Job summary
The Director of Mental Health and Children and Young People (CYP) will be a key senior management position within the ICB's Planning Directorate, reporting directly to the ICB Executive Director of Planning.
This is a fixed term post till 31st December 2026 to cover maternity leave. Post holder 's earliest start date is 7/4/26.
For further information please contact Rupi Dev at rupinder.dev@selondonics.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
Working on behalf of the ICB's Executive Director of Planning, the post holder will have overall responsibility for leading and co-ordinating the development and delivery of ICB's strategic and operational commissioning objectives for mental health and CYP services, in line with national and regional requirements as well as local needs. This will involve significant liaison across multiple senior stakeholders including national and regional teams, service providers across South East London (including NHS and non-NHS organisations), provider collaboratives and networks, and Local Care Partnerships.
Successful applicants will be expected to demonstrate extensive experience, expertise and understanding of performance and change management, business planning, budget setting, monitoring and contracting processes in a health setting. Candidates must have experience of leading and developing teams, particularly across different disciplines and in a multi-disciplinary setting. Previous experience in mental health and CYP commissioning is desirable.
About us
NHS South East London ICB is the body responsible for the provision of healthcare for two million residents living in south east London. This area covers the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
We make decisions on allocating NHS resources and planning services and enable improvement. In addition, we are accountable for ensuring that the ICB and the NHS providers headquartered within south east London manage within resources provided.
As with all ICBs in England we are currently operating within a changing operating model for the NHS in England that is requiring all of our staff to deliver against our responsibilities today whilst planning a transition to the current ICB Model Blueprint published in May 2025.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details on the main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details on the main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Training
Essential
- Educated to masters level with additional in depth professional knowledge in a range of disciplines over a significant period
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Experience and Understanding
Essential
- Extensive experience, expertise and understanding of performance and change management, business planning, budget setting, monitoring and contracting processes, in a health setting.
- Experience of leading and developing teams, particularly across different disciplines and in a multi-disciplinary setting.
- Experience of collaborative working across organisational boundaries and levels and with different professional groups.
- Experience of developing and delivering a clear business plan, strategy and vision and of making difficult and challenging decisions to support strategy and vision.
Desirable
- Experience in mental health commissioning and CYP commissioning.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The ability to analyse highly complex issues, to think and plan to achieve both tactical and strategic objectives, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures.
- The ability to work in partnership with lead clinicians and health care professionals within and outside the ICB and a partnership approach to working across organisations.
- Demonstrates an ability to manage conflict and build consensus: facilitating problem solving and collaboration among various parties
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information and issues effectively with a range of stakeholders where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Training
Essential
- Educated to masters level with additional in depth professional knowledge in a range of disciplines over a significant period
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Experience and Understanding
Essential
- Extensive experience, expertise and understanding of performance and change management, business planning, budget setting, monitoring and contracting processes, in a health setting.
- Experience of leading and developing teams, particularly across different disciplines and in a multi-disciplinary setting.
- Experience of collaborative working across organisational boundaries and levels and with different professional groups.
- Experience of developing and delivering a clear business plan, strategy and vision and of making difficult and challenging decisions to support strategy and vision.
Desirable
- Experience in mental health commissioning and CYP commissioning.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The ability to analyse highly complex issues, to think and plan to achieve both tactical and strategic objectives, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures.
- The ability to work in partnership with lead clinicians and health care professionals within and outside the ICB and a partnership approach to working across organisations.
- Demonstrates an ability to manage conflict and build consensus: facilitating problem solving and collaboration among various parties
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information and issues effectively with a range of stakeholders where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome.
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.
