Service Group Director - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

We are seeking to appoint a Service Group Director who has a proven track record of successful transformational leadership and service improvement in a complex healthcare setting, with a background in operational, clinical or financial management. Candidates should be patient focused, with a commitment to safety and quality as the driver for change and improvement. They should have experience of building strong and effective working relationships both internally and externally.

With a budget of over £99.3 m and a WTE workforce of 1650 staff, the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Service Group is responsible for providing services for Adult Mental Health, Older Peoples' Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Forensic Psychiatry and Rehabilitation & Recovery.

Regional medium secure mental health services are provided by SBU HB on behalf of HB's in south, west and mid Wales. These services are currently based in Glanrhyd Hospital alongside low secure mental health services. It also provides Learning Disability services across three Health Boards and seven Local Authority areas.

Mental Health Services within Swansea Bay UHB are currently engaged in an extensive programme of service modernisation with an enhanced focus on community based services and reduced reliance on longer term hospital care with plans to build a new adult mental health facility on the site of Cefn Coed Hospital.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Board, we are highly ambitious both for the people we serve and those we employ. We have clear values about how we do business, which underpin everything we do- caring for each other, working together and always improving.

The Role:

Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer for the effective leadership and management of the Mental Health and LD Service Group, with a budget of £99m.

Working closely in a triumvirate with the Group Nurse and Medical Director to ensure quality and safety is at the core of the service group objectives.

Working collegiately with other Service Group Directors to deliver the Health Board's objectives.

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.