Head of Service Parkview and Children’s Crisis Pathway

Job overview

As a Trust, we deliver community and respite services for children and young people (CYP) across Coventry, Warwickshire and parts of Solihull, alongside a regional tier 4 CYPMH service in Birmingham meeting the needs of the whole child across physical health, learning disabilities and mental health pathways.

The post-holder will be a key member of the Directorate Senior Management Team and one of five Operational Leaders ensuring safe and effective delivery of care to children and young people’s Mental Health, Physical Health and Learning Disabilities services.

We are seeking a strategic, values-driven leader with a strong track record of operational leadership. The successful candidate will bring vision, innovation and organisational capability to deliver high-quality, sustainable services at Parkview inpatient Unit and Crisis Care Pathway, aligned with Trust priorities and responsive to population need.

Above all, we seek someone committed to ensuring children and young people receive excellent, evidence-informed care that enables them to thrive and achieve their potential.

Main duties of the job

• Provide visible and effective operational leadership across Parkview Inpatient Services and Children’s Crisis Pathway
• Ensure services are delivered safely, to a high standard and within allocated budgets; deliver agreed cost improvements.
• Lead service transformation and innovation in line with local population needs and national policy.
• Work collaboratively with partners across the Integrated Care System (ICS) and Commissioner Collaboratives, including local authorities, primary care, acute providers and the voluntary sector.
• Ensure robust clinical governance, patient safety, safeguarding and quality assurance frameworks are in place.
• Respond to complaints, concerns and incidents, embedding lessons learned into practice.
• Support the development and implementation of new service models, pathways and workforce plans.
• Deputise for the General Manager and other senior colleagues as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.