Executive Director of Partnerships

at  NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

The Executive Director of Partnerships is one of the voting Executive Directors of the Board and the aim of the role is to develop, manage and deliver the organisational strategy of NELFT. They will also be responsible for the development of our Collaboratives in both London , Essex and Kent and promotion of partnership working with other NHS, social care and third sector organisations for the improvement of service delivery to our patients in north east London, Essex and Kent .
The successful candidate will bring experience of working at senior level within a healthcare setting, with experience of successful development and implementation of organisational and clinical strategies. The successful candidate will demonstrate experience of managing major organisational change, particularly in a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency setting, ideally with experience of transformation in mental health and community health services and the development of integrated care across system boundaries. Crucially, you will promote and embed a compassionate, fair and just culture of diversity, equality, inclusion and human rights.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all and appointments made on merit. We believe that the best boards are those that are balanced and reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our board and particularly encourage applications from women, people from the local Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff)
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
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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 closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage

Please refer the Job description for details