Head of Service, Community Health Services Dentistry and Primary Care
| Posting date: | 04 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £79,504.00 to £91,609.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £79504.00 - £91609.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX4 6HJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9267-26-0673 |
Summary
As part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) the Head of Service is responsible for contributing significantly to overall Directorate strategy/policy to ensure that the Directorate delivers its quality, quality improvement, people, finance and performance objectives. As part of a matrix style organisation structure the Head of Service is also responsible for working highly collaboratively with horizontal leads from across the Directorate and the broader Trust. This includes clinical and non-clinical professional leads such as medical, nursing, therapies, social work, psychology, learning disabilities, finance, HR, IM&T, estates, emergency planning etc. The role will have close external partnership working and is required to represent the Trust in a professional collaborative manner at all times. As a very senior leader in the organisation the post holder is expected to role model exemplary personal and leadership qualities at all times. This role may involve working unsocial hours during evenings and at weekends as well as working in hours as service need dictates to attend Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust meetings as required. We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.