Head of Vulnerable Adults & Complex Pathways

NHS Jobs; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a strategic, influential leader to head the Vulnerable Adults & Complex Pathways portfolio. You will oversee mental health services, safeguarding, and MCA practice, ensuring high standards of safety, effectiveness, and patient-centred care across acute, community and mental health settings.

You will provide visible clinical leadership to nursing and AHP teams, driving innovation, quality improvement, and collaboration

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership for safeguarding and MCA practice, ensuring robust systems and compliance with legislation.
• Lead corporate leadership for Mental Health and strategic oversight of the MCA.
• Provide authoritative clinical leadership for nursing and AHP teams to drive quality and patient outcomes.
• Lead partnerships across Integrated Care System (ICS) to deliver integrated, person-centred pathways.
• Ensure services are safe, effective, responsive and aligned to Trust priorities and CQC standards.

Job description

Head of Vulnerable Adults & Complex Pathways

Providing corporate leadership for Mental Health, strategic oversight of the MCA, and leadership across system partnerships to deliver integrated pathways for vulnerable adults. Be accountable for all aspects of service delivery, ensuring care is safe, effective, responsive, and aligned to Trust priorities, CQC standards, and system objectives. Provide highly visible, credible, and authoritative clinical leadership for nursing and AHP teams, promoting professional excellence, evidence-based practice, and improved patient outcomes. Ensure services are effective, well-coordinated, and responsive to the evolving needs of patients with mental health conditions, driving innovation and continuous quality improvement. Lead partnership working across the Integrated Care System (ICS), collaborating with community providers, local authority partners, mental health trusts and the voluntary sector to deliver integrated, person-centred pathways and improve population health outcomes. Contribute at place and system level to shared strategic priorities, ensuring seamless pathways and patient flow across acute, community, and mental health services. Provide senior leadership for safeguarding and MCA practice, ensuring robust systems, compliance with legislation, and assurance to the Trust Board and external regulators.

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust