Assistant Director Talking Therapies, NELFT
Job Description
Job summary
Are you an inspiring system leader ready to shape the future of talking therapies across NELFT ? NELFT is seeking an exceptional Assistant Director (Band 8c) to lead and transform Talking Therapies. You will work with the Talking Therapies Clinical Director and the Integrated Care Director to bring operational leadership across Barking and Dagenham, Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Havering. You will work closely with the PLACE leads , sustaining and improving operational performance, and growing the service offer. You will line manage the senior data analysts and cover for the Integrated Care Director as necessary in system and strategic spaces. You will be a member of the Redbridge Senior Leadership Team but work across all PLACES supporting Talking Therapies PLACE leads. This is a rare opportunity to change how we offer services at scale to meet our distinct populations, influencing our offer within Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, working with a range of partners to grow our services. and deliver highquality, inclusive and personcentred care.
Main duties of the job
About the role Reporting to the Integrated Care Director, and working closely with the Clinical Director, you will provide senior leadership across Talking Therapies services across Barking and Dagenham, Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Havering. You will be accountable for quality, performance, workforce, finance and governance, leading large teams through change , ensuring close links with PLACES ,while maintaining a relentless focus on patient experience and outcomes. This is a highly influential role with systemlevel impact, requiring confident engagement with Integrated Care Boards, Place Partnerships, Primary Care, voluntary sector partners and service user groups.
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Job responsibilities
What you'll be doing
Leading, developing and transforming Talking Therapies services across NELFT
Playing a pivotal role in the Talking Therapies Collaborative, working with commissioners and providers across the North East London system
Building and sustaining strong partnerships across the wider system
Holding senior accountability for budgets, productivity and cost improvement programmes
Holding senior accountability for performance
Driving quality, safety and regulatory compliance (including CQC and statutory responsibilities)
Championing coproduction, inclusion and community engagement
Developing an empowered, representative and highperforming workforce
Contributing to Trustwide strategy, planning and governance
Acting as an oncall senior manager as part of the leadership rota
Who we're looking for
You'll be a senior public sector leader with a strong track record of delivering improvement in complex environments. Ideally you will have previous experience of Talking Therapies. You will bring:
Senior leadership experience within the NHS, local government or wider public sector
Proven success in leading largescale service transformation and change
Strong financial and commissioning acumen
Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries
Credibility with clinicians, senior managers and external stakeholders
An inclusive, valuesdriven leadership style that inspires trust and confidence
Whether your background is operational, professional or strategic, what matters most is your ability to lead with purpose, deliver through others and improve lives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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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.
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Various/Trust Wide
London
Greater London
IG3 8XJ
United Kingdom
