Job summary
Livewell Southwest’s mission is to support people to lead independent, healthy lives in the place, and the community, in which they live.
We are a respected provider of integrated physical and mental health and social care services to a population of about 270,000 across South Hams, West Devon, and Plymouth, with additional responsibilities for delivering specialist services to people living in parts of Cornwall and Devon.
We are proud to be a social enterprise. Everything we do – how we shape our organisation, culture, strategy, and values – is geared towards getting the best outcomes and greatest value for our local communities.
Our clear vision is to be the very best at helping people to live well, supporting them to lead independent, healthy lives. We do this by shaping our services around the specific needs of those communities and ensuring all colleagues champion our values of being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative.
We work closely with our partners at a neighbourhood level to make accessing health and social care services simple. Doing this allows us to offer many sustainable services at a community-level, helping people to stay healthy and live independent at home.
Main duties of the job
We are at an exciting time in our journey, so this is an exciting opportunity for our new Chief Operating Officer to work with our outstanding Board of Non-Executive Directors, and Executive Leaders to drive the next phase of our development as well as the wider transformation of health and social care across the region, in collaboration with our partners.
As an experienced, inclusive leader, with a strong and credible track record across Operational Health and Care Management at Chief Operating Officer level, you will ensure that the business fulfils its great potential and will continue to grow the range of services we deliver to our communities. Our future must be shaped around our people and supported by inclusive leadership and robust governance. As such, it is imperative that we seek out those leaders who embody our values and commit wholeheartedly to supporting colleagues achieve our priorities. We have embarked on a long-term journey to create a culture of continuous improvement, focused on realising our priorities and achieving our strategy, enabled by established management systems and respectful, coaching leadership style.
Our people are committed to providing high quality services and an important part of your role will be supporting the workforce and the thriving, positive culture of Livewell Southwest.
About us
Livewell Southwest values its staff and makes investment in
their development a priority. Currently we offer the following development
opportunities for staff:
- A
minimum of three days protected CPD for registered staff
- Development
pathways for unregistered staff from apprentice to bands 2, 3 and 4 and for
registered staff in bands 5, 6, 7 and 8
- Leadership
programmes
- Coaching
and mentoring
- Medicines
Management, leg Ulcer Management and Assessment Training
- Access
and funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant
Practitioners Course and Scholarship Into Nurse Training
- Robust
Preceptorship
- An
induction programme tailored to your needs
- Relocation
package may be considered for the right candidate for certain roles
Livewell Southwest can allow existing members of the NHS
Pension Scheme to continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
***** Please see the attached Livewell Southwest - Chief Operating officer pack for details of the job description *****
Job description
Job responsibilities
***** Please see the attached Livewell Southwest - Chief Operating officer pack for details of the job description *****
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
- Evidence of continued professional and management development.
Desirable
- Relevant, wider, higher management training and qualification.
- Professional registration with a health or social care body.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years senior management experience including operating at director level in a comparably complex Board/ organisational setting.
- Successful track record of effectiveness at Board or very senior management level in a complex organisation.
- Experience of managing large, complex services.
- Preparation and presentation of complex reports to Board, committees and/or external organisations.
- Experience of:
- Preparing Board reports.
- Presenting to formal and informal meetings.
- Strategic management and planning.
- Developing and reviewing effective governance and communication systems and controls.
Desirable
- Track record of working with partner organisations including the local authority and voluntary sector and in a multi-professional environment.
- Experience of working within a social enterprise or similar.
- Experience of managing additional projects or management specialities.
- Understanding of NHS and local government policies, structures, relationships and business dynamics.
Knowledge
Essential
- Of the statutory requirements for a Community Interest Company, e.g. Articles of Association, Registration, and Memorandum of Association.
- Able to think strategically and act corporately to deliver strategies and work programmes.
- A lateral thinker, able to recognise the innovation and contribution of others and to make sound judgements that may have a critical impact for Livewell Southwest.
- Demonstrates political awareness.
- Able to communicate the organisations vision and deliver that vision through leadership, management and developing staff.
- Track record of delivery and the meeting of deadlines and targets.
- Ability to lead significant programmes of change within and across organisational boundaries.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, tact and diplomacy and able to build and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and other key stakeholders.
- Proven organisational and project management skills and demonstrable strategic planning expertise.
- Proven ability of working with colleagues from professional bodies and Trade Unions in the development of services.
Desirable
- Good understanding of how a Community Interest Company operates.
- Demonstrable knowledge of commercial development opportunities and the management of associated processes.
Personal skills, abilities & attributes
Essential
- A passion for the delivery of care by competent, empowered and caring staff throughout all services.
- Has the stature and credibility to influence clinical, management and Board colleagues to deliver the organisations strategy.
- An able and articulate champion of excellence in care; robust in negotiations with commissioners and managers at all levels of the organisation.
Desirable
- Interest and enthusiasm for information management as a key source for improved health and social care delivery.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to meet the demands of regular travel within the Plymouth area and with some travel across the country.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
- Evidence of continued professional and management development.
Desirable
- Relevant, wider, higher management training and qualification.
- Professional registration with a health or social care body.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years senior management experience including operating at director level in a comparably complex Board/ organisational setting.
- Successful track record of effectiveness at Board or very senior management level in a complex organisation.
- Experience of managing large, complex services.
- Preparation and presentation of complex reports to Board, committees and/or external organisations.
- Experience of:
- Preparing Board reports.
- Presenting to formal and informal meetings.
- Strategic management and planning.
- Developing and reviewing effective governance and communication systems and controls.
Desirable
- Track record of working with partner organisations including the local authority and voluntary sector and in a multi-professional environment.
- Experience of working within a social enterprise or similar.
- Experience of managing additional projects or management specialities.
- Understanding of NHS and local government policies, structures, relationships and business dynamics.
Knowledge
Essential
- Of the statutory requirements for a Community Interest Company, e.g. Articles of Association, Registration, and Memorandum of Association.
- Able to think strategically and act corporately to deliver strategies and work programmes.
- A lateral thinker, able to recognise the innovation and contribution of others and to make sound judgements that may have a critical impact for Livewell Southwest.
- Demonstrates political awareness.
- Able to communicate the organisations vision and deliver that vision through leadership, management and developing staff.
- Track record of delivery and the meeting of deadlines and targets.
- Ability to lead significant programmes of change within and across organisational boundaries.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, tact and diplomacy and able to build and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and other key stakeholders.
- Proven organisational and project management skills and demonstrable strategic planning expertise.
- Proven ability of working with colleagues from professional bodies and Trade Unions in the development of services.
Desirable
- Good understanding of how a Community Interest Company operates.
- Demonstrable knowledge of commercial development opportunities and the management of associated processes.
Personal skills, abilities & attributes
Essential
- A passion for the delivery of care by competent, empowered and caring staff throughout all services.
- Has the stature and credibility to influence clinical, management and Board colleagues to deliver the organisations strategy.
- An able and articulate champion of excellence in care; robust in negotiations with commissioners and managers at all levels of the organisation.
Desirable
- Interest and enthusiasm for information management as a key source for improved health and social care delivery.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to meet the demands of regular travel within the Plymouth area and with some travel across the country.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
