Job summary
We are seeking an exceptional, inspiring, and experienced operational leader with strong children /young people clinical expertise to join Royal Free London Group as Head of children & young people - Community. This pivotal role sits within our Divisional Leadership Teams, shaping high-quality services and create environments where staff can truly thrive.
This is an exciting time to join the Trust as we implement a new clinical operational model that strengthens accountability, flow, and professional leadership across pathways of care.
At Royal Free London we have set out an ambitious plan to enable our staff to deliver world-leading healthcare for all our patients, meet growing demand and create a healthier future for local people. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with a proven track record in service development, quality innovation and operational leadership to continue to grow and strengthen the delivery of high-quality services.
Our clinical vision is transforming how we deliver world-class care, and the way people access our services.Our hospitals and community services have different opportunities and challenges based on the population they care for. We have developed local clinical priorities that reflect the needs and expectations of those different communities. We put our Children, Young People and Families (CYPF), staff and community at the heart of everything we do.
Main duties of the job
The Head of CYP services will have a key leadership role to ensure the Trust meets its statutory responsibilities for Children & Young people services across all children services with greater emphasis for Children and Young People with special educational needs and disabilities, and agreeing the relevant health services within an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan.
The postholder will be responsible for overseeing the management of the Children and Young People's Services (CYP) portfolio, and the planning, organisation, and delivery of services. This will include the overall responsibility for the workforce within the portfolio and adjoining budgets; ensuring that the operational leadership team are in control of operational day-to day delivery of services; line managing and collaborating with counterpart clinical management to achieve the objectives of their respective roles.
They will also provide leadership and direction on a transformational programme and key initiatives to help shape the development of a Children's Hub in Enfield. The post holder will also forge greater collaboration with the local authority alongside partners in education, youth offending and children's social care.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
Person Specification
Education & Professional Qualities
Essential
- Professional clinical qualification e.g. nursing, allied health professional.
- First level degree of equivalent.
- Evidence of management training & education.
- Master's degree or equivalent level combination of post-graduate study and further training and experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable
- Management qualification.
- NHS Leadership qualification.
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of the NHS and specifically community-based services.
- Extensive knowledge of current legislation and national guidance relating to Children and the Long-term plan (LTP).
- Understanding of the demands of delivering healthcare in ethnically diverse communities and populations.
- Understanding the role of, and interface, between education, health, and social care sectors, and independent and voluntary sectors within the children's service environment, with the ability to provide strong and effective leadership.
- Understanding of the wider health and social care economy, the evolving Integrated Care Board provisions, and how this affects the ECS services.
- A working appreciation of the relationship between of the Department of Health, NHSE, Specialist Commissioning, & Quality Assurance, NCL ICB, and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Understanding of the safeguarding process and Child Protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of clinical governance.
- Ability to implement audit programmes.
- Highly effective communication and facilitation skills; and the ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and service change.
- High level analytical skills.
- Computer literate with a working knowledge of MS Office.
- Ability to work in a team with other senior management.
- Ability to delegate workloads effectively.
- Ability to prioritise workloads during significant periods of change and instability.
- Ability to apply quality improvement methodology to improve services.
- Ability to influence, negotiate, and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues.
- Ability to operate effectively in clinical operational environments with multiple stakeholders.
- Motivational skills to lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including verbal, written, and presentational skills, together with excellent listening skills, including facilitation.
- Excellent report writing skills, data analysis, and presentational skills.
- An understanding of the needs of service users and their carers and families.
- Demonstrable ability to communicate service-related information to senior managers, staff, and external agencies and partners.
- Ability to demonstrate operational and business planning skillset.
- A commitment to the engagement, and involvement, of service users in delivering high quality services.
- Highly developed skills in organisational or staffing capacities, including audit experience, as part of service development.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of operational health service management in a health and/or social care setting providing services to children including management of staff, budgets, and estates.
- Significant experience of financial management, budget setting, and financial management and control.
- Experience of leading and supporting teams to initiate and implement organisational change.
- Experience of consultation, negotiation, and influencing various audiences.
- Broad experience of NHS Service planning, & Project Management.
- Demonstrable ability to turn strategic initiatives into service delivery.
- Experience of working with primary care practitioners and independent contractors.
- Experience of working with external agencies inclusive of the voluntary sector.
- Experience of managing and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders and the ability to build alliances and networks.
- Significant experience in a post registration, or senior managerial role.
- Demonstrable experience of managing services within healthcare including service delivery, quality, performance management, and staff management.
- Experience of increasing staff engagement and motivation to improve overall performance indicators.
- Experience of leading successful service change.
- Experience of implementing and sustaining measures to improve productivity.
- Evidence of partnership working within and across organisations.
- Experience of managing projects and using quality improvement methodologies.
- Excellent track record of financial budgetary management.
- Excellent track record of delivering KPI's.
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.
Person Specification
Education & Professional Qualities
Essential
- Professional clinical qualification e.g. nursing, allied health professional.
- First level degree of equivalent.
- Evidence of management training & education.
- Master's degree or equivalent level combination of post-graduate study and further training and experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable
- Management qualification.
- NHS Leadership qualification.
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of the NHS and specifically community-based services.
- Extensive knowledge of current legislation and national guidance relating to Children and the Long-term plan (LTP).
- Understanding of the demands of delivering healthcare in ethnically diverse communities and populations.
- Understanding the role of, and interface, between education, health, and social care sectors, and independent and voluntary sectors within the children's service environment, with the ability to provide strong and effective leadership.
- Understanding of the wider health and social care economy, the evolving Integrated Care Board provisions, and how this affects the ECS services.
- A working appreciation of the relationship between of the Department of Health, NHSE, Specialist Commissioning, & Quality Assurance, NCL ICB, and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Understanding of the safeguarding process and Child Protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of clinical governance.
- Ability to implement audit programmes.
- Highly effective communication and facilitation skills; and the ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and service change.
- High level analytical skills.
- Computer literate with a working knowledge of MS Office.
- Ability to work in a team with other senior management.
- Ability to delegate workloads effectively.
- Ability to prioritise workloads during significant periods of change and instability.
- Ability to apply quality improvement methodology to improve services.
- Ability to influence, negotiate, and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues.
- Ability to operate effectively in clinical operational environments with multiple stakeholders.
- Motivational skills to lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including verbal, written, and presentational skills, together with excellent listening skills, including facilitation.
- Excellent report writing skills, data analysis, and presentational skills.
- An understanding of the needs of service users and their carers and families.
- Demonstrable ability to communicate service-related information to senior managers, staff, and external agencies and partners.
- Ability to demonstrate operational and business planning skillset.
- A commitment to the engagement, and involvement, of service users in delivering high quality services.
- Highly developed skills in organisational or staffing capacities, including audit experience, as part of service development.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of operational health service management in a health and/or social care setting providing services to children including management of staff, budgets, and estates.
- Significant experience of financial management, budget setting, and financial management and control.
- Experience of leading and supporting teams to initiate and implement organisational change.
- Experience of consultation, negotiation, and influencing various audiences.
- Broad experience of NHS Service planning, & Project Management.
- Demonstrable ability to turn strategic initiatives into service delivery.
- Experience of working with primary care practitioners and independent contractors.
- Experience of working with external agencies inclusive of the voluntary sector.
- Experience of managing and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders and the ability to build alliances and networks.
- Significant experience in a post registration, or senior managerial role.
- Demonstrable experience of managing services within healthcare including service delivery, quality, performance management, and staff management.
- Experience of increasing staff engagement and motivation to improve overall performance indicators.
- Experience of leading successful service change.
- Experience of implementing and sustaining measures to improve productivity.
- Evidence of partnership working within and across organisations.
- Experience of managing projects and using quality improvement methodologies.
- Excellent track record of financial budgetary management.
- Excellent track record of delivering KPI's.
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.
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).
