Head of Service inSheffield inSheffield PUBLISHED
THU 10 OCT 2024
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the organisation’s transformative journey by providing visionary and motivational leadership, addressing complex issues, and cultivating partnerships with local authorities and other stakeholders to enhance service delivery. The position entails managing a diverse range of community and inpatient services and requires a compassionate approach to leadership that promotes resilience among staff while effectively navigating challenges in the mental health care landscape.
Are you committed to continuous improvement? Do you have senior leadership experience that will support change? Are you confident in working in complex environments? Are you a compassionate and dynamic leader? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join #teamSHSC as our Head of Service for the Acute and Community Directorate, and to lead the delivery of high-quality mental health care to the communities of Sheffield.
There is no better time to join Sheffield Health and Social Care as we progress through our ambitious journey of improvement and transformation. This successful candidate will be an integral leader as part of this journey and will be supported as a member of the directorate leadership team. This is a highly valued and rewarding role, with opportunities to improve the delivery of care, through system collaboration and partnership.
The post holder will join a directorate leadership structure and will have close working relationships with the Clinical Director, and Head of Nursing, as well as Psychology and Allied Health Professional leaders. The post holder will hold core responsibility for the performance and operation of the Acute and Community Directorate and will work with other senior leaders to ensure alignment of priorities, supporting innovation and the delivery of high-quality care, efficiency, and effective resource management. The post holder will provide leadership to colleagues and partners through a collaborative, visionary, and motivational approach. They will provide clarity to deliver against our strategic priorities and values. As a senior leader the successful candidate will address complex and occasionally contentious matters; and will be expected to show personal resilience and lead in a way that helps colleagues to address and resolve difficulties with positivity. The Acute and Community Directorate contains a diverse portfolio of community and inpatient services. Each service line is led by a General Manager, who reports to the Head of Service. Partnerships are critical to the role as these relationships will be key to safe and effective service deliver now and in the future. The post holder will support the Senior Head of Service to work in partnership with and advise the Local Authorities and other system stakeholders and partners on service-specific issues.
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