Deputy Director - Neurodevelopmental Disorders

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Deputy Director role within the Neurodevelopmental Services at a leading NHS trust. The position involves significant responsibilities in operational management, leadership, and service strategy implementation. Ideal candidates will possess experience in leading teams, managing budgets, and driving service improvements within mental health care, ensuring high standards of patient care while meeting performance targets.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Access to world-class mental health care expertise

Qualifications

• Significant level of experience in operational management.
• Track record of budgetary management and service improvements.
• Experience leading diverse teams in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational running of Neurodevelopmental Services.
• Ensure national and local targets are achieved.
• Drive forward change and transformation in service delivery.

Skills

Communication Skills

Strategic Thinking

People Leadership

Operational Management

Education

Relevant Degree

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Psychological Medicine & Older Adults Operations Directorate (PMOA), soon to be joined by Neurodevelopmental services & PiCUP. We are seeking to appoint to the role of Deputy Director for Neurodevelopmental Services.

In this role, you will take day to day responsibility for the operational running of the services, providing exemplary leadership to staff and ensuring national and local targets are achieved and exceeded whilst ensuring our services meet the diverse needs of the population that we serve.

You will be part of the Directorate’s Senior Leadership Team and manage Clinical Service Leads working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure success.

For further information or an informal chat please contact Shorayi Nyamupanda, Service Director, on [e-mail] or Sandra Nuttall on [e-mail]

We are looking for exceptional candidates with a significant level of experience and the ability to manage a busy operational role whilst undertaking Trust-wide projects, service delivery and performance responsibilities. An energy and passion to drive forward change is a must for any applicant. In return you will have full support and an individual development programme to enhance your career.

We encourage you to apply if you have highly developed communication skills, are an imaginative and strategic thinker, and are creative and determined in your approach. You will be a credible and visible leader and an experienced manager who will be able to demonstrate effective people leadership skills together with a track record of operational management, budgetary management and implementing service improvements. Your role will help drive transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and services. You will contribute to the development and implementation of the Directorate and Trust service strategy, focusing on delivering targets and service improvements that will enhance patient care, improve the patient pathway, enhance the quality-of-service delivery and deliver performance targets whilst identifying potential efficiencies.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training. SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shorayi Nyamupanda Job title: Service Director Email address: [e-mail]