# Service Line Lead

**Company**: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Watford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: fixed-term
**Salary**: £68,852 to £79,638 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We have a fixed-term or secondment opportunity for a Service Line Lead to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in Watford. This role will support the delivery of high-quality care pathways for adults with mental health issues. The successful candidate will be a senior manager with experience in leading services and teams, and will be responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of community-based care services.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead the delivery of a service taking account of the Trust's transformation agenda and implementation of care pathways

- Ensure the effective delivery of community-based care services for the Division

- Accountable for the financial planning, financial balance, and performance management of the Division

- Play a significant senior role in local partnerships to ensure clear leadership and tangible inter-agency collaboration

- Enable a strong and effective team by providing strong and visible leadership and a clear strategic vision and direction for staff

**Requirements:**

- First degree or equivalent and three years' experience operating at a senior management level in a large complex organisation

- Professional qualification in a relevant area of health or social care

- Evidence of continuous professional and management development

- Specialist knowledge of a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience

- Excellent interpersonal skills in developing and maintaining effective, positive relationships with staff, colleagues, and partners

- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing to inform and influence staff and stakeholders

- Ability to lead effective and empowered teams

**Salary:** £68,852 to £79,638 a year (pro-rata, inclusive of 5% HCAS)

**Contract:** Fixed term, 12 months, full-time

## Skills

### Required
- leadership
- management
- communication
- financial planning
- team management

### Nice to have
- program and project management qualifications
- postgraduate management qualification at Masters level

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