Job summary
Deputy Chief Operating Officer Opportunity at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Are you a seasoned healthcare leader with a passion for mental health and learning disability care? Do you thrive on driving transformative change and achieving clinical excellence? If so, we invite you to consider applying for the role of Deputy Chief Operating Officer (Deputy COO) at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP).
Challenges Ahead:
Despite our successes, challenges remain. We're actively seeking innovative approaches to address issues such as the volume of ADHD assessments.
Why AWP?
Positive Momentum: AWP is currently experiencing a positive moment in its history. We've successfully reduced out-of-area placements and significantly minimised reliance on agency nursing and support worker staff.
High Performance: Our commitment to excellence has earned us recognition as a high-performing organisation.
Transformational Progress: Our large-scale transformation programme has made significant strides in service access, specialist pathways, and integration with system partners.
Main duties of the job
Your Role:
As Deputy COO, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring integrated mental health and learning disability services across two Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) -- Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) , and Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) and the South West Provider Collaborative. You will work with the clinical directors who oversee our three operational divisions.
You will bring:
Passion: Your commitment to mental health and learning disability care drives your work.
Proven Leadership: You have a track record of transforming care, focusing on clinical outcomes, and achieving high performance and efficiency.
Experience: You're an experienced healthcare leader who thrives in complex environments.
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you're ready to make a difference and contribute to our mission, we encourage you to contact Mathew Page for an initial discussion mathewpage@nhs.net .
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Chief Operating Officer in leading a culture which is compassionate and person centred working to the trusts and NHS values
Provide professional line management supervision for the Divisional Directors of Operations, working closely with the Divisional Clinical Directors (CD) who have line management responsibility
Take responsibility for demand, capacity and flow management across the organisation by implementing, monitoring, reporting and improving evidence based methodologies.
Ensure that all services offer safe, high quality care with least restrictive and closest to home solutions
Support delivery of trust-wide transformation programmes which are aimed at quality improvement as well as efficiency benefits co-produced with people who use services, their families and carers
Ensure the local and national requirements for Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response (EPRR) are met
As a senior manager within the Trusts management team, actively contribute to the leadership of the organisation, providing the vision, strategy and business performance to enable AWP to realise its vision of being the provider of choice to our natural healthcare market
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Chief Operating Officer in leading a culture which is compassionate and person centred working to the trusts and NHS values
Provide professional line management supervision for the Divisional Directors of Operations, working closely with the Divisional Clinical Directors (CD) who have line management responsibility
Take responsibility for demand, capacity and flow management across the organisation by implementing, monitoring, reporting and improving evidence based methodologies.
Ensure that all services offer safe, high quality care with least restrictive and closest to home solutions
Support delivery of trust-wide transformation programmes which are aimed at quality improvement as well as efficiency benefits co-produced with people who use services, their families and carers
Ensure the local and national requirements for Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response (EPRR) are met
As a senior manager within the Trusts management team, actively contribute to the leadership of the organisation, providing the vision, strategy and business performance to enable AWP to realise its vision of being the provider of choice to our natural healthcare market
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- A high level of technical expertise and knowledge of Mental Health and Learning Disability systems
- Significant senior level experience of managing in a Health or Social Care organisation
- Experience of working effectively with, and gaining the confidence of a range of stakeholders, e.g. Commissioners, Local authorities, trade unions, other NHS organisations, Police and Criminal Justice Services
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- A high level of technical expertise and knowledge of Mental Health and Learning Disability systems
- Significant senior level experience of managing in a Health or Social Care organisation
- Experience of working effectively with, and gaining the confidence of a range of stakeholders, e.g. Commissioners, Local authorities, trade unions, other NHS organisations, Police and Criminal Justice Services
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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