Internal MPFT Applicants Only - Pathway Manager- Intensive Life Skills

Job summary

*Internal MPFT Employees Only*

Open to current band 6's and above working in MPFT

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a full time, permanent, Band 7 Pathway Manager to work within our Intensive Life Skills Pathway as part of Community Mental Health Services within the South Staffordshire locality of the Staffordshire and SOT Care Group. Our Intensive Life Skills Pathway offers treatment for people experiencing high levels of distress and emotional dysregulation and uses the Structured Clinical Management model alongside other trauma informed psychological models.

Applicants should be experienced in Community Mental Health care and have the skills and motivation for this developing management/ leadership role.

The service is expanding, and it is an exciting time to join this team and influence this development. This role will be integral in leading on this work and developing strong relationships across our Neighbourhood teams, Primary Care Networks, the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise Sector, service user / carer groups and other local partner providers.

Main duties of the job

• Manage and lead in accordance with Trust values and Care Group objectives.
• Participate as a member of Collective Leadership groups across a wide footprint of local services, in the formulation of operational plans, which take into account local, regional and national drivers.
• Take the lead in developing this pathway as the service expands
• Take the lead in the integrated holistic approach to local community mental health delivery, ensuring care is coordinated, designing and delivering patient pathways that are efficient and effective and delivered in partnership with our service users and transformation partners.
• Develop effective working relationships with professionals both internal and external to the service, in particular ensuring that services are delivered around local population needs.
• To lead on embedding quality improvement within teams to drive forward service development and innovations through implementation of MPFT quality improvement and lean methodology.
• Create a team culture in which staff are valued and well-supported and able to deliver services with care and compassion.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.