Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AE-21163
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- tbc
- Town
- tbc
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
QI Lead Patient Flow
NHS AFC: Band 8b
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Are you an experienced leader with knowledge and experience in delivering improvement projects? Are you familiar with mental health service delivery and keen to play a part in helping to deliver ambitious change? Are you passionate about delivering excellent outcomes for service users and their families? We're excited to announce a 12-month contract, that's also open to secondment opportunity, for a dynamic and experienced leader to lead areas of the Trust's Strategic Objectives. Reporting into the Managing Director for Patient Flow you will lead and develop those improvement projects relating to services for adults and older adults, including those with dementia. You will have excellent communication and engagement skills with real commitment to provide the leadership and management for the improvement work. A significant part of this role is producing information and updates which will require you to have good analytical skills and be able to translate into service improvement plans. Developing positive working relationships through engaging with clinical teams will be vital in this role. This is an exciting time for the Trust and the improvement work that will deliver the Strategic Objectives is critical to improving the service experience for patients and those who care for them. So, if you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role, where you can have a positive impact on people's lives, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
Working closely with the Managing Director for Patient Flow you will lead and develop the service improvement work that impacts on patient flow - particularly with regards to length of stay, the number of patients who are clinically ready for discharge and the length of time patients wait for admission to our inpatient wards.
The postholder will also:
- Work closely with the other Deputy Service Directors, the wider Divisional Leadership Teams and other SPFT services as well as partners in the ICS; other agencies and those who use our services.
- Be expected to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of work that supports the improvement plans.
Please see the job description for a further information and detail regarding responsibilities for this role.
Working for our organisation
Sussex Partnership provides mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Living and working in Sussex:
· Travel easily between coast and countryside; with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns, there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
· Embrace city life with great access to Brighton and London
· With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK, there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which positively impacts the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part-time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Your benefits: Excellent NHS Pension, Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays), Access to a host of NHS discount schemes (Blue Light Card, Health Service discounts, discounted petrol etc.) A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC, where 82% agree that care for patients is our top priority. Free parking on-site
· Access to full psychological support, via our internal well-being team. Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The following principles apply to all postholders within the Discharge Transformation Programme, including those hosted within provider organisations such as Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT):
- Expected to engage in cross-functional collaboration, recognising the interconnected nature of acute, community, mental health, learning disability, primary care, and social care services.
- Expected to drive integration between physical and mental health services, particularly in relation to complex discharge pathways such as dementia, cognitive impairment, and delirium care.
- Required to work across all age groups, collaborating with colleagues across ICS directorates and Place-based partnerships to achieve key objectives.
- Must uphold the ICS commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant.
- Expected to ensure the delivery of a high-quality, well-coordinated, and patient-centred discharge transformation programme, aligned with national and local strategic priorities.
Required to map and refine existing discharge processes, engage with partners to develop best practice approaches, and oversee the successful implementation of improvements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience in relevant field.
- Trained and accredited in Operational Excellence to Green Belt or equivalent
- Formal qualification in leadership or management
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing operational staff and/or clinical teams
- Experience of working at a senior management level
- Experience of working within an MDT environment
- Extensive experience of successful complex change management programmes
- Extensive experience of using evidence-based improvement methodologies, tools and processes
- Experience of delivering major projects or programmes that have significant financial investment
- Experience of delivering and evidencing significant business benefits through transformation of workforce, IT, estate, new ways of working
- Experience of programme planning and delivery, including all aspects of programme governance and control
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ruth Hillman
- Job title
- Managing Director East Sussex and Patient Flow
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07880 576106
- Additional information
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