General Manager

Job summary

Our Vision:

"To ensure every child and family receives the right support at the right time, fostering well-being, development, and inclusion through collaborative, child-centred care".

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT) provides community, day care and respite services for children and young people across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. The children's services have reorganised, providing the opportunity for an enhanced experience and better outcomes for children, young people and their families which makes it an exciting time to join us!

The post-holder is a key member of the new integrated Children's Directorate Senior Management Team and will be the Operational lead for the Physical Health and Learning Disabilities services. This post will work in partnership with the Safety, Quality and Professional Leadership, service managers, clinical leaders and business partners to oversee operational clinical service delivery.

We are seeking an organised, innovative, and flexible individual with proven leadership and managerial skills at a senior level who can lead these services to provide excellent care. We are looking for someone who believes, when clinically appropriate, the community is the best place to provide care to children and young people, is keen to work collaboratively making a contribution and shares our vision of optimising clinical skills to provide excellent care to children and young people so they can lead their best life.

Main duties of the job

1. To operate as a key member of the directorate Senior Management Team which oversees the effective delivery of all services within the directorate and the delivery of all of the directorate's objectives and responsibilities.
2. To provide strong, clear, motivational and visible leadership across all of the services and in particular for care pathways and services within their specific portfolio.
3. To lead on the implementation of new ways of working and cultural change where necessary for delivery of service transformation.
4. To ensure that services continually review and improve the quality, effectiveness and safety of care, actively seeking out and learning the lessons from complaints, compliments, investigations, reviews, reports and other information and intelligence.
5. To regularly review the workforce to ensure services are appropriately staffed with staff who have the right level of knowledge, skill and expertise to deliver services in the most effective and efficient way.
6. To ensure services are fully compliant with all relevant Trust policies, standards and procedures, and are part of and contribute effectively to systems of clinical governance.
7. To represent the directorate at a senior level within the Trust, and with local, regional and national partners, services and agencies.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Date posted

10 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-7130607-BL

Job locations

Wayside House, Wilsons Lane, Coventry, CV6 6NY

Job description Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Management qualification to masters level or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional and managerial development

Experience Essential

• Experience and achievements at a senior management level within the NHS managing a range of professional groups
• Demonstrable experience of building effective teams and networks
• Experience of working with other agencies on projects, including leading on these projects
• Strategic development experience, including working across organisational boundaries and planning and implementing joint projects
• Responsible for strategic planning and budgetary control for a large directorate or several services
• Experience and commitment to involve patients and service users in the design and development of service provision
• Track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets

Other Essential

• Travel
• On-Call Rota

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of NHS and public sector system
• Communication skills
• Excellent group presentation skills
• Ability to inspire and motivate others
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present complex data.
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Ability to guide a diverse range of staff and stakeholders across a range of disciplines both internally and externally to the Trust

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address: Wayside House, Wilsons Lane, Coventry, CV6 6NY

Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/