Associate Director - Oldham

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About the Trust

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
3. Access to Continued Professional Development
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

Job overview

Our Oldham care hub provides a range of primary and secondary care community and inpatient mental health services for adults and older people for people in Oldham. We also work in partnership with a range of other organisations to in the development of the Living Life Well mental health service and delivery of services.

In line with our new leadership model, the Associate Director will work as part of a triumvirate within the Oldham care hub alongside the Head of Quality and Clinical Director in order to provide effective leadership. The Associate Director will play a key role in driving forward our vision to deliver outstanding Mental Health and Learning Disability services and shaping our inclusive culture in line with our Trust values.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide operational and strategic leadership across a specific care hub. Reporting to the Network Director of Operations the post holder will play a key role in shaping and operationally managing services in the care hub, working within the direction set by the Network Triumvirate and in collaboration with the Care Hub Triumvirate.

Pennine Care will employ the post holder to develop a culture within services that facilitates excellence through integration and person centred, multi-disciplinary care. The post holder will ensure the delivery of high-quality services to service users, carers and staff, including management of health and social care standards and risk. You will make a full contribution to achieving truly integrated services and key work programmes will include; measurable improvements in patient/service user experience, safety, effectiveness and productivity.

Please ensure you have the agreement of your line manager prior to submitting your application.

Working for our organisation

About the Trust

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We are really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we are a great place to work.

Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the Job Description and Person Specification for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.

If you would like more information or an opportunity to have an informal discussion before you apply please contact Winsom Robotham, Network Director of Operations North at winsom.robotham1@nhs.net

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Essential criteria

• Masters' degree or equivalent/experience in management which can be evidenced
• Evidence of continual formal management development
• Relevant health professional qualification and registration OR • Degree/appropriate professional qualification/registration
• Significant experience of working in Mental Health
• Significant management /strategic experience within a complex organisation
• Substantial experience of planning and service development
• Proven project management experience and experience of leading projects to a successful conclusion
• Track record of managing change in a complex political environment
• Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
• A proven track record of leading, motivating staff teams and of developing a performance culture
• Proven experience of working effectively with diverse partners and stakeholders, maximising opportunities for innovation and improvement in efficiency
• Experience of effectively balancing conflicting workloads and priorities
• Experience and knowledge of financial management and systems of budgetary control
• Experience of service redesign and development
• Experience of NHS contracting processes
• Highly developed knowledge and understanding of NHS/Social care policies/drivers
• Political and policy awareness in dealing with external bodies' i.e. ICB's, Trade Unions and Local Authorities
• Demonstrate positive value base personally and on behalf of the Trust including local values and vision and NHS code of conduct managers
• Strategic and business planning
• Awareness of multidisciplinary professional codes of conduct and ethics
• Knowledge of the MHs contracting framework
• Competent IT skills and ability to interpret and produce relevant management reports
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to persuade, influence and negotiate with a wide range of audiences
• Ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative data and link to decision making and planning
• Leadership skills - the ability to lead, influence and motivate people
• Ability to work independently to plan, develop and implement strategies and work to deadlines
• Implementation skills - the ability to align policies with delivery on the ground, translate strategy into detailed targets and plans
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Ability to prioritise and remain focused under challenging conditions
• Ability to foster partnerships, work collaboratively across organisational boundaries and achieve performance through others
• Ability to think creatively and develop innovative approaches to achieving improvements
• Ability to collaborate and delegate, being flexible in approach to support service objectives
• Ability to deal with difficult and sensitive situations including decision making on competing pressures
• Comfortable with constructive challenge
• Proven ability to engage and enthuse staff in implementing effective multidisciplinary team working
• Commitment to improving patient services
• Excellent presentation and influencing skills, with an ability to negotiate
• Analytical, critical reasoning skills, and problem solving; being able to develop practical and workable solutions
• Team worker with ability to develop good working relationships
• Demonstrate positive drive and commitment
• Passionate about improving services for patients and staff
• Self-motivated, innovative and productive with proven organisational skills
• Commitment to reducing the health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities or mental health
• Participation in on-call rota
• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
• Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.

Disclosure Barring Certificate check

All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge).

An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month's salary.

If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary.

We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff).

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status
• This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs
• You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview
• We will notify you by email if you have been shortlisted or not. Computer access is available at your local job centre or library. Please make sure you check your spam filter/junk folder. If any mail goes to your junk folder please mark it as safe
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application
• We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges. We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our recruiting managers directly.

Vaccination

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 195.1KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 97.9KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)
• Applicant Information pack (PDF, 505.6KB)
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion pack (PDF, 588.9KB)
• Hints and tips for your application (PDF, 128.7KB)