Deputy COO – Mental Health and Deputy AEO inSouthampton inSouthampton PUBLISHED
MON 6 JAN 2025
Candidates should be compassionate, driven leaders passionate about improving mental health services. The Trust emphasises diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from underrepresented groups, including those from the global majority, women, LGBTQ communities, and individuals with disabilities. The position also supports flexible working arrangements, aiming to make the recruitment process accessible to all potential candidates.
We have an extremely exciting opportunity to join our Trust as Deputy COO -- Mental Health and Deputy AEO. Our future Deputy COO will be a very experienced senior manager, with a high level of personal resilience and strong leadership skills amassed in leading large, complex and diverse service portfolios at sub-board level across a range of organisational settings. The postholder will be expected to act independently, and able to evidence taking timely and at times, significant decisions to ensure operational delivery, driving change and improvement, through supporting, influencing and directing.
The Deputy COO -- Mental Health & Deputy AEO will lead on Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) governance, processes and assurance on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer. You will support our Chief Operating Officer in their role, and will have delegated authority through the COOs office, providing significant leadership across the Trust, working closely with the Divisional teams to provide effective patient flow, timely admission and discharge within inpatient care.
We are looking to speak with experienced, compassionate and driven leaders who want to join us on our journey. This is an exciting time to be working with us and as our Deputy COO you will contribute to the delivery of the Trust's strategic plan, work in partnership with the Divisional teams and external organisations and others to help us achieve our objectives.
We are looking to speak with experienced, compassionate and driven leaders who want to join us on our journey. This is an exciting time to be working with us and as our Deputy COO you will contribute to the delivery of the Trust's strategic plan, work in partnership with the Divisional teams and external organisations and others to help us achieve our objectives.
You will support our Chief Operating Officer in their role, and will have delegated authority through the COOs office, providing significant leadership across the Trust, working closely with the Divisional teams to ensure the safe and effective day to day operations of the organisation, as well as supporting tactical planning on wider operational and process improvements.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from candidates from the global majority, women, LGBTQ communities, and from people with lived experience of disability.
About us
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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