Overview
We are seeking an experienced, visionary leader to join our Trust as Head of Operations for Adult Mental Health. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering high-quality care for adults across our inpatient and community services. The postholder will support the Deputy Director to deliver the Trust’s operational plan and strategic framework. The postholder will be responsible for the operational management of an agreed portfolio of services within the Mental Health & Learning Disability Care Group, ensuring effective and efficient use of allocated resources to provide a service organised around the needs of service users and our local communities. This is a senior leadership role and the postholder will work in collaboration with the Heads of Professions and Corporate services to ensure effective performance of teams, high quality governance, workforce planning, emergency planning and on-going business development. The postholder will promote a culture of innovation, involvement and quality improvement.
Responsibilities
* Reporting to the Deputy Director Of Operations and working closely with senior clinical and operational leaders, provide strategic and operational leadership across the Adult Mental Health Pathway including:
* Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services including acute, PICU and adult secure
* Acute Community Services including Psychiatric Liaison, First Response and Intensive Home Based Treatment
* Community Mental Health Services including CMHT, IOT, EIP, Peri-natal and IPS
Key Dates
Closing Date: 9 November 2025
Shortlisting Date: 10 November 2025
Interview Date: 21 November 2025
Core Values
* We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
* We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
* We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
Benefits
* We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
* Increase mileage rates for > 3500
* A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
* A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
* Plus many more
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received. The postholder will work strategically across the local system, crossing organisational boundaries and unblocking traditional barriers to access, ensuring that keyworkers are embedded within the pathways across health, education and LA, facilitating a keyworker for all children, young people and families that need it.
Contacts
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alix Jeavons
Job title: Deputy Director of Operations
Email address: alix.jeavons@bdct.nhs.uk
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