Associate Director of Transformation

This is an exciting opportunity to join Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust at a pivotal point in our improvement journey. We have recently created a new executive post of Chief Performance, Improvement & Transformation Officer, bringing together our focus on performance, improvement and transformation. Working directly to Phil Horner, our newly appointed Chief Performance, Improvement & Transformation Officer, the Associate Director of Transformation will be one of the key senior appointments supporting this new portfolio. We are looking for an exceptional transformation leader to help us deliver one of the most significant programmes of change across GMMH. The ambition is significant. We want to transform how mental health care is delivered so that more people receive high-quality, personalised support closer to home, while maintaining timely access to specialist and crisis care when they need it. Aligned with the NHS 10-Year Health Plan, our transformation programme will support the three fundamental shifts in health care:

• from sickness to prevention
• from hospital to community
• from analogue to digital., As Associate Director of Transformation, you will provide strategic leadership for the development, mobilisation and delivery of our Mental Health Transformation Programme. You will work alongside Phil and our Executive Leadership Team, as well as clinical and operational leaders, service users and carers, our colleagues and partners across Greater Manchester.
This is not simply a programme management role. We are looking for someone who can lead change at scale, bring people with them and turn ambition into measurable outcomes for patients, colleagues and communities. You will lead a complex portfolio of transformation, establishing clear governance, delivery plans, benefits realisation and assurance. You will bring together service redesign with workforce, digital, estates, finance and improvement, ensuring we take a genuinely whole-system approach to change. You will ensure that the voices and experiences of service users, carers and our colleagues shape what we do. You will build strong partnerships with the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board, local authorities, NHS partners, the voluntary and community sector and our wider communities.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.