Managing Director- Community Services & Integration

at  Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Full Time - VSM
The Managing Director for Community Services and Integration will provide executive level leadership and be responsible at board level for Adult Community Services and the Integration agenda. Within this, this post will also be responsible day to day for the Croydon Place team of the ICS supporting the Place Based Leader for Health. Working in tandem with the Managing Director – Acute Services, they will ensure the Trust’s operational services are delivered in a safe and effective way.
Proposed Interview Date – 2 nd July 2024
1. To act as executive lead for the Trust’s adult community services delivery. Specifically to ensure a focus on the safe delivery of care, developing a strong community offer, working with primary care to maximise the integration of care. They will also support the Managing Director for Acute Services responsibilities to achieve urgent and emergency care targets including the 4 and 12 hour standards and ambulance handover target.
2. To act as line manager for the Croydon place team supporting the Chief Executive and Place Based Leader for Health and Primary Care leads in developing a new way of working for the place team within the ICS post management restructure.
3. To support the ICORS directorate which is primarily focussed on community service delivery and integration. Specifically to ensure the delivery of quality, operational and financial targets as currently established in plans for 2024/25 working through the performance management process.
4. With the Medical Director, provide line management support to the Clinical Director of ICORS
5. With the Primary Care Leads at place, provide line management support to the place team.
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements.
Croydon is a trailblazer in integration to join-up the health and care services available for local people and breakdown barriers between professional teams to make the most of our workforce and expertise.
The Trust runs two hospitals, north and south of the borough. Its main campus, Croydon University Hospital, is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department and often receives more ambulances than many major trauma centres.
The hospital provides more than 100 specialist services, including 24/7 maternity care.
An ongoing investment programme is also transforming the facilities available, with a dedicated new children’s unit and multi-million pound intensive care unit opening in 2023.
The Trust has one of the most diverse workforce profiles in the capital, with more than half of its staff from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups – almost twice the national average – reflecting the diverse communities it cares for. At the same time, the Trust is increasing its role as an anchor intuition at the heart of its local community. As the borough’s largest employer, this includes supporting local business through kick-starters and apprenticeships to increase employment, and working with local universities to train the next generation of health and care workers in Croydon.
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