Skills Knowledge and Experience
Essential Skills
- Proven ability to lead and manage staff in a supportive and motivational manner to ensure high standards and targets are achieved, providing personal development and coaching
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Project Management skills, including research, development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
- Ability to manage/prioritize a complex and varied workload, within a pressurized environment.
- Innovation and ability to encourage, plan and implement new services
- Ability to analyse complex information and identify trends/themes and opportunities
- Ability to create and manage effectively, budgets/resources and enforce financial controls
- Ability and vision to build and manage effective relationships with stakeholders
- The ability to work creatively as a member of a team bringing out the best in people, whilst actively leading
- Able to handle conflict constructively and to work in partnership towards a shared vision
Knowledge and Experience
- Good understanding of the structure and framework of the NHS, local authorities and the associated financial regimes, and how our services should relate to these organisations.
- Knowledge of the key policy drivers and challenges facing health and social care sectors
- Knowledge of the issues faced by older people and services for them.
- Knowledge of Army life and health and welfare in the armed services
- Considerable experience working in the health and social care field or the ability to demonstrate sufficient experience in similar fields
- Substantial experience of working as a senior manager within a senior management team
- Considerable experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team approach with stakeholders internal and external to the organisation
- Substantial experience of budget development, the management of costs, and delivery of value for money in health and social care services
- Experience of leading and managing multi-disciplinary health and social care teams and older people’s health and social care services
- Experience of life in military service or of working with military service personnel or veterans.
- Considerable experience of providing line management, supervision and support to staff
- Experience of taking high level safeguarding decisions and providing support and direction to staff relating to such matters
- Experience in designing and managing interfaces between different internal teams to ensure seamless working and optimize operational efficiencies.
- Experience in designing/or working towards recognized quality, assurance, or performance management systems .
- Evidence of devising and implementing a range of organization and service specific policies and strategies
- Evidence of successful project management and implementing or informing strategic plans
- Experience of engagement, negotiation and influencing different audiences and their specific needs
- Experience of developing and sustaining a positive service culture among teams of health, social care, or housing staff
- Evidence of management development and continuing professional development
Competences
- Sector awareness – abreast of sector trends and the work of comparator organisations.
- Responsibility – comfortable making day to day decisions and taking ownership of projects.
- Leadership – proven experience of leadership and the ability to mobilise at community, individual and organisational levels.
- Team work– works well in a team and contributes effectively towards common goals.
- Communication – conveys information in a confident, professional way that is easy for others to understand.
- Results orientated – achieve goals and see projects through to completion.
- Problem solving – calm under pressure and able to identify the most relevant solution.
- Relationship management – exceptional ability to foster successful professional relationships with external organisations, partners and colleagues.
- Understanding of policy and legislation, including Safeguarding and GDPR.
Qualifications:
- A degree (or equivalent experience) in Health or Social Care.