455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Chief Strategy and Neighbourhood Health Officer

The closing date is 21 May 2025

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust is embarking on an ambitious transformation to redefine how mental health care is delivered across North Central London. As part of our commitment to improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities, we are seeking a visionary and dynamic Chief Strategy and Neighbourhood Health Officer to lead this critical agenda.This is a unique and influential role, reporting directly to the Chief Executive and working closely with the Trust Chair and Board. As a key executive leader, you will shape and drive the strategic direction of the Trust, ensuring our core aims are delivered:o Reducing health inequalitieso Eliminating unwarranted variation in serviceso Improving outcomes for service userso Building a sustainable and forward-thinking workforce

Interviews will be scheduled for Week commencing 2nd June 2025

Main duties of the job

With the government's forthcoming ten-year plan calling for a shift from hospital to community, analogue to digital, and sickness to prevention, this role positions you at the forefront of that change. You will lead the integration of neighbourhood health models, design population health strategies, and develop sustainable care pathways in collaboration with system partners across health and social care.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and implementation of the Trust's Corporate Strategy and Annual Plan
  • Design and embed the Trust's Neighbourhood Health Strategy
  • Drive the Trust's Population Health agenda, using data and insight to stratify care needs and deliver better outcomes
  • Collaborate across sectors to ensure neighbourhood-based, digitally enabled models of care
  • Provide strategic leadership and expert guidance to the CEO, Chair and Board

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

  • We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
  • With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
  • We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
  • We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0033

Job locations

St Pancras Hospital

4 St. Pancras Way

London

NW1 0PE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please review the job description for information on the role and responsibilities to see how you can shape the future of mental health services in North London and create lasting change for the people and communities we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please review the job description for information on the role and responsibilities to see how you can shape the future of mental health services in North London and create lasting change for the people and communities we serve.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Graduate level education and/or professional qualification
  • Educated to Master's Degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience

Skills

Essential

  • Able to operate confidently within complex and ambiguous change environments.
  • Experience in the execution of stakeholder engagement exercises, and a skilled influencer who is outcome focused.
  • Able to operate confidently within complex and ambiguous change environments.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in a highly complex environment at a Board or sub-Board level
  • Significant experience of working with external stakeholders, including Regulators

Desirable

  • Experience of mental health and or community health and social care delivery.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Graduate level education and/or professional qualification
  • Educated to Master's Degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience

Skills

Essential

  • Able to operate confidently within complex and ambiguous change environments.
  • Experience in the execution of stakeholder engagement exercises, and a skilled influencer who is outcome focused.
  • Able to operate confidently within complex and ambiguous change environments.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in a highly complex environment at a Board or sub-Board level
  • Significant experience of working with external stakeholders, including Regulators

Desirable

  • Experience of mental health and or community health and social care delivery.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Pancras Hospital

4 St. Pancras Way

London

NW1 0PE


Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Pancras Hospital

4 St. Pancras Way

London

NW1 0PE


Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

EA to Chief Executive

Deborah Holmes

deborah.holmes4@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0033

Job locations

St Pancras Hospital

4 St. Pancras Way

London

NW1 0PE


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