- Ensuring high quality, patient focused care across all services
- Building relationships with Directors
- Line management of the Head of Service
- Experience at Band 8b or equivalent Service Manager/Head of Service level
- Strong leadership qualities
- Evidence of transformative changes in previous roles to demonstrate areas of service improvement
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent level of experience (5 years at senior management level)
- Professional qualification NMC or HCPC
- Extensive experience, expertise and understanding of performance and change management, business planning, budget setting and commissioning processes, within a public sector setting
- Track record of significant achievement in directing and managing the delivery and improvement of services within an organisation of comparable size, scale and complexity
- Proven experience of successful achievement of organisational change
- Proven record or establishing constructive interagency partnerships
- Senior management experience within the Public Sector
- Successful track record of delivering services to ethnic minority communities Experience of undertaking audits within a clinical setting.
- Management skills and well developed interpersonal skills especially when handling conflict and change
- Ability to perform under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions and following through agreed decisions
- Ability to work independently and as part of the operational management team
- Excellent interpersonal and Application Form Interview Assessment communication
- A robust understanding of national health and social care strategy and policy, particularly in relation to mental health Excellent understanding of commissioning and the impact on providers.
- Knowledge of key theories of staff management, motivation, leadership and supervision and quality improvement techniques.
- Robust working knowledge of key policies such as Safeguarding, Risk Management, Health and Safety, Disciplinary, Grievance and Attendance Management.
- Leadership/Management Style Outstanding leadership, influencing, negotiating and interpersonal skills (relating to NHS Leadership Qualities Framework)
- Open, participative, dynamic and supportive leadership and management style
- Stamina, energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- Ability to build alliances and secure ownership of proposals across organisational boundaries
- Ability to balance vision with pragmatism where appropriate
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
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Assistant Director SET CAMHS and Partnerships - Basildon, United Kingdom - NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Children's Services Directorate in Essex as an Interim Assistant Director for Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services. The post holder will be responsible for operational management of the community portfolio and will work closely with the leadership team to develop, lead and manage Southend Essex and Thurrock Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services (SET CAMHS)
The Assistant Director will be required to work with the ICB and system partners, supporting the Trust's vision in developing and transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services to ensure the very best system of care is provided through creative partnerships with patients, carers and staff.
You will need to demonstrate strong people skills and the ability to work across organisational boundaries. In addition, you will be a decision maker and be able to motivate colleagues across multidisciplinary teams to deliver the highest quality services.
If you have a passion for transforming services and a strong track record of managing and leading multi disciplinary teams we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to JD for post holder responsibilities, which will include:
Working for our organisation
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
