Job summary
We are looking for a values-led, compassionate and capable senior lead, with a demonstrable commitment to improving and supporting mental health, learning disabilities and autism, offering best patient care and enabling staff as well as the ability to deliver high quality, robust programmes, drive delivery and manage relationships at all organisational levels.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
This post is a senior lead position in the Jameson Strategy, Transformation and Partnerships team, working across the Jameson Division within Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) which provides adult mental health and learning disability services across NWL boroughs. It will work across the full transformation agenda, and take a specific leadership focus on ensuring delivery and implementation for divisional programmes, continuously working to embed and sustain developments and system change. The postholder will also hold key system relationships across the ICB.
The postholder will oversee and enable the delivery of the team's transformational portfolio. This involves direct management of two senior transformation and delivery managers who are covering all transformation deliverables for adults and older adults, and for people with learning disabilities and autism. This includes working across internal and external partners as necessary and delivery and development, planning & meaningful co-production.
The postholder needs to be dedicated to partnership working and appreciate the value community partnerships, including with VCSE, can bring to statutory health and care services.
About us
Our Vision
Wellbeing for life: We work in partnership with all who use our services to improve health and wellbeing. Together we look at ways of improving an individual's quality of life, through high quality healthcare and personal support.
Our Values
- Compassion: Our staff will be led by compassion and embody the values of care outlined in our Staff Charter.
- Respect: We will respect and value the diversity of our patients, service users and staff, to create a respectful and inclusive environment, which recognises the uniqueness of each individual
- Empowerment: We will involve, inform and empower our patients,service users, carers and their families to take an active role in the management of their illness and adopt recovery principles. We will ensure our staff receive appropriate direction and support, to enable them to develop and grow.
- Partnership: We will work closely with our many partners to ensure that our combined efforts are focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for the people we serve
Job description
Job responsibilities
Act as a senior team lead for transformation and strategy, working closely with, and at times deputising for, the Associate Director of Strategy, System Transformation and Partnerships
Oversight and responsibility of the delivery of adult mental health, learning disabilities and autism transformation, as well as any additional Divisional deliverables identified
Acting as a key system partner and working closely with other organisations within the ICB
Project lead complex programmes will full project management methodology
Provide focus and support to embedding and sustaining changes from transformation & service development, enabling long term system change. This includes tracking progress and well as forward planning future delivery phases and setting the ground work for success
Working with the divisional team, support the prioritisation and delivery timelines
Job description
Job responsibilities
Act as a senior team lead for transformation and strategy, working closely with, and at times deputising for, the Associate Director of Strategy, System Transformation and Partnerships
Oversight and responsibility of the delivery of adult mental health, learning disabilities and autism transformation, as well as any additional Divisional deliverables identified
Acting as a key system partner and working closely with other organisations within the ICB
Project lead complex programmes will full project management methodology
Provide focus and support to embedding and sustaining changes from transformation & service development, enabling long term system change. This includes tracking progress and well as forward planning future delivery phases and setting the ground work for success
Working with the divisional team, support the prioritisation and delivery timelines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent relevant experience
- Masters or Post Graduate degree in management or equivalent years of demonstrable experience in a relevant programme management role
Desirable
- Programme Management qualification
- Training in use of management consultancy techniques/strategic development tools e.g. D-5 methodology
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working a project environment
- Relevant NHS experience or similar environment working with senior leads
- Experience of roles managing and motivating staff
- Experience of delivering projects within clinical services
- Experience leading and delivering high profile Mental Health Five Year Forward View/Long Term Plan objectives
- Experience in development of funding proposals/bid leadership
Desirable
- Experience working closely with or in the voluntary sector/community social enterprise
Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, and present sensitive information to large groups.
- Experience and knowledge to plan over short term, medium and long term timeframes
- Ability to identify and resolve delivery challenges, and design problem solving solutions
- Ability to mentor, team build and prioritise
- Ability to build a credible reputation amongst, senior management teams, clinical staff and peers
- Ability to develop and maintain communication with people about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations, varying language and style as appropriate.
Desirable
- Excellent excel, data analytics and basic modelling skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of programme and project management
- Outstanding knowledge and understanding of the national requirements for mental health services
- Knowledge of the emerging NHS landscape including Integrated Care Systems and Integrated Care Partnerships
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Investment Standard, operational planning and budget management
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent relevant experience
- Masters or Post Graduate degree in management or equivalent years of demonstrable experience in a relevant programme management role
Desirable
- Programme Management qualification
- Training in use of management consultancy techniques/strategic development tools e.g. D-5 methodology
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working a project environment
- Relevant NHS experience or similar environment working with senior leads
- Experience of roles managing and motivating staff
- Experience of delivering projects within clinical services
- Experience leading and delivering high profile Mental Health Five Year Forward View/Long Term Plan objectives
- Experience in development of funding proposals/bid leadership
Desirable
- Experience working closely with or in the voluntary sector/community social enterprise
Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, and present sensitive information to large groups.
- Experience and knowledge to plan over short term, medium and long term timeframes
- Ability to identify and resolve delivery challenges, and design problem solving solutions
- Ability to mentor, team build and prioritise
- Ability to build a credible reputation amongst, senior management teams, clinical staff and peers
- Ability to develop and maintain communication with people about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations, varying language and style as appropriate.
Desirable
- Excellent excel, data analytics and basic modelling skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of programme and project management
- Outstanding knowledge and understanding of the national requirements for mental health services
- Knowledge of the emerging NHS landscape including Integrated Care Systems and Integrated Care Partnerships
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Investment Standard, operational planning and budget management
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical services
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).
