Associate Director - Community Mental Health - Bromley

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Bring together a large number of dispersed and diverse services and teams and create a quality-focused culture that fosters innovation and delivers consistently excellent care.
• Ensure the achievement of and improvement on, all required service objectives, targets and standards.
• Lead the development and completion of tenders for new and existing services including the development of new models of delivery of care
• Achieve financial targets ensuring the efficient and effective use of financial, staffing, and physical resources.
• Lead the development and delivery of the annual integrated business plan for their span of control.
• Effectively lead the management team in their span of control and ensure there is a focus on what needs to be achieved, and how this will be done.
• Provide inspirational, compassionate, and facilitative leadership to all staff within their span of control
• Maintain effective partnerships with external stakeholders, including Local Authority, GP groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups, acute care providers and the voluntary sector.
• Ensure there are effective systems, policies, and procedures to manage clinical and non-clinical risks and maintenance of an up-to-date risk register.
• Maintain and develop effective systems for learning from adverse incidents and complaints and embedding subsequent changes in practice and procedures.
• Ensure all services within the span of control comply with statutory obligations and codes of practice.
• Ensure optimal use of clinical and management information to inform the efficient use of resources and delivery of high-quality services.
• Lead and sustain a workplace culture that ensures the dignity and respect for all service users and their carers.
• Ensure there are effective systems, practices and skills in place for the recruitment, deployment, supervision, career development, performance management and appraisal of all staff in the span of control.
• Ensure excellent communication systems and necessary relationships are in place, so staff are involved in decision making and informed about those decisions.
• Ensure there are effective systems in place to support the meaningful involvement of patients and carers in service development and delivery.
• Participate in the senior manager on-call rota.

Leadership

This is a leadership position and the post holder will be able to work autonomously in decision-making forums. The post holder will command the authority and have the confidence to work independently with senior staff in other agencies, including representing the Trust in London-wide/national forums.

The postholder will be able to:
• Think strategically and see both the 'bigger picture' and the detail
• Understand and work within complex and stressful circumstances
• Successfully negotiate conflict
• Understand the nature of clinical and social care interventions
• Proactively participate in management supervision, annual objective setting and PDR/appraisal
• Participate in development opportunities
• Maintain knowledge of best practice in health and social care services
• Implement trust and national policy
• Work autonomously and make clear decisions in senior forums
• Use analytical skills and make sound judgements in complex multi-agency situations
• Liaise with external agencies and coordinate projects across service and corporate departments.
• Chair complex meetings
• Use and promote the use of digital tools and new technologies

The post requires an exceptional standard of written and verbal communication skills. The post holder effectively will communicate complex information (for example, a multi-strand trust-wide business case or policy changes involving service delivery) to a range of people, including senior staff in the Trust and other agencies, clinical/practice staff, users carers and other stakeholders, and in a range of national, London-wide, local and internal forums.

The post holder will need effectively to communicate within forums where communication may be difficult or contentious and to ensure that the interests of the Trust are promoted and protected at all times.

Key working relationships include:
• Service directorates: directors, clinical directors, management teams, staff
• Service user and carer groups
• Heads of corporate departments
• Local authorities: associate directors
• PCTs: directors, associate directors
• NHS London: associate directors
• DH: departmental leads

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters level Degree or Equivalent in a relevant Healthcare related subject
• Evidence of related training and qualifications

Experience

Essential criteria

• at least five years experience in a healthcare setting including NHS experience
• at least three years senior management experience

Supporting evidence

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates an understanding of the complexities of a senior leadership role
• Evidences their passion and/or experience of older peoples Mental Health services
• Shows an understanding of the current environment for Community Mental Health services

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high volume of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 384.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)