Job summary
Following the success of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) and Primary care Transformation across Adult community in Hertfordshire, this is an exciting opportunity to create, implement and mobilise ARRS roles across PCNs in Hertfordshire.
This role will work closely alongside the existing adults infrastructure but be responsible for the Children and Young Persons service and will work closely with the Service Line Lead, Quadrant Leads and Head of CAMHS as well as GP Leads and Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to create this service for young people in Hertfordshire.
The ARRS offers an exciting opportunity for integration with the GP teams across PCNs, improving the experience of people with mental health problems by offering early assessment, access to treatment and support in primary care to encourage and promote positive wellbeing.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and delivery of Mental Health CYP ARRS provision in Primary Care and strengthening relationships across Primary Care and Mental Health Services. The role will include ensuring we capture information to demonstrate the value of delivery and effectiveness in achieving positive outcomes for young people we support.
Main duties of the job
The ARRS offers an exciting opportunity for MH Practitioners to be integrated into the GP team, improving the experience of people with mental health problems by offering early assessment, access to treatment and support in primary care to encourage and promote positive wellbeing.
The postholder will be responsible for the development and delivery of Mental Health CYP ARRS provision in Primary Care and strengthening relationships across Primary Care and Mental Health Services.
The post holder will hold highly specialised knowledge across a range of work practices in this field, with particular emphasis on service transformation and redesign.
The post holder will lead on a range of activities that support the delivery of the Primary Care Mental Health Transformation Programme. The scope of work will be extremely varied and challenging.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To take a leadership role in supporting the adoption of the GP model for those PCNS who are to launch the new service
- Development of services, recruitment of new staff and forming strong collaborative relationships with Primary Mental Health Care Leads
- Lead on the project management and delivery of the CYP ARRS programme and redesign project as required, including project timelines, risk and action logs, attendance at and support to transformation and service redesign
- Support development and implementation of the CYP ARRS roles across the county.
- Lead and support a variety of service development activities, including clinical and stakeholder workshops.
- Support project evaluation and benefits realisation ensuring themes are shared and lessons.
- Lead on and provide support to the development and drafting of business cases and bids delivered by the
- Undertake in house training development activities to ensure staff throughout the localities can support and embed transformational
- Support the development of Quality Impact Assessments and Equality Impact Assessments in support of Trust projects and developmental.
- Provide assurance through to the Trust Project Assurance Group and to Operational Leadership on the status, issues and risks associated with individual.
- Manage a full range of major and minor initiatives ensuring that programme and project deliverables are tightly linked to the achievement of the Trust strategic objectives and system wide transformation.
- Support the development and delivery of formal presentations both internally and externally to a wide range of
- Support the delivery of the programme, associated funding bids as required, providing specialist input, with co-ordination against agreed outcomes, KPIs and milestones
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To take a leadership role in supporting the adoption of the GP model for those PCNS who are to launch the new service
- Development of services, recruitment of new staff and forming strong collaborative relationships with Primary Mental Health Care Leads
- Lead on the project management and delivery of the CYP ARRS programme and redesign project as required, including project timelines, risk and action logs, attendance at and support to transformation and service redesign
- Support development and implementation of the CYP ARRS roles across the county.
- Lead and support a variety of service development activities, including clinical and stakeholder workshops.
- Support project evaluation and benefits realisation ensuring themes are shared and lessons.
- Lead on and provide support to the development and drafting of business cases and bids delivered by the
- Undertake in house training development activities to ensure staff throughout the localities can support and embed transformational
- Support the development of Quality Impact Assessments and Equality Impact Assessments in support of Trust projects and developmental.
- Provide assurance through to the Trust Project Assurance Group and to Operational Leadership on the status, issues and risks associated with individual.
- Manage a full range of major and minor initiatives ensuring that programme and project deliverables are tightly linked to the achievement of the Trust strategic objectives and system wide transformation.
- Support the development and delivery of formal presentations both internally and externally to a wide range of
- Support the delivery of the programme, associated funding bids as required, providing specialist input, with co-ordination against agreed outcomes, KPIs and milestones
Person Specification
Qualifications, Education & Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level, preferably in a relevant subject (e.g. management, business, statistics, mental health etc.), or equivalent experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Relevant degree or sector qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of service development and tendering
- Significant experience of project management and service transformation
- Significant experience working within a regulated field and within prescribed regulatory framework
Desirable
- Significant experience of leading negotiations of and managing complex bids with multiple stake holders
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of the NHS and the CMHT framework.
- Experience working within a large complex organisation and with a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience working across organisational boundaries
Desirable
- Detailed knowledge of NHS commissioning and primary care networks in Hertfordshire.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills - influencing, negotiating and communication (written and verbal) across all levels of audience both internal and external
- Ability to produce reports and written information and to present highly complex information to a variety of audiences
- Aptitude and confidence working within a rapidly changing environment
- Ability to analyse and assimilate complex information in order to inform decision making, advise and inform negotiations.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Education & Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level, preferably in a relevant subject (e.g. management, business, statistics, mental health etc.), or equivalent experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Relevant degree or sector qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of service development and tendering
- Significant experience of project management and service transformation
- Significant experience working within a regulated field and within prescribed regulatory framework
Desirable
- Significant experience of leading negotiations of and managing complex bids with multiple stake holders
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of the NHS and the CMHT framework.
- Experience working within a large complex organisation and with a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience working across organisational boundaries
Desirable
- Detailed knowledge of NHS commissioning and primary care networks in Hertfordshire.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills - influencing, negotiating and communication (written and verbal) across all levels of audience both internal and external
- Ability to produce reports and written information and to present highly complex information to a variety of audiences
- Aptitude and confidence working within a rapidly changing environment
- Ability to analyse and assimilate complex information in order to inform decision making, advise and inform negotiations.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
