Director of Specialist and Secured Services

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.

Person specification

Behaviours and Values

Essential criteria

• Highly motivated, is driven to achieve significant results and can be relied upon to deliver.
• Is people orientated without losing sight of the task; with an ability to manage the conflict between service priorities and staff and continue to influence, motivate and lead all grades of staff.
• Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation; able to work effectively across organisational boundaries and maintain effective multi-disciplinary working relationships particularly during change.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Professional knowledge in a relevant discipline acquired through specialist training to a doctorate level or equivalent knowledge, experience and competency in a range of disciplines
• Recognised management qualifications in Health or Social Care field (diploma level or higher) or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of management development through Continuous Professional Development and/or formal management courses.
• Recent significant experience at senior level management within the NHS (or can demonstrate how you would apply your experience in the NHS) with proven track record of using professional knowledge (managerial and/or clinical) to bring about change

Desirable criteria

• Project management qualification

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Highly developed level of interpersonal, communications and influencing skills that enable highly complex, sensitive or contentious technical issues to be explained in clear and concise terms and appropriate action to be understood.
• Able to think analytically, anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead. Uses analytical techniques to identify several solutions to the problem or issue.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to synthesise and articulate highly complex information and build rapport with a diverse audience.
• Ability to lead others through change, building commitment and managing complexity and uncertainty.

Important Information

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: