At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and innovate mental health services, ensuring high-quality care for communities.
- Company: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust, dedicated to compassionate and person-centred care.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development, and the chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Join a supportive team committed to kindness, respect, and collaboration.
- Why this job: Shape the future of mental health services and improve lives in your community.
- Qualifications: Proven leadership in mental health services and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 66582 - 77368 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic leader to join NELFT as Head of Mental Health Services (Band 8B). This pivotal role offers the chance to shape and deliver outstanding mental health services, ensuring high-quality, safe, and person-centred care for our communities across North East London.
As Head of Service, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of mental health services, driving continuous improvement, service innovation, and excellent patient outcomes. Working closely with clinical leaders, operational teams, commissioners, and partners, you will play a key role in delivering NELFT's vision for integrated and recovery-focused care.
Main duties of the job:- Provide visible and effective leadership across mental health services.
- Deliver high-quality, safe, and financially sustainable services.
- Lead service transformation and quality improvement programmes.
- Ensure performance targets and operational objectives are achieved.
- Develop strong partnerships with stakeholders across health, social care, and the voluntary sector.
- Support and develop multidisciplinary teams to achieve their full potential.
- Promote a culture of inclusion, continuous learning, and clinical excellence.
About You: You will be:
- An experienced senior manager with a proven track record in mental health services.
- Skilled in leading complex services and managing change.
- Experienced in performance, workforce, and financial management.
- Passionate about improving outcomes for service users and carers.
- An exceptional communicator who can build strong relationships at all levels.
- Committed to the NHS values and delivering compassionate, person-centred care.
Our Values 2025 - 2030: Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
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