Job summary
The Lewisham Directorate is recruiting to the post of General Manager, Community Services on a six months secondment basis. if you want to work in an exciting and evolving service then this is the post for you.
The Interim General Manager for Community Services will be responsible for the overall management of a range of nominated services within the Operations Directorate. Working closely with colleagues they will ensure excellent clinical, operational and financial outcomes. You will be expected to work as part of a Services Management Team with other General Managers, Deputy Director, Head of Nursing and Borough Director.
Main duties of the job
The InterimGeneral Manager will be responsible for the overall management of a range of nominated services within the Operations Directorate. All services within the operations directorates will be managed by a team comprising the General Managers and the Deputy Director and specific service responsibility.. Working closely with colleagues in all other relevant teams, they will ensure excellent clinical, operational and financial outcomes. The post-holder will be expected to work as part of a services management team with other General Managers, Deputy Director, Head of Nursing and Borough Director.In addition they may be responsible for other borough, specialist or national services as identified. This will be reviewed in line with service needs.The post-holder will also have a key role in liaising with the national commissioning, Local Authority and borough commissioning and will support Local Care Network initiatives and theintegration agenda.
About us
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
- Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
- Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
- We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe
Job description
Job responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the role are:
- Working closely with professional heads and the Executive team to provide demonstrable assurance of the quality of clinical services including patient safety, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes meet the required high standards.
- Working closely to develop a clear integrated pathway with effective, evidence based interventions. Responsible for writing business cases and leading staff and stakeholder consultants as required.
- Ensuring services are delivered using the resources available, ensuring each service operate within budget and taking action where necessary to manage this.
- Working with the Clinical and Deputy Director to recruit , motivate and train the workforce.
- To provide assurance of continuous quality improvement of effective and efficient clinical services by ensuring staff are engaged in these initiatives.
To be part of and participate in the senior manager on call rota.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the role are:
- Working closely with professional heads and the Executive team to provide demonstrable assurance of the quality of clinical services including patient safety, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes meet the required high standards.
- Working closely to develop a clear integrated pathway with effective, evidence based interventions. Responsible for writing business cases and leading staff and stakeholder consultants as required.
- Ensuring services are delivered using the resources available, ensuring each service operate within budget and taking action where necessary to manage this.
- Working with the Clinical and Deputy Director to recruit , motivate and train the workforce.
- To provide assurance of continuous quality improvement of effective and efficient clinical services by ensuring staff are engaged in these initiatives.
To be part of and participate in the senior manager on call rota.
Person Specification
Educational/knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Bachelor's degree (in relevant discipline) or equivalent experience
- Expertise at Senior Management level across a range of subjects within a mental health or social care setting
- Proven track record of managing organisational change and development of clinical services
- Experience of working successfully in managing and co-ordinating a range of complex, multidisciplinary clinical services
- Demonstrable achievement in negotiating and influencing others
- Experience of performance management of service delivery, staff and processes to ensure local and national targets are consistently achieved
- Experience of partnership working with service users, carers and other agencies
- Understands the principles relating to contractual arrangements/Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with commissioners
- Able to work collaboratively with professional leads and other managers to ensure safe and effective practice
- Able to think laterally, able to interpret data and synthesize complex information from a range of sources
- Understanding of the principles behind the Foundation Trust process and its implication in terms of service management, Monitor and model contracts.
- Broad understanding of healthcare provision together with an awareness and appreciation of current NHS policy and priorities, particularly in relation to mental health
- Knowledge of performance management methods/procedures
- Clear understanding of professional and multidisciplinary roles/working the issues
- Able to work in partnership with clinical leaders
- Experience of working collaboratively with our organisations
- Strong record of multi-professional collaborator
- Experience of change management and workforce redesign
- Able to demonstrate a genuine commitment to ensuring that services meet the needs of services users and their carers and are delivered with multi-cultural sensitivity
- Able to lead and generate a clear sense of direction for the service and its employees
- Have business, service planning, analytical and numeracy skills
- Able to set objective measurements and develop monitoring systems to inform the organisation
Desirable
- Experience of managing integrated mental health services
- Post-graduate qualification in Healthcare Management/Business Studies
- Professional health qualification
- Project Management Qualification
Person Specification
Educational/knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Bachelor's degree (in relevant discipline) or equivalent experience
- Expertise at Senior Management level across a range of subjects within a mental health or social care setting
- Proven track record of managing organisational change and development of clinical services
- Experience of working successfully in managing and co-ordinating a range of complex, multidisciplinary clinical services
- Demonstrable achievement in negotiating and influencing others
- Experience of performance management of service delivery, staff and processes to ensure local and national targets are consistently achieved
- Experience of partnership working with service users, carers and other agencies
- Understands the principles relating to contractual arrangements/Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with commissioners
- Able to work collaboratively with professional leads and other managers to ensure safe and effective practice
- Able to think laterally, able to interpret data and synthesize complex information from a range of sources
- Understanding of the principles behind the Foundation Trust process and its implication in terms of service management, Monitor and model contracts.
- Broad understanding of healthcare provision together with an awareness and appreciation of current NHS policy and priorities, particularly in relation to mental health
- Knowledge of performance management methods/procedures
- Clear understanding of professional and multidisciplinary roles/working the issues
- Able to work in partnership with clinical leaders
- Experience of working collaboratively with our organisations
- Strong record of multi-professional collaborator
- Experience of change management and workforce redesign
- Able to demonstrate a genuine commitment to ensuring that services meet the needs of services users and their carers and are delivered with multi-cultural sensitivity
- Able to lead and generate a clear sense of direction for the service and its employees
- Have business, service planning, analytical and numeracy skills
- Able to set objective measurements and develop monitoring systems to inform the organisation
Desirable
- Experience of managing integrated mental health services
- Post-graduate qualification in Healthcare Management/Business Studies
- Professional health qualification
- Project Management Qualification
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital and various sites
Lewisham High Street
London
SE13 6LW
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
