Job summary
- Main area
- Director
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-1342-24-CS
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Rampton High Secure Hospital
- Town
- Retford
- Salary
- £100,000 - £120,000 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Care Group Director
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Job overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated individuals to join a successful Integrated NHS Foundation Trust. Our service portfolio includes mental health, intellectual disability and specialist mental health services, community physical health, prison health and our low, medium, and high secure hospitals including Rampton Hospital. The Trust is also involved in a number of collaborations in research and innovation with the Institute of Mental Health, the University of Nottingham, and other partners.
Our services are provided by more than 9,500 staff in hospitals, community settings and patients’ own homes, predominantly in Nottinghamshire but services are also provided in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Leicestershire.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic individuals to lead the Forensic Care Groups as Care Group Director within Nottinghamshire Healthcare initially supporting and working directly with our Chief Operating Officer. In this pivotal role, you will be expected to embrace the changes in the delivery of healthcare and to champion leading in line with our values, always demonstrating compassionate and inclusive leadership.
To be successful in this role you will need experience of delivery of high quality and safe clinical services. The role will be accountable for the coordination and delivery of operational services within the Care Group.
You must have successfully led large multi-disciplinary teams and have significant experience in managing complex stakeholder relationships either within NHS organisations, local government, community, and voluntary sector or the private sector.
As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the successful candidates will have integrity and enthusiasm and be committed to championing our values, while always demonstrating inclusive leadership. You will be actively involved in shaping the future direction of the Trust, helping us embrace emerging ways of working and driving our commitment to delivering high quality care.
This is a real opportunity for an experienced, inspirational leader to help us deliver on our ambition to improve services for people and communities.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details of the job and it's main responsibilities please read the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Master’s Degree level or relevant equivalent experience supplemented by further specialist training, research or study.
- Relevant professional qualification in leadership.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development, particularly in leadership and/or strategy.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant and senior level experience of NHS, social care, local authorities and more broadly across the government, private and voluntary sector providers.
- Experience and expertise in working in the relevant clinical area i.e Community Services, Mental Health, and Forensics
- Demonstrable track record of achievement in leading and implementing change in a large-scale complex organisation.
- Highly developed analytical, political and judgment skills alongside excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills.
- A working knowledge and understanding of present health policy in relation to services provided by the Trust and expectations of stakeholders.
- Significant experience of service transformation, care pathways and new models of care.
- Experience of involving service users and carers in service redesign and improvement.
- Significant experience of managing and motivating diverse and multi-professional teams, transforming cultures.
- Experience of negotiating contracts.
- Experience of working in partnership with other NHS Trusts / primary care services / voluntary sector.
- Experience in the management of large budgets.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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
- Georgia Hudson
- Job title
- Business Manager to Chief Operating Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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