A Vacancy at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.
Key areas of responsibility
To provide strong operational leadership to a discrete portfolio of services.
Be responsible for ensuring that services are delivered safely; to a high standard and within budget. There will be a need to be transformative and innovative as services expand and relationships across the system are developed to meet local needs
Work with others to continuously improve services, ensure service user and carer experience is positive; services are responsive and accessible and transitions between services are smooth and seamless.
Ensure that clinical governance mechanisms are in place, driven at a local level, ensuring lessons are learnt and experience informs ‘best practice’. This will include working with Safety & Quality colleagues to ensure that lessons are proactively learnt via the appropriate formal and informal processes, and that complaints and concerned are managed to communicate effectively with stakeholders
Key Responsibilities:
• Service Management:Develop, deliver, and improve services, ensuring quality, performance, and budget efficiency.
• Collaboration & Leadership:Work with stakeholders, communicate key updates, and foster staff leadership.
• Decision-Making & Analysis:Monitor performance, budgets, and risks, implementing improvements as needed.
• Planning & Innovation:Develop business plans, promote best practices, and drive service improvements.
• Patient & Client Care:Ensure safe, accessible services, particularly for vulnerable groups.
• Policy & Compliance:Engage stakeholders, manage complaints, and enforce clinical and child protection policies.
• Financial & Resource Oversight:Manage budgets, procurement, and resource allocation.
• Staff Management:Lead recruitment, training, and workforce planning while overseeing HR policies.
• Performance & Reporting:Track KPIs, provide reports, and ensure service quality.
• Research & Development:Support audits, research, and continuous service evaluation.
• Work Environment:Balance physical, mental, and emotional demands while managing office and travel duties.
Children’s Integrated Directorate Vision:
"Providing timely, child-centred support to enhance well-being, development, and inclusion."
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT) delivers community, day care, and respite services for children and young people across Coventry, Warwickshire, and Solihull. Recent service reorganization offers an exciting opportunity to improve outcomes for families.
This portfolio includes well-child services, with SAIS being a high-achieving, adaptable service trialing innovative practices. Collaboration is key, with close partnerships across CWPT, ICB, Education, and Public Health.
We seek a dynamic leader with strong managerial skills to drive excellence in care, believing in community-based support and cross-sector collaboration to help children and young people thrive.
For more information, contact Lindsey Sandler atlindsey.sandler@covwarkpt.nhs.uk.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification within the supporting information
This advert closes on Monday 17 Mar 2025