Associate Service Group Director

Job summary

As the Associate Service Director you will play a key role in supporting the Service Director, Unit Nurse Director and Unit Medical Director in delivering effective leadership and management of the Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Service Group (MHLD). The post has been designed to work with considerable freedom to act over a range of highly complex services to ensure that there is clear and unequivocal focus on quality and safety at the core of the MHLD's objectives.

Main duties of the job

This autonomy is set within the context of delivering the wider Health Board strategy and plans, and the Values and Behaviour Framework.The post holder will be accountable for several complex services as well as a Service Group wide role for all services and associated resources across MHLD including accountability for strategy, performance and finance.

To be professionally and operationally accountable to the Service Group Director for all areas of responsibility to ensure service quality, effective workforce planning and use of resources and modernisation.

To be the Service Group wide lead for a delegated area of responsibility.To be accountable and responsible for the management, leadership, direction and financial control of all services as outlined above, contributing to and ensuring the delivery of strategic professional and operational service objectives set by the Board and the Executive Team. The post holder will operate independently interpreting general health, organisational policy and guidance and will be expected to advise the Health Board accordingly.

To deputise for the Service Group Director across the range of his/her portfolios as required

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.