As of 1^st December, Here and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) are embarking on a new and exciting partnership to deliver excellent quality and personalised MSK care across Brighton & Hove and West Sussex.

Following ten years of highly successful collaboration, we will work under the new banner of Sussex MSK Health, to grow an ambitious programme of service innovation, expanding on what is working well already, and implementing new ways of working to better serve our populations.

To lead the successful development and delivery of the programme we are seeking a Partnership Director, working as part of the leadership triumvirate with the Clinical Director and the Planned Care Divisional Director of Operations.

Job Role

The successful applicant will need to have extensive strategic and operational experience in a senior leadership role. They will be expected to lead on the strategic planning, performance, and delivery of the operational strategy for the service, whilst holding joint accountability, within the triumvirate, for all elements of Sussex MSK Health. They will also be pivotal in working to form the wider MSK Provider Alliance across Sussex.

The Partnership Director will be the driving force towards the vision of Sussex MSK Health, acting as the key bridge between the two partnership organisations, with direct executive links into both Here and SCFT. The Partnership Director will attend Here Board and provide senior leadership expertise to both partner organisations. The Partnership Director will be crucial to ensuring a one team approach and that our agreed values are threaded through all that we do.

The Sussex MSK Health Partnership Director will be expected to be a leading national voice in MSK health, creating national networks and relationships to share best practice and learning.

The role of the Sussex MSK Health Partnership Director is to provide strong, visible, and professional leadership which supports and energises teams. They will be expected to nurture happy and high performing teams who are connected to purpose. The post holder will ensure overall service performance, including significant budgetary acumen and the ability to balance the demands of a complex, high volume health service.

To find out more about Here’s vision for social enterprise contribution to MSK services, please see here: CASE-for-Change-Final-Version-2023.pdf

Whilst Sussex MSK Health is a new partnership, we experience over the last 10 years of working together in the delivery of MSK care, to get a sense of our culture and journey so far, please visit: https://youtu.be/AkhQa-LGKDs?si=sRF-F1l0uPrgjXtA

Please note the following timescales for recruitment:

• 12^th           December 11.59pm – Job closes for applications
• 13^th           December – Shortlisting completed
• 18^th-19^th   December – In person interviews in Brighton. Please note on your                                    application if you are unable to make either on of these dates.

We would be really pleased to discuss the role, our vision for the service and our wider organisational values and purpose with interested applicants. If you would like a further conversation about this role, please contact rob.bartle@nhs.net who will schedule you in a conversation with an appropriate member of the executive team.

For Job description and Person specification, please go to the link below:
Partnership Director JD and PS

To apply for the role, you will be required to provide a CV and cover letter. 

In your covering letter, please outline why this vision of innovative MSK service delivery matters to you, and what you feel you could bring?

Positive about disability

We’re committed to developing the careers of individuals with a disability. We will give full and fair consideration for all applicants. Applicants who confirm a disability that meet the essential criteria and evidence this within their application, will be interviewed.

Here value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively welcome applicants who identify as LGBTQ+, disabled, and people of the *Global Majority.

*people who identify as Black Caribbean, Black African, South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern or Latin.

Pension

Candidates who are currently enrolled in the NHS Pension scheme will be eligible to be enrolled. Candidates who do not have a live NHS Pension, will be automatically enrolled in to the NEST pension.