South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
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Head of Adult Community Services
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and inspirational operational leader to join South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust as our Head of Adult Community Services.
This is a pivotal senior leadership role, responsible for leading a portfolio of adult community mental health services and driving the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective care across South West London.
As part of a multidisciplinary leadership team, you will work closely with clinical, professional and operational colleagues to deliver excellent outcomes for service users, carers and communities. You will play a key role in shaping the future of community mental health services, developing innovative models of care and supporting the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and Community Mental Health Framework.
This is an exceptional opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation at a time of significant transformation and investment in community mental health services.
If you are an ambitious and compassionate leader ready to shape the future of Adult Community Mental Health Services across South West London, we would love to hear from you. Please send a CV and Cover letter to Veda Kakad (People Business Partner for Adult Community) via email to Veda.Kakad@swlstg.nhs.uk by Sunday 9th August 2026.
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As Head of Adult Community Services, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred and recovery-focused care.
You Will
- Lead multidisciplinary community mental health services to deliver outstanding care and outcomes.
- Work in partnership with Clinical Directors, Associate Directors of Nursing, Heads of Profession and senior leaders across the Trust.
- Drive service transformation, innovation and continuous quality improvement.
- Ensure delivery of key operational, quality, workforce and financial objectives.
- Develop effective partnerships with local authorities, primary care, voluntary sector organisations and wider system partners.
- Use data and intelligence to improve performance, reduce inequalities and support evidence-based decision making.
- Champion staff wellbeing, engagement and development, creating inclusive and high-performing teams.
- Represent the Trust at Borough, Place and Integrated Care System meetings and forums.
- Ensure the voices of service users, carers and communities influence service development and improvement.
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
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We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Veda Kakad
- Job title: People Business Partner
- Email address: Veda.Kakad@swlstg.nhs.uk
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