Service Manager Perinatal Mental Health Service

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Detailed job description and main 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• Experience at 8a service manager or equivalent
• Evidence a successful track record of performance and budgetary management at team / service level

Supporting Statement

Essential criteria

• Supporting statement articulates suitability for the role with specific reference to perinatal mental health services

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• Ability to motivate self and others.
• Ability to lead and inspire the team and influence decision making
• Champions Diversity and Inclusion

Important Information

Applications will be transferred to the TRAC system, by completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Perinatal Mental Health Service Manager (PDF, 616.3KB)
• Benefits (PDF, 570.7KB)