Job summary
East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for providing high quality, accessible and responsive mental and adult community health care services within East London and Bedfordshire and Luton. The Trust is a key partner within the North East London (NEL) Integrated Care System (ICS). ELFT has an important role in the integration of health and social care services to ensure wherever possible, a system approach is taken to develop community services supported by a locality and a Place based approach. A directorate within ELFT, Community Health Services (CHS) as a community provider forms a significant part of the Community Care Collaborative (CCC).
We are looking for an exceptional candidate that lives, breathes and incorporates our ELFT values (We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive) in all that they do. It is through these values our staff support our service users and carers and build positive and progressive relationships with colleagues within the Trust and partner organisations.
Our Senior Leadership team exercise great influence over our people and strategically move our Directorate forward. It is essential that as members of the Senior Leadership team, we promote a culture of work excellence, compassion and development of all our staff.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Director is a critical role and forms part of a cohesive leadership team that work together to deliver its core priorities. Priorities include the development of Place Based Community services as part of the ICS, provision of multi-disciplinary teams that support the holistic needs of individuals in their local communities, the promotion of a Home First model, and the effective leadership of responsive and efficient services.
The role requires working in partnership with North East London ICS including Place based ICS Board meetings, Primary Care Networks, local authorities, Acute Hospitals and a number of voluntary sectors and other partners. The role will also require effective partnership working with our corporate and directorate leaders as well as our clinical and non-clinical staff.
The successful candidate will be an experienced health or social care professional in an operational clinical or non-clinical capacity, have the knowledge and experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams, delivery of services and leading transformation to reflect local and national strategy.
The post holder will manage the operational delivery of the Newham Adult Health Services in order to meet regulatory, business plans and contractual obligations, managing risks effectively and ensuring effective relationships are maintained with all our partners and external agencies.
About us
ELFT is a CQC Outstanding NHS Foundation Trust, with big ambitions to improve quality, value and outcomes for the populations we serve, and to improve the experience of our staff. We work across a population of circa 1.8m, two Integrated Care Systems and six place-based partnerships. We provide a wide variety of mental health, community health, primary care and specialised services.
Our refreshed Trust Strategy lays out our mission and vision through to 2026 including specific objectives that will enable us to deliver on our commitment to improving population health and delivering integrated care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details of the duties and responsibilities of the role
Proposed interview Date 13th and 14th November 2023
Post reports to Anna Bjorkstrand, Service Director Adult Community Health Services, London
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details of the duties and responsibilities of the role
Proposed interview Date 13th and 14th November 2023
Post reports to Anna Bjorkstrand, Service Director Adult Community Health Services, London
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
- Qualified to degree level
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to manage, motivate and engage staff from a variety of professional and organisational backgrounds, identifying, securing commitment to, and implementing new ways of working across traditional boundaries.
- Detailed knowledge of legislation and the statutory responsibilities of health and social care agencies.
- Ability to lead and manage change, securing ownership and commitment to shared vision and objectives across disciplines and organisations.
- Negotiating, influencing and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to plan strategically and work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in planning future service provision.
- Ability to deal effectively and constructively with issues of poor performance, conduct etc.
- Highly developed skills in interagency and partnership working.
- Ability to use up-to-date information and communications technology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
- Qualified to degree level
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to manage, motivate and engage staff from a variety of professional and organisational backgrounds, identifying, securing commitment to, and implementing new ways of working across traditional boundaries.
- Detailed knowledge of legislation and the statutory responsibilities of health and social care agencies.
- Ability to lead and manage change, securing ownership and commitment to shared vision and objectives across disciplines and organisations.
- Negotiating, influencing and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to plan strategically and work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in planning future service provision.
- Ability to deal effectively and constructively with issues of poor performance, conduct etc.
- Highly developed skills in interagency and partnership working.
- Ability to use up-to-date information and communications technology
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).
