Detailed job description
and main responsibilities
- 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional registration RN/RMN Registered Healthcare Professional (NMC, HCPC, Social Work England or equivalent recognised professional body).
- Master's degree or equivalent level of experience in healthcare, social care, leadership, management, or a related field.
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree in leadership, Healthcare Management, Mental Health, Public Health or equivalent.
- Specialist qualification in Safeguarding, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities or Dementia Care.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant senior leadership experience within health, social care, safeguarding and complex care services.
- Experience of operational management, workforce planning and budget management.
- Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with local authorities, Integrated Care Systems (ICS), and third-sector partners.
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed communication and negotiation skills, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.
- Able to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery, maintaining focus on organisational priorities and patient outcomes.
Desirable criteria
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complexity and drive sustainable change.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of safeguarding adults legislation and practice.
- Understanding of NHS operational flow, discharge processes and reduction of delayed discharges.
Desirable criteria
- Expert knowledge of safeguarding adults legislation, policy, and best practice
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Head Of Vulnerable Adults & Complex Pathways in Poole employer: Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group
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