NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Main area
- Associate Director
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time – 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-3700048A-SHJ
- Site
- Wayside House
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £78,192 – £90,387 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/02/2022 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/02/2022
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
Associate Director of Community Health and Wellbeing
Full time, permanent role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced operational senior managers to form part of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust’s Senior Leadership Team, as we move forward with our ambitious plans to become an Outstanding provider of mental health, learning disabilities, autism and physical community health services.
Our Top Team structure has recently been redesigned, and with several new appointments over the past 12 months, the Executive team has begun implementing its plans to become one of the top performing provider Trusts across the West Midlands. To do this, they need the support of a talented senior leader who can embrace the Trust’s vision and values and turn our new strategic objectives into a reality.
Please note Trust interviews are currently taking place through Microsoft Teams, this can be downloaded either through the App Store or Google Play for use on your phone/tablet.
Main duties of the job
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
You will join us at a key time as we develop future plans for our services in partnership with colleagues across the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System. Working to the Chief Operating Officer, the successful candidate will be responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of either physical community services or learning disability and autism services, leading programmes of work that will drive forward our plans to deliver step-change in productivity, performance and quality improvement. We are proud that NHS England have named us a Global Digital Exemplar, one of only seven mental health trusts in the country to gain this status, demonstrating our commitment to transforming healthcare through investment in innovation and technology.
Working for our organisation
Our People are our greatest resource, so we are seeking inspirational leaders who can maximise the potential of our staff and motivate our teams to continuously improve. In return for your commitment and dedication, we will offer you a comprehensive induction programme, access to training opportunities and coaching, employee health and wellbeing services, flexible home working, and the full range of NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. If you’re looking for your next career move and want to be part of our journey, we’d love to hear from you.
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Subject to Parliamentary approval, from 1st April 2022 all NHS workers in England who have face to face contact with patients must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Only those with specified medical exemptions will be excluded from this requirement. Please consider this mandatory requirement when applying for this position.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree or equivalent training and experience
- Evidence of other additional specialist management training to post graduate level
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of the Health and Social Care environment (see below and JD).
- Project Management experience
- Ability to build successful teams
- Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
- Ability to present complex data
- Good negotiating skills
- Ability to lead and motivate teams
- Ability to manage conflict
- Excellent problem solving skills using team when appropriate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience within the Health and Social care sector at senior manager level including responsibility for the strategic planning, service delivery and budgetary control for a large directorate or service
- Experience in Negotiation with and influencing others
- Complex and significant service redesign. Proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets
- Proven record of pro-active performance management
Other
Essential criteria
- Must be a car driver with access to an independent means of transport
