Interim Director of Adult Services

Are you passionate about NHS community services and able to inspire and develop others? We’re looking for an exceptional person to support our Chief Operating Officer in the delivery of effective and innovative adult community services in east and west Kent, taking the lead on key transformation projects and helping us to build resilience and sustainability in our teams. The main element of this position will be to support, lead and inspire two new development posts, helping people to gain the knowledge and experience they need to progress into very senior roles in the trust, driving transformation as we innovate and expand our services. You will meet our high standards in quality, performance, governance, workforce planning and finance, leading on service improvements and taking positive and decisive action where required. You’ll need to collaborate effectively with partners in health and social care, continually innovating services for patients and proactively building and managing relationships with external partners, while at the same time making sure our teams are streamlined and ready for the next challenge. You’ll need excellent communication skills, persuasion, diplomacy and negotiation to be able to communicate our values, vision and direction at all levels, supporting colleagues and services with performance management and integrated governance. Your personal values and leadership style will contribute towards a culture of openness, compassion and positivity in the trust, bringing out the best in the people you lead. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katherine Andrews Job title: Co-ordinator for Specialist Services Email address: katherine.andrews2@nhs.net #J-18808-Ljbffr