Deputy General Manager, Mental Health
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- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- 36
- Hours / week
- 36
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a high-profile Deputy General Manager role within Mental Health Services in Dumfries and Galloway, offering a unique opportunity to transform services. The postholder will have strategic responsibility for inpatient and community mental health services and line management of professional leads. It involves driving improvement, innovation, and sustainable service delivery, influencing strategic direction, and leading transformational change. The role is based at Mountainhall Treatment Centre with flexible working, but requires a strong visible leadership presence.
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Job reference:
257115
Salary:
Band 8C (£90,808 - £97,338)
Job closing date:
01/09/2026
Job Type:
Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
Mountainhall Treatment Centre
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
36
Job posted date:
25/08/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Department:
Mental Health
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Job Advert
Mental Health Services in Dumfries and Galloway are at a defining moment. Growing demand, increasing complexity and rising expectations create a unique opportunity to transform services and improve outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
As part of an ambitious redesign of our leadership structure, we are creating a portfolio-based Deputy General Manager role. This is a rare opportunity for an exceptional leader to shape the future of mental health services across the Health and Social Care Partnership.
With strategic responsibility for inpatient and community mental health services, and line management responsibility for Mental Health Professional Leads, the postholder will play a central role in driving improvement, innovation and sustainable service delivery.
This is more than an operational leadership post. It is a high-profile, career-defining opportunity to influence strategic direction, lead transformational change and make a lasting
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