Job summary
Are you passionate about NHS community services and able to inspire and develop others?
We're looking for an exceptional person to support our Chief Operating Officer in the delivery of effective and innovative adult community services in east and west Kent, taking the lead on key transformation projects and helping us to build resilience and sustainability in our teams.
The main element of this position will be to support, lead and inspire two new development posts, helping people to gain the knowledge and experience they need to progress into very senior roles in the trust, driving transformation as we innovate and expand our services.
Main duties of the job
You will meet our high standards in quality, performance, governance, workforce planning and finance, leading on service improvements and taking positive and decisive action where required.
You'll need to collaborate effectively with partners in health and social care, continually innovating services for patients and proactively building and managing relationships with external partners, while at the same time making sure our teams are streamlined and ready for the next challenge.
You'll need excellent communication skills, persuasion, diplomacy and negotiation to be able to communicate our values, vision and direction at all levels, supporting colleagues and services with performance management and integrated governance.
Your personal values and leadership style will contribute towards a culture of openness, compassion and positivity in the trust, bringing out the best in the people you lead.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is 23rd June 2025, although this may be subject to change.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is 23rd June 2025, although this may be subject to change.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level with a masters or equivalent or other relevant post graduate qualification
Desirable
- Management or leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant senior management experience at a head of service or more senior level
- Demonstrable evidence of developing an inspired, motivated, engaged and dynamic team to realise improvements in the delivery of healthcare across services
- Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Desirable
- Exposure to different levels of healthcare provision: primary, acute or tertiary care, commissioning or strategic development of services
Knowledge
Essential
- Strategic understanding; able to interpret national and local health and social care policy and its impact for KCHFT
- Significant financial awareness and successful management of a large budget over a series of service lines
- Understanding of relevant public and private sector business management best practice
Desirable
- Experience with the use of a variety of IT packages e.g. (Easy-Pay / Health-roster/ RIO/MS Teams)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Innovation: able to bring new approaches and generate options for change and improvement using a wider network. Ability to implement these changes.
- Actively promotes workforce equality, diversity and inclusion, challenging colleagues across services to address issues of inequity in their teams, foster good working relationships and act as appropriate to address identified issues
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level with a masters or equivalent or other relevant post graduate qualification
Desirable
- Management or leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant senior management experience at a head of service or more senior level
- Demonstrable evidence of developing an inspired, motivated, engaged and dynamic team to realise improvements in the delivery of healthcare across services
- Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Desirable
- Exposure to different levels of healthcare provision: primary, acute or tertiary care, commissioning or strategic development of services
Knowledge
Essential
- Strategic understanding; able to interpret national and local health and social care policy and its impact for KCHFT
- Significant financial awareness and successful management of a large budget over a series of service lines
- Understanding of relevant public and private sector business management best practice
Desirable
- Experience with the use of a variety of IT packages e.g. (Easy-Pay / Health-roster/ RIO/MS Teams)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Innovation: able to bring new approaches and generate options for change and improvement using a wider network. Ability to implement these changes.
- Actively promotes workforce equality, diversity and inclusion, challenging colleagues across services to address issues of inequity in their teams, foster good working relationships and act as appropriate to address identified 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).
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).
