Head of Community Care Services

You will become a member of the Senior Leadership Team and report directly to the Director of Health and Social Care. You will have line management responsibility and accountable for managing, developing and providing leadership to the following services across Fife within the Health and Social Care Partnership:

• Integrated Community Teams


• Hospital Discharge Teams


• Community Inpatient Services


• Specialist Inpatient and Outreach Services


• Community Nursing and Specialist Services


• Residential Care Homes (Fife Council)


• Care at Home (Internal Service)
  
  The recruitment pack provides fuller details of these service areas and the vision for how we will work across traditional boundaries and portfolio areas to develop systems leadership and provide joined up care for the people of Fife within localities and our communities. By choosing to join Fife Health and Social Care Partnership, you are choosing to make a real difference. You will have a passion for the services within this portfolio and ideally have experience in leading these types of services. Review of management responsibilities is currently taking place.


You will have transferable skills to lead Integrated Teams working across Organisational Boundaries. You will ideally have knowledge and experience of both NHS and Local Authority as well as the national policy landscape for these service areas. You will have vision and ability to lead a significant programme of large scale change and transformation. You will be committed to the delivery of the outcomes of Integration for the people of Fife and striving for excellence in both quality and person centred care through our strategic plan.

We are looking to appoint a driven and inspiring individual who has the ability to manage and lead complex transformation and deliver a wide ranging and sustainable service developments. As a team player you will be committed to collaboration and partnership working whilst ensuring the highest standards of strategic and operational management working closely with both the Senior and Extended Leadership team.

Short listed candidates will be required to participate in a range of assessment activities including psychometric testing, a real play exercise (with stakeholders), delivering a presentation and a values /competency based interview. These activities will all contribute to testing candidate competence. It is anticipated that shortlisted candidates will be notified by 9^th October. If successful, you will be asked to complete psychometric testing on 10^th October. The real play exercise will be in person at Fife House on Wednesday 16^th October 2024 and the formal interview will take place in person in Fife House on Friday 18^th October 2024.

If you believe you have the skills, values, knowledge and experience to provide leadership then we would welcome your application. For an informal discussion with

Fife Health and Social Care Partnership is one of the larger Health and Social Care Partnerships in Scotland, serving the stunning and diverse Kingdom of Fife on Scotland's East coast. We provide health and social care to a population of more than 380,000 people and lead a workforce of around 7,000 staff. We support a Team Fife approach with NHS Fife, Fife Council, the independent and voluntary sectors., NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.