Job summary
Due to an internal promotion we are looking to recruit an outstanding leader into the service manager position for the Perinatal Mental Health and Maternal Loss Psychology Service. The post holder will have responsibility for the management of the services that will provide high quality, evidence based interventions to women during the perinatal period.
Please note, as part of the interview process, your will be required to attend a virtual Stakeholder Panel interview on Monday 21st October and a formal face to face interview on Tuesday 22nd October.
Main duties of the job
The role will provide a genuine opportunity for you to develop your management skills and make a difference.
You'll have substantial management experience within the NHS, and significant experience of working with clinicians and multi-disciplinary teams to achieve service improvement. We'd like to see a real passion for Perinatal Mental Health services, and the difference they can make to women and birthing people and their families. It is an exciting role and we believe it will provide a talented and ambitious manager with real scope to develop and influence practice.
The post holder will be expected to work flexibly and will be part of the "on call" and "out of hours" arrangements for the Trust
About us
NHFT is an Outstanding rated integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire
NHFT welcomes applications from people, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status or pregnancy or maternity status.
We would encourage applications from groups who are currently underrepresented in the organisation. In particular, applications from disabled people (with both visible and non-visible disabilities), people from black and minority ethnic communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To take overall management responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and operational matters for the service; ensuring that all key performance indicators are met
- To put in place and monitor arrangements for partnership working among the sectors
- To lead the development of integrated pathways for patients accessing the service and other community interventions
- To work towards an agreed service model, developing clinical structures, recruiting staff and operationalising the service in line with Long Term Plan ambitions for perinatal mental health
- To develop robust interagency relationships with key agencies supporting the development of integrated care
- To develop and implement integrated working specifically enhancing pathways for patients and carers whose pathway involves more than one mental health team
- To ensure Service Users and Carers are included in all the work the service
- Establishing and maintaining an effective Operational Management Team with those direct reports that ensures that the operational teams and the wider service are supported at all
- Responsible for the immediate line management of service staff performance, including recruitment, sickness, mandatory training compliance
- Ensuring effective training, ongoing professional development and professional supervision is maintained for all staff within the service
- Ensuring equality of access to services for all
- Responsible for the delivery of local action plans;
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To take overall management responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and operational matters for the service; ensuring that all key performance indicators are met
- To put in place and monitor arrangements for partnership working among the sectors
- To lead the development of integrated pathways for patients accessing the service and other community interventions
- To work towards an agreed service model, developing clinical structures, recruiting staff and operationalising the service in line with Long Term Plan ambitions for perinatal mental health
- To develop robust interagency relationships with key agencies supporting the development of integrated care
- To develop and implement integrated working specifically enhancing pathways for patients and carers whose pathway involves more than one mental health team
- To ensure Service Users and Carers are included in all the work the service
- Establishing and maintaining an effective Operational Management Team with those direct reports that ensures that the operational teams and the wider service are supported at all
- Responsible for the immediate line management of service staff performance, including recruitment, sickness, mandatory training compliance
- Ensuring effective training, ongoing professional development and professional supervision is maintained for all staff within the service
- Ensuring equality of access to services for all
- Responsible for the delivery of local action plans;
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care Qualification and current registration with professional body
- Previous Management Experience
- In depth knowledge and expertise in perinatal mental and wider policy and service issues relating specifically to perinatal mental health
Desirable
- Experience at 8a service manager or equivalent
- Evidence a successful track record of performance and budgetary management at team / service level
Supporting Statement
Essential
- Supporting statement articulates suitability for the role with specific reference to perinatal mental health services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Is emotionally resilient and/or has effective coping strategies where necessary. can remain calm when under pressure and has the ability to regulate behaviour even when provoked
- Ability to lead future service development in co-production with experts by experience
- Support, contribute to and/or lead the implementation of relevant strategies, policies and performance measures.
- Effective clinical leadership ability
Behaviours and Values
Essential
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Ability to lead and inspire the team and influence decision making
- Champions Diversity and Inclusion
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care Qualification and current registration with professional body
- Previous Management Experience
- In depth knowledge and expertise in perinatal mental and wider policy and service issues relating specifically to perinatal mental health
Desirable
- Experience at 8a service manager or equivalent
- Evidence a successful track record of performance and budgetary management at team / service level
Supporting Statement
Essential
- Supporting statement articulates suitability for the role with specific reference to perinatal mental health services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Is emotionally resilient and/or has effective coping strategies where necessary. can remain calm when under pressure and has the ability to regulate behaviour even when provoked
- Ability to lead future service development in co-production with experts by experience
- Support, contribute to and/or lead the implementation of relevant strategies, policies and performance measures.
- Effective clinical leadership ability
Behaviours and Values
Essential
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Ability to lead and inspire the team and influence decision making
- Champions Diversity and Inclusion
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
