Job summary
Associate Director of Operations - Children and Young People Mental Health Services - 8d
Permanent, full time role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced operational senior manager to form part of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust's Senior Leadership Team, as we move forward with our ambitious plans to become an Outstanding provider of mental health, learning disabilities, autism and physical community health services.
Our Top Team structure has recently been redesigned, and with several new appointments over the past 12 months, the Executive team has begun implementing its plans to become one of the top performing provider Trusts across the West Midlands. To do this, they need the support of a talented senior leader who can embrace the Trust's vision and values and turn our new strategic objectives into a reality.
Interviews are planned for 02 & 04 March 2022
Please note Trust interviews are currently taking place through Microsoft Teams, this can be downloaded either through the App Store or Google Play for use on your phone/tablet.
Main duties of the job
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
You will join us at a key time as we develop future plans for our services in partnership with colleagues across the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System. Working to the Chief Operating Officer, the successful candidate will be responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of mental health services and programmes of work that will drive forward our plans to deliver step-change in productivity, performance and quality improvement. We are proud that NHS England have named us aGlobal Digital Exemplar, one of only seven mental health trusts in the country to gain this status, demonstrating our commitment to transforming healthcare through investment in innovation and technology.
About us
Our People are our greatest resource, so we are seeking an inspirational leader who can maximise the potential of our staff and motivate our teams to continuously improve. In return for your commitment and dedication, we will offer you a comprehensive induction programme, access to executive training opportunities and executive coaching, employee health and wellbeing services, flexible home working, and the full range of NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. If you're looking for your next career move in mental health and want to be part of our journey, we'd love to hear from you.
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Subject to Parliamentary approval, from 1st April 2022 all NHS workers in England who have face to face contact with patients must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Only those with specified medical exemptions will be excluded from this requirement. Please consider this mandatory requirement when applying for this position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Subject to Parliamentary approval, from 1st April 2022 all NHS workers in England who have face to face contact with patients must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Only those with specified medical exemptions will be excluded from this requirement. Please consider this mandatory requirement when applying for this position.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent post graduate qualification or equivalent senior experience
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of the mental health service delivery agenda
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and demands
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively and co-operatively with colleagues and other partners
- Excellent leadership and influencing skills
- Capacity to think strategically and analyse and solve complex problems
- Inspirational leader who demonstrates the ability to lead and mange change.
- Committed to the continuous development of staff and self
- Commitment to developing a collective leadership culture within which people are open and work in partnership
- Commitment to improving quality of service delivery.
- High level of verbal and written skills
- Ability to analyse and appropriately present complex information
- Sound judgement and decision making
- Ability to set clear strategic direction and individual goals
- Computer literate
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of operating at a senior level within mental health services
- Experience of successfully managing significant operating budgets
- Experience of leading service development, Quality Improvement and innovation
- Experience of developing effective multi-disciplinary and multi-agency Working
- Experience of building personal and leadership credibility with Board, management, clinical teams and staff
- Sound understanding of clinical governance risk management and evidence of raising standards
Other
Essential
- Access to an independent means of transport for business use
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent post graduate qualification or equivalent senior experience
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of the mental health service delivery agenda
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and demands
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively and co-operatively with colleagues and other partners
- Excellent leadership and influencing skills
- Capacity to think strategically and analyse and solve complex problems
- Inspirational leader who demonstrates the ability to lead and mange change.
- Committed to the continuous development of staff and self
- Commitment to developing a collective leadership culture within which people are open and work in partnership
- Commitment to improving quality of service delivery.
- High level of verbal and written skills
- Ability to analyse and appropriately present complex information
- Sound judgement and decision making
- Ability to set clear strategic direction and individual goals
- Computer literate
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of operating at a senior level within mental health services
- Experience of successfully managing significant operating budgets
- Experience of leading service development, Quality Improvement and innovation
- Experience of developing effective multi-disciplinary and multi-agency Working
- Experience of building personal and leadership credibility with Board, management, clinical teams and staff
- Sound understanding of clinical governance risk management and evidence of raising standards
Other
Essential
- Access to an independent means of transport for business use
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
