OD Delivery Lead

The Band 8a Leadership Lead provides senior operational and professional leadership to ensure high-quality, timely, and sustainable service delivery, with a focus on leadership capability, workforce wellbeing, performance assurance, and alignment to NHSE Leadership & Management Framework. The role strengthens leadership capacity and capability across teams, supports effective demand and risk management, and provides clear oversight to mitigate workforce pressures, reduce burnout and turnover, and maintain compliance with Well-Led expectations and quality governance frameworks., Provide senior leadership and operational oversight to support high-quality, timely, and safe service delivery. Strengthen leadership capacity across services, ensuring clear accountability, effective decision-making, and consistent leadership practice. Monitor service performance, workforce pressures, and quality indicators, ensuring emerging risks are identified, mitigated, and escalated appropriately. Support workforce wellbeing, retention, and sustainability by addressing system pressures that contribute to burnout, turnover, and reduced morale. Lead and contribute to governance, assurance, and quality improvement processes, ensuring alignment with Well-Led requirements and NHSE Standards. Work collaboratively with clinical, operational, and corporate colleagues to align leadership activity with service demand, improvement priorities, and strategic objectives. Support implementation of improvement actions arising from performance data, staff feedback, and external assurance (e.g. NHSE,
CQC). Provide professional leadership, coaching, and guidance to leaders and managers to build capability and resilience across the system.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing high-quality mental health, learning disability, and specialist services, underpinned by compassionate, inclusive, and values-led leadership. Working for Sussex Partnership means being part of an organisation that prioritises quality of care, staff wellbeing, continuous improvement, and collaborative working across services and systems to improve outcomes for the communities it serves.