The Associate Director of Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Commissioning will work closely with other associate directors, directors and senior managers for each area to provide strategic leadership and drive joined-up responsibilities. They will lead in the areas of:
* Setting the strategy for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism commissioning that delivers the outcomes required for the people of Somerset when accessing care.
* Within that strategic context, working with providers, transform pathways of care for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism.
Main duties of the job The postholder will lead the commissioning, service re-design and transformation in all areas of Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism services, working collaboratively with system partners. They will also be responsible for implementing agreed joint commissioning arrangements and processes for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism, ensuring robust processes and governance arrangements are in place. The Associate Director will be assigned to a locality area to forge relationships within that locality so that commissioning can also take place at a defined neighbourhood level. The Associate Director will support collaborative working across organisational boundaries by building strong and trusting relationships with key system partners to generate buy-in to a collective vision for integrated care and population health management; transforming the health and care system across Somerset to enable change at system and partnership level., We offer flexible working from your first day of employment and we also have an agile approach to home / office-based working. Please note however, that you will be required to work from our HQ, Wynford House in Yeovil for 2/3 days per week and that elements of the role may require you to travel to other locations across Somerset, to attend in-person meetings and meet the needs of the service. Please consider this before applying.
NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board (ICB), known as NHS Somerset is the statutory NHS organisation responsible for implementing a health and care strategy developed by the Integrated Care Partnership. NHS Somerset consists of approx. 300 staff, across 8 directorates, with multiple teams within each directorate. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from underrepresented groups. When recruiting, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve.
Job Share and Secondment opportunities will be considered. If you are seeking an internal or external secondment, please seek advice from your HR teamandyou must also obtain your current line manager's permission to be released on secondment before applying, to avoid disappointment. We also offer an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.