Job summary
This role is for a Deputy Chief Operating Officer working directly to the Chief Operating Officer, providing senior operational and strategic leadership ensuring the effective provision of health and care services across the organisation.
The role will lead and be accountable for the delivery of operational clinical services in geographical areas ("Place Alliances") for physical and mental health services as well as one of the specialist services across the trust.
The post holder will be accountable for the coordination and delivery of high quality and safe clinical services, working in partnership with Medical Directors, professional leads and wider partners for health and care delivery. Providing both operational and strategic leadership, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring flexibility in capacity to meet demand and deliver both the local quality and safety agenda and all service targets.
The role will lead in driving key opportunities across the trust to support integrated working across services . It will ensure the effective implementation of pathways, supporting the emergence of Primary Care Networks (PCNs, Integrated Care Partnerships (ICP) and Provider Collaboratives. Strategically, this role will need to represent services in relevant forums, and in particular be responsible as the Trust's representative in the place-based partnerships and integrated care pathways, feeding into system level delivery for Southeast London footprint.
Main duties of the job
Managing budgets with responsibility for monitoring service and team expenditure within the financial envelope
To ensure the implementation of all statutory requirements, Trust policies, Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions and targets
Support executive team in the negotiating and contracting process
Lead on all aspects of collaborative working with stakeholders and representing the Trust on all key forums such as the Clinical Quality Review meetings, the Local Authority Health Scrutiny Committee, the Health & Wellbeing Boards, etc.
Be a full and effective contributor to Senior Management Team meetings and deputising where required for the Chief Operating Officer.
To manage the operational performance of services
Analyse organisational and service performance data
Ensure that effective clinical governance, risk management and controls assurance systems and procedures are embedded into the culture of the designated area.
Work closely with clinicians, managers and Trust leads to ensure that the Trust is providing optimum quality of care in line with CQC Standards, national and local healthcare targets.
Oversee and enable General Managers with the day-to-day operational delivery of services.
To work across boundaries to ensure a seamless service for patients and ensure the delivery of all operational priorities
Ensure both strategic and business planning is in place for all services.
Demonstrate excellent Board level report writing skills.
About us
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated therefore have a comprehensive benefits package on offerSome of our amazing benefits are highlighted here:- Generous pay, pensions and annual leave.- Work life balance and supportive of a range of flexible working options- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.Other benefits include:o Counselling serviceso Wellbeing eventso Long service awardso Cycle to work schemeo Season ticket loano Staff restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage the competing, often political, demands of different system partners. This is whilst ensuring safe, effective and quality care of mental health services provided by the Trust within the commissioning frameworks. To ensure the needs of mental health services are represented to system partners.
The post holder will work independently and is guided by general health, organisational and occupational policies related to their services. The post holder will be autonomous and will be responsible for deciding how national health and social care guidance and policies should be implemented in their services.
Communications and Working Relationships
INTERNAL
Executive Team
Non-Executive Directors
SEL
ICB
Service Users
General Managers
Clinical Directors
Finance
Medical teams
Nursing teams
Quality Teams
EPRR
IM&T
People & Inclusion
Business
Planning and Development Communications
EXTERNAL
ICS and ICP leaders
NHSE/I Regional and National teams
Carers
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage the competing, often political, demands of different system partners. This is whilst ensuring safe, effective and quality care of mental health services provided by the Trust within the commissioning frameworks. To ensure the needs of mental health services are represented to system partners.
The post holder will work independently and is guided by general health, organisational and occupational policies related to their services. The post holder will be autonomous and will be responsible for deciding how national health and social care guidance and policies should be implemented in their services.
Communications and Working Relationships
INTERNAL
Executive Team
Non-Executive Directors
SEL
ICB
Service Users
General Managers
Clinical Directors
Finance
Medical teams
Nursing teams
Quality Teams
EPRR
IM&T
People & Inclusion
Business
Planning and Development Communications
EXTERNAL
ICS and ICP leaders
NHSE/I Regional and National teams
Carers
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree level or related experience.
- Relevant professional qualification in leadership
- Evidence of ongoing professional development, particularly in health and care leadership, operational leadership and/or strategy
Experience
Essential
- Significant recent senior management experience within a health and care setting
- Significant and senior level experience of NHS, social care, local authorities and more broadly across the government, private and voluntary sector providers.
- Significant experience of operational management of services
- Experience of negotiating contracts
- Experience of working in partnership with other mental health/ NHS Trusts / primary care services / voluntary sector
- Substantial budget management experience
- Significant experience of service transformation, care pathways and new models of care
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree level supplemented by further specialist training, research or study.
- Relevant professional qualification in leadership.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development, particularly in leadership and/or strategy
- Significant and senior level experience of NHS, social care, local authorities and more broadly across the government, private and voluntary sector providers.
- Experience of involving service users and carers in service redesign and improvement
- Evidence of operating at a Managing Director Level of equivalent
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Track record and able to demonstrate political acumen
- Innovative and strategic thinker
- Demonstrable ability to manage, and to promote diversity in day-to-day practice of self and others
- Able to influence others, including service users and carers, in service planning and delivery
- Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role and have the ability to travel within the geographical area and wider within a reasonable timeframe
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree level or related experience.
- Relevant professional qualification in leadership
- Evidence of ongoing professional development, particularly in health and care leadership, operational leadership and/or strategy
Experience
Essential
- Significant recent senior management experience within a health and care setting
- Significant and senior level experience of NHS, social care, local authorities and more broadly across the government, private and voluntary sector providers.
- Significant experience of operational management of services
- Experience of negotiating contracts
- Experience of working in partnership with other mental health/ NHS Trusts / primary care services / voluntary sector
- Substantial budget management experience
- Significant experience of service transformation, care pathways and new models of care
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree level supplemented by further specialist training, research or study.
- Relevant professional qualification in leadership.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development, particularly in leadership and/or strategy
- Significant and senior level experience of NHS, social care, local authorities and more broadly across the government, private and voluntary sector providers.
- Experience of involving service users and carers in service redesign and improvement
- Evidence of operating at a Managing Director Level of equivalent
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Track record and able to demonstrate political acumen
- Innovative and strategic thinker
- Demonstrable ability to manage, and to promote diversity in day-to-day practice of self and others
- Able to influence others, including service users and carers, in service planning and delivery
- Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role and have the ability to travel within the geographical area and wider within a reasonable timeframe
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).
