Job summary
We are looking for a talented and highly motivated professional to join our
Perinatal Mental Health Service as an 8a service manager. This role will
provide leadership and management to three locality team mangers and take
overall responsibility for the effective provision and strategic development of
the Surrey wide Perinatal Mental Health service.
Service Overview
The Surrey Perinatal Mental Health Service is highly regarded and is accredited
with the Royal College of Psychiatry Perinatal Quality Network demonstrating
the service meets the highest standard of care.
Aims of the Service
The
aims of the Surrey Perinatal Mental Health Service are to ensure that:
Every
woman has access to services to support psychosocial wellbeing of herself, her infant,
and her family and to prevent mental illness during the antenatal period until
two years after delivery
Every
woman can access quality perinatal mental health care and treatment at the
right time, at the right level and at the right location
Main duties of the job
Following a service expansion this year there are three locality teams as part of a Surrey wide service. This role offers operational management for these teams. The teams are made up of:
East Team based at Horizon House, Epsom
North West, based at Unither House, Chertsey
South West, new base at Berkley house, Godalming.
Each team is multidisciplinary and includes:
Team Manager
Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist
Specialist Doctor
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Psychologist
Lead Community Mental Health Practitioners
Perinatal Mental Health Practitioners
Nursery Nurse
Team Administrator
Peer Support Worker
Team members working across all three teams:
Service Manager
Principal clinical psychologist
Occupational Therapists
Assessment & Triage Practitioners
Assistant Psychologists
Senior Practitioners (Social Worker)
Performance, Quality and Administration Manager
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading
provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental
ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We
also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in
Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively
seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the
mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and
voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use
services and carers.
Surrey is a
beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the
South Coast.
Our historic
market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and
our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy
reach.
For
international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home
contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Suitable for someone who is
passionate about ensuring a high-quality holistic approach to the care and
support provided to the women who have been identified as in need of perinatal support
to enable them to have a positive experience of pregnancy, childbirth and the
first 2 years of motherhood.
Key Responsibilities
Be responsible for the operational delivery of the clinical service.
To ensure that service operates in line with trust policies and
procedures
To directly provide clinical and managerial supervision.
Monitor and maintain service
budget.
Manage the development and implementation
of the specialist teaching/training packages which will be delivered to a range
of multi-disciplinary audiences.
To work as a member of the MDT to
ensure the delivery of safe and effective services.
To ensure effective pathways of
care and inter service coordination. e.g. midwifery services
To ensure that perinatal services
work closely with other services that are subject to the long term plan e.g.
Maternal mental Health and Parent Infant Mental Health.
To ensure service is fully
accessible and responsive to those with protected characteristics in a way that
challenges existing and potential health inequalities.
To create, develop and maintain
professional supportive relationships with all members of staff with other
professionals and agencies to enhance the womans experience and reduce risk of
relapse.
To lead the development,
maintenance and monitoring of service standards, collect and collate data/ information
effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance.
To identify, implement and
evaluate, with others, areas for potential service improvement and to agree
further action
To ensure that the service
meets the Perinatal Quality Network Standards.
To promote shared decision
making with service user/relatives/carers as appropriate, involvement in all
aspects of their care.
To ensure that the service meets statutory requirements eg Health and
Safety
To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark
practice against nationally recognized standards
Job description
Job responsibilities
Suitable for someone who is
passionate about ensuring a high-quality holistic approach to the care and
support provided to the women who have been identified as in need of perinatal support
to enable them to have a positive experience of pregnancy, childbirth and the
first 2 years of motherhood.
Key Responsibilities
Be responsible for the operational delivery of the clinical service.
To ensure that service operates in line with trust policies and
procedures
To directly provide clinical and managerial supervision.
Monitor and maintain service
budget.
Manage the development and implementation
of the specialist teaching/training packages which will be delivered to a range
of multi-disciplinary audiences.
To work as a member of the MDT to
ensure the delivery of safe and effective services.
To ensure effective pathways of
care and inter service coordination. e.g. midwifery services
To ensure that perinatal services
work closely with other services that are subject to the long term plan e.g.
Maternal mental Health and Parent Infant Mental Health.
To ensure service is fully
accessible and responsive to those with protected characteristics in a way that
challenges existing and potential health inequalities.
To create, develop and maintain
professional supportive relationships with all members of staff with other
professionals and agencies to enhance the womans experience and reduce risk of
relapse.
To lead the development,
maintenance and monitoring of service standards, collect and collate data/ information
effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance.
To identify, implement and
evaluate, with others, areas for potential service improvement and to agree
further action
To ensure that the service
meets the Perinatal Quality Network Standards.
To promote shared decision
making with service user/relatives/carers as appropriate, involvement in all
aspects of their care.
To ensure that the service meets statutory requirements eg Health and
Safety
To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark
practice against nationally recognized standards
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registration as an RMN or HCPC as a Social Worker.
- Driving license suitable for use in the United Kingdom.
Desirable
- A post graduate clinical or managerial qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in perinatal mental health services.
- 3 years experience in a Clinical Team Leader or a Clinical Management role.
- Experience of providing clinical and management supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of working in Perinatal Mental Health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registration as an RMN or HCPC as a Social Worker.
- Driving license suitable for use in the United Kingdom.
Desirable
- A post graduate clinical or managerial qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in perinatal mental health services.
- 3 years experience in a Clinical Team Leader or a Clinical Management role.
- Experience of providing clinical and management supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of working in Perinatal Mental Health
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
