Associate Director - Community Mental Health - Bromley

Associate Director - Community Mental Health - Bromley Band 8d

Main area: Associate Director Community Mental Health

Grade: Band 8d

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5)

Job ref: 086-CMH

Site: Memorial Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £93,903 - £107,412 pa inc

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 20/02/:59

Interview date: 05/03/2025

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join Oxleas, a high performing organisation with a big heart. The role as Associate Director of our community Mental Health services in Bromley provides the perfect opportunity for a dynamic leader to make their mark, with a wide range of services within the portfolio and plenty of service development to make a lasting impact. The postholder will also have responsibility for leadership of the development of our older peoples mental health services and so we are looking for someone who can demonstrate a passion in this area.

Main duties of the job

The postholder has responsibility for the strategic and operational management of the Directorate and must ensure Directorate performance and financial targets are met. They are an integral member of the Directorate Management team, and they will drive, and be accountable for, successful achievement of Bromley's strategic objectives.

They also have responsibility to ensure strategic objectives are in line with, and contribute to, the successful delivery of the Trust Strategy. They have full responsibility for the operational management of their span of control and must ensure all performance and financial targets are met or improved.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Bring together a large number of dispersed and diverse services and teams and create a quality-focused culture that fosters innovation and delivers consistently excellent care.
2. Ensure the achievement of and improvement on, all required service objectives, targets and standards.
3. Lead the development and completion of tenders for new and existing services including the development of new models of delivery of care.
4. Achieve financial targets ensuring the efficient and effective use of financial, staffing, and physical resources.
5. Lead the development and delivery of the annual integrated business plan for their span of control.
6. Effectively lead the management team in their span of control and ensure there is a focus on what needs to be achieved, and how this will be done.
7. Provide inspirational, compassionate, and facilitative leadership to all staff within their span of control.
8. Maintain effective partnerships with external stakeholders, including Local Authority, GP groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups, acute care providers and the voluntary sector.
9. Ensure there are effective systems, policies, and procedures to manage clinical and non-clinical risks and maintenance of an up-to-date risk register.
10. Maintain and develop effective systems for learning from adverse incidents and complaints and embedding subsequent changes in practice and procedures.
11. Ensure all services within the span of control comply with statutory obligations and codes of practice.
12. Ensure optimal use of clinical and management information to inform the efficient use of resources and delivery of high-quality services.
13. Lead and sustain a workplace culture that ensures the dignity and respect for all service users and their carers.
14. Ensure there are effective systems, practices and skills in place for the recruitment, deployment, supervision, career development, performance management and appraisal of all staff in the span of control.
15. Ensure excellent communication systems and necessary relationships are in place, so staff are involved in decision making and informed about those decisions.
16. Ensure there are effective systems in place to support the meaningful involvement of patients and carers in service development and delivery.
17. Participate in the senior manager on-call rota.

Person specification Qualifications

• Masters level Degree or Equivalent in a relevant Healthcare related subject
• Evidence of related training and qualifications

Experience

• At least five years experience in a healthcare setting including NHS experience
• At least three years senior management experience

Supporting evidence

• Demonstrates an understanding of the complexities of a senior leadership role
• Evidences their passion and/or experience of older peoples Mental Health services
• Shows an understanding of the current environment for Community Mental Health services

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high volume of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Name: Lorraine Regan

Job title: Director Community Mental Health and LDA

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