Dear Applicant

Thank you for taking the time for visiting our mini-website dedicated to the recruitment of our Director of Finance and Informatics. I hope you find the site informative, and that it helps you in your decision to apply for this key post at our Trust.

I joined the Trust in December 2007, having worked in the private sector for the majority of my professional career. Since joining the Trust I have worked closely with the Board to ensure we have the strongest possible Senior Management team in place. Our Executive Team is drawn from a variety of sectors, and we work together to deliver our passion and ambition - to ensure that our service users and carers are put at the heart of everything that we do.

As a Trust we have embarked on one of the most important projects in our history; to become a successful NHS Foundation Trust. As our Director of Finance and Informatics you will play a key role in ensuring the success of this application and that we achieve our goal during 2009. The provision of a first class finance and informatics service is critical to the success of both the FT application process and the continuing success of the Trust .

Our organisation is developing rapidly and you will join at a time when the relationships with our partners are strong, where there are opportunities to broaden our service offering and client base and a clear national drive to raise the standards and profile of mental health service provision.
I hope you are inspired by our offering and our journey, and look forward to receiving your application.

Yours sincerely

Simon Barber
Chief Executive