Clinical Director- Older Peoples Mental Health Services

Islet Systems; Exeter; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

This is an exciting time to work at Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Our teams are dedicated to working collaboratively to provide outstanding care and improve outcomes for all our Service Users. Devon Partnership NHS Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking provider and commissioner of mental health and learning disabilities services in Devon and across the South West.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking applications for Clinical Director with responsibility for Older Peoples Mental Health Services within Devon Partnership NHS Trust. You will be responsible for leading and managing a complex and diverse Directorate; the post offers an exciting opportunity for an individual wishing to progress their career in operational/senior management. Ideal candidates will have a flexible approach and will be required to inspire a multi-disciplinary and geographically dispersed workforce. You will be innovative, dynamic, and able to deliver sound governance and performance management with positive team kindness to produce results.

Applicants will be at ease building, maintaining, and utilizing successful relationships, be agile at problem solving, and exhibit drive, energy, and resilience. Through compassionate and inclusive leadership, successful candidates will model the Trust's values and behaviours to continuously improve health outcomes and the quality of the Service User experience.

Our Clinical Director post will work alongside our Directorate Manager leading our services; together ensuring we deliver the very best service for our Service Users.

If you want to lead, shape, and improve the services we offer people with mental health and learning disabilities; and if you are passionate about working in partnership with service users, carers, and staff to coproduce future changes, please apply and help us deliver outstanding services.

About Us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high-quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile, making time for people, challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part-time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity, or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Date posted

09 April 2025

Pay scheme

Salary: Depending on experience Medical and Dental or Agenda for Change

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9369-25-0308

Job locations

Wonford House

Dryden Road

Exeter

Devon

EX2 5AF

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1. Educated to doctorate level or equivalent experience/competence.
2. Evidence of Continued Professional Development.

Desirable

1. Management qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

1. Detailed working knowledge of the NHS and Local Government policies relating to Mental Health together with good knowledge of principal policy and financial determinants.
2. Detailed knowledge of the professional/revalidation requirements for the professional group.
3. Demonstrable understanding of the Recovery approach.

Desirable

1. Good working knowledge of other healthcare and public service sectors especially those relating to learning disability, criminal justice, and children's services.
2. Good working knowledge of healthcare markets and market determinants.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

1. Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and confidently to a range of staff and audiences.
2. Able to present information logically and concisely both verbally and in writing.
3. Able to form positive relationships with staff at all levels and with Partner Organisations, people who use our services etc.
4. Able to devise and deliver complex service delivery systems.
5. Good numeracy as well as organisational and literacy skills.
6. Able to understand and evaluate very complex problems quickly and in consultation with others.
7. Able to reach balanced and mature judgements in the face of considerable adversity and complexity.
8. Innovative and creative thinker.
9. Excellent organisational and planning skills.
10. Ability to lead teams and projects as well as work as a part of the same.
11. Mobility throughout the area covered by the Trust and within the region/nationally.
12. Advanced leadership skills. Able to use a variety of approaches appropriately to achieve change.
13. Able to cope with complex demands with equanimity and decisiveness.

Experience

Desirable

1. Substantial Senior Management Experience in the delivery of Mental Health and/or related healthcare services demonstrating effective track record of managing complex services and large budgets.
2. Substantial experience of senior public sector management (NHS and/or Local Government) demonstrating effective track record of managing complex services and large budgets.
3. Experience of senior management in another service sector e.g. Commercial or Charitable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Wonford House

Dryden Road

Exeter

Devon

EX2 5AF

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/