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Fiona

Dear Applicant

Thank you for your interest in the post of Director of HR and OD at NSCHCT.  We are a provider of mental health, specialist learning disability and related services for people of all ages across a catchment population of approximately 463,000 people living in the northern part of the county of Staffordshire. The Trust has an income of c. £88 million and operates from more than 30 different facilities across North Staffordshire.

The Trust has close links with the two local universities, University of Staffordshire and Keele University and is also a partner with the medical school at Keele. The Trust also belongs to wider academic and research networks, and currently holds the co-ordinating role for the Tipping the Balance Towards Primary Care (TTB) Network, a European research and development collaboration around primary care.  Our approach to delivering health care is collaborative and we have strong and effective working relationships with our local primary care trusts, local authorities and elected representatives, those in the social care sector and voluntary colleagues.

We are a Trust with an ambitious vision that needs a senior team that can lead the organisation through a challenging agenda. I was appointed Chief Executive in September 2008 and I have recently recruited a Chief Operating Officer who will commence in post in April.  Over the next 18 months the Trust will be facing a period of extensive change, as services are developed to meet the vision of the Board and the needs of our main commissioners, whilst at the same time securing a successful application in respect to Foundation Trust status. 

My colleagues and I in the senior team are leading a programme of considerable change which aims to ensure that we have a central quality focus to drive the improvement of quality, safety and efficiency of the services we deliver for patients and their carers.   I am keen to develop a close, dynamic, innovative and strong senior team here at the Trust and this post is a step towards achieving this.  I believe that real clinical engagement along with a strong visible leadership is fundamental to delivering excellent patient services.  We have recently implemented Service Line management, each of four divisions are now led by a Clinical Director and over the coming months we will continue to develop the Trust’s approach to team based working.  Service line management will mean much greater delegation of key decisions to senior clinicians and front line staff.

To complete our team, I am seeking to recruit a talented individual to lead and maximise our workforce potential.  In this role I need a high profile, energetic and ambitious leader who relishes change. You will be a member of the Executive team to coordinate our change programme, leading the Trust in new and different ways of working.  I need someone with a grasp of the strategy, who can at the same time deliver the detail required in a complex organisation

If you pursue this application and are successful, you will be part of an energetic, enthusiastic and skilful team who have great ambitions for the Trust and the patients it serves. We are a stable organisation and have a challenging agenda, but we are succeeding in delivering change for the better for our service users, carers and staff and I hope, after finding out more, you will want to take the next steps in applying to join our team.

If you have the experience, mindset and enthusiasm for this role I would very much welcome your application and I am very happy to have an informal discussion, if you would find that of value.

Yours sincerely,
Fiona Myers
Chief Executive