Associate Director of Place.

This is a pivotal system leadership role, offering the opportunity to make a lasting difference to the health and wellbeing of the people of Herefordshire. Working across organisational boundaries, you will lead the delivery of place-based priorities that improve outcomes, reduce inequalities and support the development of integrated neighbourhood services.

Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer at Wye Valley NHS Trust and working on behalf of the One Herefordshire Partnership Board, you will play a central role in bringing partners together to deliver transformation programmes, integrated care initiatives and delegated NHS responsibilities.

Main duties of the job About the role As Associate Director of Place, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure that partnership ambitions are translated into meaningful improvements for local communities.

You will lead the delivery of major transformation programmes across One Herefordshire, establishing robust governance, programme management and assurance arrangements while working closely with partners from across the NHS, Herefordshire Council, Primary Care Networks, community providers and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.

The role also acts as the Senior Responsible Owner for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Integrated Care Board and One Herefordshire Partnership, providing accountability for the delivery of delegated NHS responsibilities and assuring performance, governance and benefits realisation.

About us

About us Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Frances Martin, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."Our values
-Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Details Date posted
10 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

BandBand 8dSalary
94,356 to 108,814 a year

PA

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference number
229-COR-8277308

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital Union WalkHerefordHR1 2ER
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Job responsibilities

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Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached job description/personal specification to view the full range of duties and responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential Masters degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential Significant senior leadership within NHS, local government or wider health and care sector

Skills

Essential Place-based partnership working
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential Masters degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential Significant senior leadership within NHS, local government or wider health and care sector

Skills

Essential Place-based partnership working

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.

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