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The Deputy Borough Director supports the Borough Director and Clinical Director in providing strategic leadership and operational management for Adult Community Mental Health Services across Bedfordshire and Luton, deputises for the Borough Director, assists the Associate Clinical Director in daily service delivery, and holds overall responsibility for the operational management of these services within the directorate.
We are looking for a values-driven leader who can balance strategic vision with operational delivery. You will bring:
- Senior management experience within health or social care services (mental health preferred).
- Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills.
- A track record of driving service improvement and innovation.
- Commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Main duties of the job
For details of main duties of the job please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Commitment to recovery focused person-centred care.
- Commitment to equal opportunities.
- Ability to work outside office hours where necessary.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant substantial senior level experience of management and leadership within health, social care or third sector
- Experience of financial management.
- Advanced experience of staff management, supervision and management of HR issues including recruitment, career development and disciplinary and capability issues.
- Experience of representing a service or project to external stakeholders.
- Experience of strategic planning
- Experience of undertaking research and audit.
- Experience of managing service improvement and development.
- Experience of project management.
- Experience of interpreting and analysing highly complex information and managing highly complex circumstances.
- Experience of direct accountability for service quality.
- Experience of undertaking work requiring intense concentration in unpredictable circumstances with frequent interruptions.
- Experience of managing hostility at work.
- Experience of writing and presenting reports.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of relevant health and social care legislation and guidance.
- Advanced knowledge of the current context of mental health care within health and social care services.
- Knowledge of the recovery approach and its application in statutory mental health services
- A clear understanding of governance and assurance frameworks.
- Knowledge of the key elements of management and leadership theory within the public sector.
- Knowledge of ethical issues that may arise in health or social care.
- Knowledge of accessibility, diversity and equal opportunities issues.
- In depth professional knowledge of financial management acquired through training or a significant period of time.
- In depth professional knowledge of performance management acquired through training or a significant period of time.
- In depth professional knowledge of information systems acquired through training or a significant period of time.
- In depth professional knowledge of staff management acquired through training or a significant period of time.
- Ability to lead and manage a large and complex service including senior clinicians, managers and comprising of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellent communication skills, including interpersonal skills influencing and negotiation skills writing and presentation skills
- Ability to undertake research and audit and to coordinate a service wide approach to audit and research.
- Ability to communicate with service users and carers and a wide range of colleagues across agencies including health and social care and voluntary agencies.
- Ability to negotiate and influence.
- Ability to analyse complex circumstances and use judgement to come to clear conclusions & decisions.
- Ability to think strategically.
- Ability to implement policies and service improvement and development and to work with staff to overcome resistance to change.
- Ability to act freely and independently within policy guidelines.
- Ability to manage situations involving distressing emotions and challenging behaviour and to provide support to staff involved in managing such situations.
- Ability to provide supervision.
- Ability to provide leadership to a diverse staff group.
- Ability to demonstrate highly developed interpersonal skills in a variety of settings.
- Ability to complete written reports to tight deadlines.
- Ability to establish personal credibility.
Education/Quaification/Training
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent knowledge or experience in health management/ business systems/ financial management
- Evidence of successful strategic and operational management and delivery at a similar level.
- Professional qualification.
- Substantial senior management experience in a complex environment.
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This advert is for Deputy Director with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £94,356 - £108,814 Per Annum. The contract type is 3 months (Fixed Term Contract). The application deadline is 05 Aug 2026.
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