General Manager – Medium Secure Forensic Services

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Full time
We are seeking a post holder for the exciting and diverse role of General Manager to lead the provision of patient-centred services at Wathwood Hospital.

You will be a highly competent, credible leader, bringing your wealth of experience to the role, always behaving in accordance with the Trust values and wearing your inspirational qualities on your sleeve to encourage others to deliver your vision. You are motivational, encouraging, an active listener, inspiring people to be their authentic selves at work and having the patient at the centre of every decision you make.

Main duties of the job You can pivot quickly between competing priorities, are highly motivated, and able to influence others with your diplomatic and inclusive approach to leadership and the delivery of a high-quality service. You will lead, direct and co-ordinate a high quality, safe, effective, and efficient service provision to meet the needs of patients, their carers, and families.

Reporting directly to the Care Group Deputy Director, you will be a senior leader in the care unit, spanning all areas of operational activity, providing strategic support to the Clinical Director and overseeing the delivery of service development and improvement. You are responsible for ensuring and strengthening partnership working and collaborative integration with partnership agencies.

You will lead on the commissioning and securing of funding to support the development of service, in addition to leading on developing models of service delivery with Commissioners, users, and carers that reflect national policy and local need.

About us Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire, we are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank. Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service, and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network, Health and Wellbeing Champions Network, and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification where you can find the main responsibilities and requirements of these roles.

Person Specification Physical requirements Essential

A naturally inclusive leadership style with the ability to build effective communication and working relationships with a diverse range of colleagues and agencies. Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills and highly influential with impact verbally and/or in writing. Ability to communicate highly sensitive and political service-related information to senior managers, staff, and external agencies (e.g., Trust Board, Commissioners). Able to demonstrate resilience. Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional Essential

MSc or relevant equivalent experience. Registration with a clinical profession, e.g., NMC, HCPC. Managerial qualification to Masters level or equivalent level of experience. Training Essential

Conducting investigations and action planning. Financial management. Leadership. Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional development. Experience Essential

Experience of managing an inpatient health care service. Experience of managing/leading Community Teams. Experience of management and monitoring of budgets, in addition to the ability to develop and secure funding to support service developments. Experience of working at a system level with Provider Collaborative / ICS. Proven track record of implementing effective and cost-effective changes in more than one environment. Fluent in risk assessment. Developing and implementing change management processes across a variety of areas. Performance management of service delivery, staff, and processes to ensure local and national targets are consistently achieved. Creating and implementing processes to support strategy and vision. Desirable

Experience of managing an inpatient forensic service. Experience of managing/leading community teams. Knowledge Essential

Knowledge of: -Strategic planning and implementation -Operational management -Organisation development -Performance and quality management -Resource management -Patient / Carer involvement -Understanding of Provider collaborative and ICS. Skills Essential

Adopting a systematic approach to problem solving using varied sources of information. Able to provide the vision and leadership for the Care unit and for all staff. Demonstrate breadth of thinking and problem solving. Sound judgement and decision-making skills. Innovation, creativity, and ability in leading, developing and motivating others. Proven ability to plan and organise. Excellent time management and prioritisation skills and able to work to tight deadlines. Familiarity with NHS processes and understanding of relevant legislation which would have an impact on the Trust and the Care unit. Desirable

Well-developed information technology and data analysis skills. Contractual Requirements Essential

Available to participate in senior managers' on-call rota. Commitment to ongoing personal development. Ability to travel. Employer details Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wathwood Hospital

Gipsy Green Ln

Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham

S63 7TQ

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