Associate Director - Adult Learning Disabilities and Autism Services

As a senior leader of the Directorate management team, the postholder will lead on the strategic and operational development of all adult ALD and Autism services within Oxleas. Working closely with the service director the postholder will ensure that services are managed safely, effectively and within budget. Central to this post will be the ability to work across all levels of seniority with a range of stakeholders, including statutory and voluntary sector partners, service users and carers.
The postholder will also be responsible for ensuring other directorates within Oxleas understand their responsibilities in relation to learning disabilities and Autism, seeking opportunities for better integration of services whenever possible. The postholder will also lead on the strategic direction related to expansion into a Neurodiversity Directorate., + To have the designated lead for individual strategic/operational work streams on behalf of the Directorate/Trust.
+ To lead on Directorate workforce planning.
+ To work with all the teams to take positive action with respect to diversity and ensure equity of services.
+ Work with the Service Director on the development of Cost Improvement Projects.
+ Proactively work with service areas, peers and colleagues to ensure service user and public involvement with services and service development in accordance with Trust and National policy and Directorate and Trust initiatives.
+ Development of business cases and growing and developing services in partnership and across pathways.
+ Lead on aspects of often complex service development and delivery in an integrated environment working across organisations.
+ Lead on service change and consultations as required ensuring wider stakeholder engagement and involvement is achieved via the development of stakeholder engagement plans.
+ Oversee the successful implementation of the Trust Strategy within the directorate.
+ Ensure the achievement of all required service objectives, targets and standards.
+ Achieve financial targets for the service ensuring the efficient and effective use of financial, staffing and physical resources.
+ With the service Director Lead the directorate management team ensuring a focus on what needs to be achieved and how this will be done.
+ Provide inspirational and facilitative leadership in conjunction with the Service and clinical director to all staff within the directorate.
+ Provide leadership within the local health economy to improve patient care.
+ Build and maintain effective partnerships with external stakeholders, including Local Authority, GP groups, ICB Groups, acute care providers and the third sector.
+ Ensure effective systems, policies and procedures to manage clinical and non-clinical risks and maintenance of an up-to-date risk register.
+ Ensure there are effective systems, practices and skills in place for the recruitment, deployment, supervision, career development, performance management and appraisal of all staff in the directorate.
+ Ensure excellent communication systems and necessary relationships are in place so staff in directorate are involved in decision making and informed of same.
+ Ensure that there are effective systems in place to support the meaningful involvement of patients and carers in service development and delivery.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
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We are looking for an exceptional individual with a passion for working in services for people who have a Learning Disability or Autistic people.
You will be an experienced leader with a track record of managing a broad portfolio of services and someone who lives the Oxleas values.
In return we offer you the opportunity to work in an amazing directorate alongside some skilled and compassionate clinicians and managers.

Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
+ We're Kind
+ We're Fair
+ We Listen
+ We Care