Job summary
The Trust is seeking a highly motivated and suitably experienced professional to take up the post of Group Director within the recently formed Specialist Services Care Group. The Group has four clinical business units covering a range of services including adult secure, children's specialist community teams and inpatients, specialist autism inpatient services, neuro rehabilitation and a number of specialist wards and teams including addictions, eating disorders, gender services.
Main duties of the job
The Group Director is a key leadership role within the Trust responsible for the safe and effective delivery of services.The successful applicant will work as part of a Triumvirate with the Group Medical Director and Group Nurse Director to deliver the strategic ambitions of the Trust:
Quality care, every day - We will aspire to deliver expert, compassionate, person-led care every day, in every team. We will value research and learning.
A great place to work - We want to be a great place to work. We will make sure that ourworkforce has the right values, skills, diversity and experience to meet the changing needs of our service users and carers.
Person-led care, when and where it is needed - We will work with partners andcommunities to support the changing needs of people over their whole lives.
Sustainable for the long term, innovating every day - We will be a sustainable, high performing organisation, use our resources well and be digitally enabled. We will be accountable for the money we spend; we will live within our means, and we will work ina way that is kind to the planet.
Working with and for our communities - We will create trusted, long-term partnerships that work well together to help people and communities.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applications are encouraged from individuals who have experience of working in a large complex organisation, delivering strategic change as well as a proven track record of delivering improvements in patient care and quality.
The Group Director is accountable to the Chief Operating Officer.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date: 5th September 2024
Closing date : 30th September 2024
Interviews will take place week commencing 7th October 2024.
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applications are encouraged from individuals who have experience of working in a large complex organisation, delivering strategic change as well as a proven track record of delivering improvements in patient care and quality.
The Group Director is accountable to the Chief Operating Officer.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date: 5th September 2024
Closing date : 30th September 2024
Interviews will take place week commencing 7th October 2024.
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Commitment to Service Excellence - Essential
Essential
- Proven ability to develop a culture that improves quality
- Up to date knowledge of modern service delivery in line with evidence based practice
- Ability to identify, evaluate and support the continuous improvement of services
- Prioritisation skills and direction of attention to key issues
- Demonstrable ways of working in promoting, monitoring and maintaining best practice service deliver
- Ability to monitor work areas and practices and take appropriate action where there are issues with regard to health, safety & security
- Demonstrable track record of performance improvement, accountability and service delivery
- Evidence of resolving complex problems through a win/win approach
- Evidence of listening to and acting upon the view of service users/carers and the wider community
- Demonstrated decision-making skills including evaluation of decisions
Future Focus - Essential
Essential
- Ability to shape and articulate the future of services, responding to patient demand and effective service planning.
- Commercial focus and an understanding of the business requirements of the Trust
- Ability to think flexibly and innovatively
- Evidence of building relationships and partnerships which recognise interdependency and contribute to service and Trust objectives
- Evidence of aligning people, structures, systems and processes to secure goals within the overall context of Trust policy
- Seizing technological solutions to improve healthcare
- Inspiring others and unleashing energy to change
- Ability to own and lead change processes successfully
- Awareness and evidence of utilisation of project management approaches
- Knowledge of Continuous Improvement System
Personal Qualities and Attributes - Essential
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Triumvirate concept and how it will work
- Self-confidence and resilience when dealing with difficult situations
- Ability to successfully implement and manage complex change
- Able to learn from constructive criticism and change your behaviour as required
- Ability to meet tight deadlines within a pressurised work environment
- Highly motivated
- Analytical approach
- Passionate about enhancing health and care services
- Champion for the people we serve
Management Behaviours - Essential
Essential
- Probity and integrity, working in a way that is open and honest and ensuring adherence to the NHS Managers' Code of Conduct and Nolan Principles
- Consistency and fairness
- Planning the workforce to meet the needs of the service
- Effective workload management and deployment of staff - ensuring that members of staff are fulfilling all the requirements of their job
- Individual performance management - monitoring and addressing issues relating to performance, behaviour and attitude of employees
- Supporting employees' development to meet organisational objectives
- Effective communication by giving, receiving and seeking relevant information in a systematic way
- Effective management of sickness and other absence
- Promoting work and life balance for themselves and their staff, ensuring that staff are treated fairly
- Address own personal development
- Achieve a healthy personal work/life balance
- Adherence to confidentiality
- Demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to information governance requirements
- Act in ways that support and promote equality and value diversity for all
- Demonstrate an understanding of current equality law
- Politically astute
- Solution-focused approach to problem-solving
- Demonstrate a commitment to health and wellbeing of staff and act as a good role model. Regularly review own actions in the promotion of employee health and wellbeing
- Demonstrate traits which strive to improve employee health and wellbeing for example being open, approachable and encouraging new ideas
- Ensure that those who supervise/manage staff possess the required skills and have attended relevant training to equip them to support staff and deal effectively with health and wellbeing issues
Person Specification
Commitment to Service Excellence - Essential
Essential
- Proven ability to develop a culture that improves quality
- Up to date knowledge of modern service delivery in line with evidence based practice
- Ability to identify, evaluate and support the continuous improvement of services
- Prioritisation skills and direction of attention to key issues
- Demonstrable ways of working in promoting, monitoring and maintaining best practice service deliver
- Ability to monitor work areas and practices and take appropriate action where there are issues with regard to health, safety & security
- Demonstrable track record of performance improvement, accountability and service delivery
- Evidence of resolving complex problems through a win/win approach
- Evidence of listening to and acting upon the view of service users/carers and the wider community
- Demonstrated decision-making skills including evaluation of decisions
Future Focus - Essential
Essential
- Ability to shape and articulate the future of services, responding to patient demand and effective service planning.
- Commercial focus and an understanding of the business requirements of the Trust
- Ability to think flexibly and innovatively
- Evidence of building relationships and partnerships which recognise interdependency and contribute to service and Trust objectives
- Evidence of aligning people, structures, systems and processes to secure goals within the overall context of Trust policy
- Seizing technological solutions to improve healthcare
- Inspiring others and unleashing energy to change
- Ability to own and lead change processes successfully
- Awareness and evidence of utilisation of project management approaches
- Knowledge of Continuous Improvement System
Personal Qualities and Attributes - Essential
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Triumvirate concept and how it will work
- Self-confidence and resilience when dealing with difficult situations
- Ability to successfully implement and manage complex change
- Able to learn from constructive criticism and change your behaviour as required
- Ability to meet tight deadlines within a pressurised work environment
- Highly motivated
- Analytical approach
- Passionate about enhancing health and care services
- Champion for the people we serve
Management Behaviours - Essential
Essential
- Probity and integrity, working in a way that is open and honest and ensuring adherence to the NHS Managers' Code of Conduct and Nolan Principles
- Consistency and fairness
- Planning the workforce to meet the needs of the service
- Effective workload management and deployment of staff - ensuring that members of staff are fulfilling all the requirements of their job
- Individual performance management - monitoring and addressing issues relating to performance, behaviour and attitude of employees
- Supporting employees' development to meet organisational objectives
- Effective communication by giving, receiving and seeking relevant information in a systematic way
- Effective management of sickness and other absence
- Promoting work and life balance for themselves and their staff, ensuring that staff are treated fairly
- Address own personal development
- Achieve a healthy personal work/life balance
- Adherence to confidentiality
- Demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to information governance requirements
- Act in ways that support and promote equality and value diversity for all
- Demonstrate an understanding of current equality law
- Politically astute
- Solution-focused approach to problem-solving
- Demonstrate a commitment to health and wellbeing of staff and act as a good role model. Regularly review own actions in the promotion of employee health and wellbeing
- Demonstrate traits which strive to improve employee health and wellbeing for example being open, approachable and encouraging new ideas
- Ensure that those who supervise/manage staff possess the required skills and have attended relevant training to equip them to support staff and deal effectively with health and wellbeing issues
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
