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Job overview
Associate Director of AHP & Haringey Borough Lead
The Whittington Health Adult Community Service are seeking to recruit a new Associate Director of AHP for the Adult Community Services - who also acts as our Borough Lead for Haringey.
We are looking for an excellent AHP leader who will bring an appreciation of community working and will share our excitement about the significant potential for growth and development of services in the community.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to our Director of Operations (Adult Community Services) as a member of the quadrumvirate leadership team, and working closely with the Trust's Chief Nurse, you will provide senior clinical leadership and will lead operational management at Borough level for Haringey. Key responsibilities will include:
* Working with the Clinical Director and Director of Operations to lead all Adult Community Services activities and deputise for the Director of Operations as appropriate.
* Acting as the lead professional for AHP & Nursing in Adult Community Services and being an advocate for patients, clients and their families in the achievement of clinical excellence.
* Delivering safe and high-quality community services across all our teams.
* Providing system leadership for the service to drive through best practice changes to ensure that clinical outcomes for patients, clients and their families continually improve.
* Championing strong collaboration across clinical pathways and ensuring the engagement of other services to maintain patient flow across the hospital and the community system.
* Playing a significant role in the strategic development of Adult Community Services, developing business cases to support funding, defining on-going strategic direction through robust annual planning, multi-agency working and report writing.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
* Demonstrable capability and capacity for clinical service management at a senior level in a large, complex healthcare environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
* Minimum of 3 years previous senior managerial experience in a large and complex organisation preferably within the NHS.
* A good understanding of the changing NHS environment; particularly in relation to community services.
* A detailed understanding of the national community services agenda - both legislative and direction of travel.
* Demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through your management and clinical teams.
* Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
* Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands.
* Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources. Previous experience of managing community services.
* Ability to manage budgets, including reducing costs, monitoring and determining corrective actions.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
* Excellent inter-personal and communications skills, with a track record in writing complex business cases and policies.
* Advanced keyboard skills and knowledge of a full range of IT software including databases.
* Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups.
* Make things happen by working in partnership with others and using the highest level influencing and negotiating skills.
* High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.
* Ability to manage sensitive and politically sensitive issues.
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
* University degree or equivalent professional qualification.
* Hold a relevant professional clinical qualification (AHP or Nursing).
* NMC or Health Professions Council registration.
* MSc/MA relevant to post.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
* A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority.
* Ability to relate to people of all disciplines and at all levels within the organisation.
* Self-motivated and autonomous.
* Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve others.
* Flexible and adaptable to meet deadlines, commitments and priorities.
* Sound political judgement with high levels of emotional resilience.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Other important information -
* Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
* In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details.
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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