Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Leadership-Gp7
- Contract
- Permanent: N/A
- Hours
- Full time - 35.7 hours per week (N/A)
- Job ref
- 455-CANDI-1072
- Employer
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Pancras Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £100,000 - £130,000 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/09/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/09/2024
Employer heading
Programme Director of Integration & Transformation
Executives / VSM: Leadership-Gp7
North London Mental Health Partnership includes Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I).
Together, our two trusts employ around 6,000 staff and support almost a quarter of a million adults and children with mental health conditions. We are a forward-thinking, innovative organisation, committed to delivering the very best care possible.
We provide a wide range of mental health specialist services, including children and young people’s mental health services, prison services, forensic services, eating disorders and drug and alcohol recovery. We also support the UK Armed forces community, including members of the Reserve Forces, providing specialist veteran services across London.
Both our trusts are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, with many areas judged to be Outstanding.
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide Apprenticeship opportunities as well as employment opportunities for care-leavers.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
- We are a great place to work for our staff with occupational health services, wellbeing initiatives and staff incentives.
- We offer flexible working,
- Our staff are eligible for the NHS Pension Scheme and receive a generous annual leave allowance.
- Discounts are offered to NHS staff in a wide range of stores and services
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups
- We support learning and personal development opportunities.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to make your mark in a brand-new NHS organisation! This is a key post in our organisation and will report directly to the Deputy Chief Executive. The role will work closely with members of the Executive Team and with senior colleagues internally and externally.
Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) are working together as the North London Mental Health Partnership. Our Partnership has been developing over the last three years, with a single Chair, Chief Executive and Partnership Executive Team. Our Partnership Strategy was launched in May 2023 and in July 2023, our Partnership Board took the decision to take the next step and to come together formally as a new Trust, to be called the North London NHS Foundation Trust, which we are on track to achieve by 1 October 2024.
As we become a new NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October, we are seeking to appoint an experienced transformational professional to the role of Programme Director of Integration and Transformation. The role will be supported by an Associate Director – Transaction and Integration and the Delivery Support Team.
Main duties of the job
Job description and person specification for the Programme Director of Integration and Transformation uploaded to additional documents tab.
Working for our organisation
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job description and person specification for the Programme Director of Integration and Transformation uploaded to additional documents tab.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to a minimum of Masters level (or in- depth professional knowledge and equivalent experience)
- Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
Desirable criteria
- Recognised qualification in programme management (i.e. Prince 2) or equivalent experience.
- A good understanding of the health and social care data and the ability to manage all the data processes from ingestion to reporting and forecasting.
- Very high technical skills in report creation.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant senior management experience in an NHS Trust (or other Health and Social Care) operating at or close to Board level
- Demonstrable track record of operational achievement and service improvement
- To have strong leadership qualities, be firm-minded in approach and capable of leading by example, inspiring others.
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of key strategic change initiatives in the local health economy and how they link to the wider NHS strategy.
- Highly developed knowledge and experience of health or social care service management, change management and workforce re- design.
- Knowledge and experience using BI platform & tools to deliver forecasting and analysis.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral and including presentation skills
- Computer programmes competent and substantially numerate.
- Financially literate with proven budget management skills.
- Competent and experienced in designing and delivering strategic plans.
- Sensible and mature negotiator with practical expectation of what can be achieved.
- Decision-making skills, including the ability to delegate and make recommendations based on an analysis of options.
Desirable criteria
- Support the development of and share learning with other members of staff
- Able to analyse highly complex data, reports and interpret statistical (including financial) data and draw proven budget management skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Dynamic, passionate, open, participative and supportive leadership style
- Team builder, able to delegate
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours
- Strong commitment and passion for quality and efficiency improvement
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- Ability to balance conflicting priorities and agendas
- Willingness to embrace new approaches to delivery
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Fox
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Executive
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8702 5361
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