Senior Manager for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Job Description

Senior Manager – Mental Health & Learning Disability Service

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Manager to join the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). You will lead the Mental Health and Learning Disability Service, overseeing a staff allocation of 817 WTE with a budget of £39.7 m for Mental Health and 175 WTE with a budget of £8.4 m for Learning Disability.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for the Mental Health & Learning Disability Service, ensuring services remain fit for purpose and meet rising public expectations and clinical standards.
• Lead the day to day management of the service, delegating authority and responsibility in accordance with national, HSCP and NHS Fife policies, directives and objectives.
• Contribute fully to the corporate management and governance arrangements within the Complex and Critical Care Senior Management Team.
• Operate within a high level of autonomy, implementing change and transformation initiatives to modernise services and keep individuals and their families at the centre.
• Collaborate with the Head of Complex and Critical Care Services, reporting operationally and ensuring alignment with the strategic plan for quality, sustainability and person centred care.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant professional qualification and registration with the appropriate body.
• Extensive managerial experience at a senior level in a public or private sector environment.
• Demonstrated outstanding strategy, leadership and influencing skills.
• Strong commitment to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Location

Post based at Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline or Stratheden Hospital, Cupar.

Equality and Diversity

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among its workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.