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Job Title: Director of Integrated Care
Job Reference: KL1460521ChoDOIC
Location: Chorley
Salary: £65000.00 to £75000.00

At Derian House, we help babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions make the most of every precious moment. We also stand alongside their families, offering comfort, support, and hope.

Following the retirement of our current Clinical Director, who has played an integral part of developing our services to where they are today we are now looking replace this role with someone who’s excited to be part of the next stage of the Derian House journey, focusing on our Care Services, in the role of Director of Integrated Care. This new role will work closely with our Chief Nurse and new Director of Children and Family Services, shaping the growth of our Care Services for our current and future babies, children and young adults.

It’s a great time to be joining as we embark on refreshing our 3-5 year strategic plans.

This is a unique opportunity, to:

Grow and expand care services so we can reach even more babies, children and young people
Lead and inspire a passionate, multi-skilled team offering in-house care and community care services
Maintain robust care pathways and clinical governance structures which ensure compliance with regulatory standards
Drive continuous improvement and champion a culture of excellence in clinical practice

You will be an experienced and visionary leader, with a proven track record in children’s clinical care, ideally gained in a hospice or palliative care environment. Creative, compassionate, and ambitious, you’ll bring the skills to inspire others and the drive to grow to continue to build on the fantastic services we already offer today.

Be part of something special. Join us and help ensure that no child or family faces life’s hardest moments alone.

Closing date: 9am Friday 2nd January 2026; if we receive lots of suitable applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early, so don't delay with submitting your application.

Hours: 37.5 or 30 hours per week, usually working Monday to Friday but with some flexibility to meet service needs.

Location: Derian House Children’s Hospice, Chancery Road, Chorley, PR7 1DH.

Selection and Assessment process: This will be a 2 stage process; initial preliminary 20 minute discussion, held virtually, (MS Teams) and then for those who we decide to progress there will be an onsite face to face assessment and interview. We anticipate the processes will take place during January 2026.

For informal discussion about this fantastic opportunity please contact Catherine Randall, Chief Nurse, catherine.randall@derianhouse.co.uk or Karen Edwards, CEO, karen.edwards@derianhouse.co.uk

Benefits: We offer 35 days holidays per year, including bank holidays and increasing with length of service, a contributory pension scheme, retail discounts via a benefits platform, free parking and subsidised meals in our diner.

Derian House is the place where you can make a real difference for babies, children and families and a great place to enhance and develop your career. Derian staff are actively encouraged to further develop their skills and knowledge in accordance with their career aspirations. As an employer, Derian House is committed to investing in training to support this development.

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