Principal Manager- Hospital Discharge Teams

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team

As part of the continuing effort to ensure that we provide an excellent quality of services and are able to meet all of our statutory responsibilities in terms of timescales, we are looking for a Principal Manager to support our Hospital Discharge and Intermediate Care Services across the Borough. The Principal Manger will have operational responsibility for the Services within this area and will support the Head of Service in ongoing Service developments. The Principal Manager will work closely with Health colleagues and provider organisations in the Borough in providing excellent care to residents whilst in our Services.

Hours: 37 per week

Your Contributions:

The Principal Manager will have experience of working collaboratively with a range of different services and teams including Health, Children’s Services, the Voluntary and Private Sector as well as commissioned service and in house services/teams to achieve positive outcomes for the people we support. As the Principal Manager, you will support the Head of Service in ensuring that the council’s aims and objectives are operationally implemented, and deputise when required. You will have good interpersonal and communication skills, a flexible approach and a willingness to work in a fast paced and multi-faceted Service. You must hold a full driving licence.

Your role will include the supervision of the Practice Managers across the Service and you will be part of a strong and supportive management Team with access to career development and training opportunities.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Market supplement of £4000 per annum
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Flexible working arrangements
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Steph Haddock, Head of Service - Urgent Care stephanie.haddock@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place in October 2025

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!