Head of Health & Community Care
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- Band
- Band 8
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 36
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Head of Health and Community Care within the West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership. The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational leadership across diverse health and community care services, focusing on improvement, transformation, and innovation. It involves working across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and West Dunbartonshire Council to shape integrated health and social care services and improve outcomes for local people. The position requires leading service improvement programs, driving performance, and ensuring high-quality, person-centred support.
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 8 at £53,755 – £60,504 a year, across England.
This advert: £90,808 – £97,338 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
257256
Salary:
Band 8C (£90,808 - £97,338)
Job closing date:
04/10/2026
Job Type:
Senior Managers
Location:
Church Street - Dumbarton
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
36
Job posted date:
17/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department:
Health & Community Care
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Job Advert
Post: Head of Health & Community Care
Salary: NHS: Band 8C £90,808 - £97,338 Council: £107,177 - £110,471
Hours: NHS: 36 hours Council: 35 hours
Tenure: Permanent
Location: West Dunbartonshire
Lead change. Deliver impact. Improve lives.
West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership is seeking an exceptional leader to join our Senior Management Team as Head of Health and Community Care.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of integrated health and social care services and make a real difference to the lives of local people. Working across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and West Dunbartonshire Council, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of health and community care services, leading improvement, transformation and innovation in partnership with staff, communities and stakeholders.
As one of Scotland's most established integrated partnerships, we are pr
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