Deputy Director Community Mental Health


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£85,641 to £97,746 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, NW9 0PS
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	26 Oct 2026
Closing date:	9 Nov 2026

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Summary

Operational Delivery Oversight and responsibility for the delivery Community mental health services that provide person-centred, high quality and clinically safe care that is integrated within the local community Delivery of services that respond to challenge set out in the NHS Long Term Plan and other national policy by delivering purposeful care in the community that reduces avoidable admissions and support care closer to home Oversight of delivery of initiatives that aim to develop more needs-led integrated approach to community support Ensuring clinical safety and effectiveness through completion of risk assessment and management plans within agreed timescale and service delivery in line with evidence-based practice. Ensuring standards within the service meet the regulatory standards Ensuring services are clinically effective through monitoring of appropriate outcome measures and service user and carer experience Ensure performance standards are met and create and maintain a performance management culture at individual staff member, team, service and directorate level Contribute to the development of a culture within services overseen of innovation, quality and service improvement. Communication and strategic work: Lead complex strategic work to develop and deliver Trust community mental health vision with an ability to articulate a strategic vision for change and help translate this into practical steps that can be taken to embed and sustain real change Lead discussions on a group/ 1;1 level with internal and external partners including service users and carers including being an ambassador for the Trust in wider system meetings Across the Trust, receive, analyse and interpret highly complex information, make decisions and communicate decisions effectively and sensitively according to the needs of the audience Work with internal and external teams to identify gaps; enable the testing of innovative solutions and ensuring the spread of good practise across the Trusts Working to Trust strategic and transformation colleagues to make a case for change, anticipate problems and formulate a strategy to overcome any identified barriers Ensuring that service users, carers, community organisations and other key stakeholders are actively involved in the development and delivery of services Partnership Working Ensure that: As a major provider of community mental health services, the organisation is appropriately represented, and involved with all key strategic planning bodies at Trust, ICB and relevant Local Authority functions Trust service continue working in partnership with other providers and stakeholders to achieve outcomes specified. Work with wider partners and as part of a system to deliver on NHS Long Term Plan and other national and local policy frameworks. Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and continuously held a Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024." As such, if you dont meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form. Please noterole eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE). For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

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