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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the Midlands Mental Health Team as AD for the West Midlands. You will work with a group of
committed mental health experts to support the development and delivery of the very best mental health services across our region

Main duties of the job

- The Assistant Director will lead the Mental Health
Team in the West Midlands, including being the
relationship manager for a number of West Midlands
health systems. You will need to build strong and
constructive working relationships across a range of
organisations in order to deliver our objectives.
- You will oversee the delivery of a wide range of
performance metrics; including the core metrics
mandated through planning and the wider metrics in
play across the programme. You will need to
understand the strategic context in which we operate
and also have a good grasp of frequently changing
detail!
- You will need to become a Subject Matter Expert in
a specific area of the mental health programme, and
to manage a team of subject matter experts
delivering support to systems.
- You will work closely with the national team on
policy development and implementation.
- The successful candidate must be able to network
across the wider regional team in order to advocate
on behalf of mental health and be an ambassador
for the sector.

Working for our organisation

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.