Care Group Director

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is creating a new generation of Care Group leadership. We are seeking four outstanding Care Group Directors to lead our Trust wide Care Groups and play a pivotal role in delivering on the Trust's vision of Great Places for Care and Great Places to Work. Each Care Group Director will be the single accountable leader for one of GMMH's four Care Groups, with full responsibility for quality, safety, operational performance, workforce, transformation and financial delivery across a substantial portfolio of services. The posts report directly to the Deputy Chief Executive / Chief Operating Officer and form a critical part of the Trust's senior leadership structure. As a Care Group Director, you will lead at scale, influence Trust-wide strategy, provide assurance to the Executive Leadership Team and Board, and help shape the future of mental health, learning disability, autism and specialist services across GMMH.Main duties of the job You will lead one of the following Care Groups: Acute Care Group Leading urgent care, crisis and inpatient services, ensuring safe, high-quality care, improved patient flow and delivery of key quality standards. Community Care Group Leading community mental health, neighbourhood, older adult and locality services, supporting community transformation and population health improvement. Specialist Care Group Leading specialist services including children and young people, addictions, talking therapies and other specialist pathways. Rehabilitation & Forensic Care Group Leading forensic, rehabilitation, secure and justice services, including prison mental health, supporting high-quality care, recovery, safety and system partnerships. As Care Group Director, you will:

• Lead one of GMMH's four Trust-wide Care Groups.
• Translate strategy into measurable operational delivery.
• Hold full accountability for quality, safety, workforce, operational performance and financial sustainability.
• Drive large-scale transformation and improvement programmes.
• Reduce unwarranted variation and improve consistency of care.
• Lead a senior multi-professional leadership team.
• Build strong partnerships across Greater Manchester and beyond.
• Ensure the voices of service users, carers and communities influence decision-making.
• Provide visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership.
  
  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.