The more senior and specialist you become, the fewer roles there are that genuinely move your career forward. That can make geography an expensive filter.
You may already lead Health & Safety across a complex organisation, advise senior leaders, work with regulators and make decisions where the consequences matter. But perhaps your next move needs to give you more: a broader remit, greater strategic influence and the opportunity to bring Health & Safety, Fire Safety and Security together rather than operating within one part of that picture.

That is what the Head of Fire, Health & Safety & Security role at Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust offers. You would be the Trust’s senior specialist adviser across all three areas, leading specialist teams and shaping how risk, compliance and assurance are managed across the organisation.

If that sounds like the progression you have been looking for, then the next question is simple: could you make the location work?

Look at the role before you rule out the postcode

You may find that commuting is possible, at least initially. You may prefer to live outside Worcester itself. Or you may discover that a move works better financially or personally than you first assumed. You do not need to know the answer before you explore the opportunity; what matters first is understanding what you would be moving for.

Your remit would span Fire, Health & Safety and Security

You would take strategic responsibility for Fire Safety, Health & Safety and Security across the Trust, advising the Board and Executive Directors, leading specialist teams, developing strategy, strengthening assurance and working with external regulators and agencies.

If you have spent your career building specialist expertise and now want the scope to use it at that level, opportunities with this breadth are naturally harder to find. They are unlikely to appear neatly within the same search radius every time you are ready for something new.
Sometimes widening your search geographically allows you to become more selective professionally.

You don’t need to decide to relocate before you apply

You can be interested in the role without already knowing whether you would move. First, understand the opportunity properly. What does being on-site mean in practice? Could you commute initially? What would the move give you professionally that your current role does not?

Those are the conversations worth having before geography makes the decision for you.

At Insight Executive, we have supported candidates considering geographical moves before, as well as clients looking beyond their immediate area for the right specialist expertise. George Hutcherson and Jonathan Smith can talk you through the role, the Trust and the practicalities of considering the opportunity from outside the area.

Make the career decision first

If your next move needs to give you wider responsibility, greater strategic influence and the opportunity to lead across Fire, Health & Safety and Security, this role deserves a proper look.
We’re here to help you decide whether the geography can work around it.

Head of Fire, Health & Safety & Security| Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust | Band 8b

For a confidential conversation about the opportunity, the Trust or the practicalities of considering a move, contact George Hutcherson or Jonathan Smith at Insight Executive Group.