Job summary
Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we
offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive,
innovative and dynamic work environment!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated
individual to join the Directorate of Mental Health (DMH) as the Patient Flow Team
Manager across our Mental Health Inpatient Settings.
The post holder will be joining
the team at an exciting time for mental health services, they will play an
integral part in the redesign and provision of services for those accessing
mental health services across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.
The successful candidate will be
actively involved in shaping the delivery of services for mental health
inpatients working in line with the NHS Long Term Plan.
As part of the Trusts Step Up To
Great Programme you will support the implementation of the Inpatient
Therapeutic Workstream, developing the workforce for the future, working
closely with your clinical leads to support implementation and Quality
Improvement for Inpatient services.
This role is both operational and clinical, with the expectation that the successful candidate will undertake all relevant clinical training requirements.
It really is an exciting time to
join LPT and we look forward to receiving your applications.
Main duties of the job
The patient flow team manager will be responsible for the efficient and effective management of the patient journey through the Trusts Mental Health Inpatient settings, from admission to discharge. This is a key role within the DMH ensuring inpatients are cared for in the most appropriate location and to avoid out of area placement of our patients, impacting on patient experience, good quality care and Trust finances. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring National and Trust targets are sustained in relation to Out of Area placements, something DMH are very proud to have maintained in the last 3years, and support the patients who are currently cared for in specialist placements.
The post holder will be required to develop excellent working relationships with vast multi-disciplinary/speciality teams, Heads of Nursing, Associate Medical Director, Medical colleagues, as well as external agencies such as housing, social care, CCGs and other stakeholders in order to effectively manage the flow of patients through Inpatient mental health services.
The Patient Flow Team Manager will line manage a range of professionals within the patient flow team, acting as a role model and providing clear and consistent leadership and management, utilising resources effectively. The successful candidate will be a key member of the Inpatient management team and will support the service manager in the leadership and development of the integrated mental health service.
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
If you like what you've read and would like
more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click
onto the attached Job Description and Person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to graduate level or equivalent
- Relevant Professional qualification
- Hold a masters degree and/or proven experience of managing a team, highly developed specialist knowledge of mental health management, the mental health patient group, completed leadership training, and post registration study.
Experience
Essential
- Sound understanding of the issues relating to the provision of mental services.
- Resource management skills and the ability to handle complex
- information.
- Excellent leadership and team working skill.
- Excellence in networking and partnership.
- Comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation (eg NHS and
- Community Care Act, Carers Act, MHA 1983 H&SAW Act)
- Operational/Strategic management experience in or equivalent and at senior operational level.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current issues and developments both locally and nationally within Mental Health.
- Experience of working in and managing a changing environment and demonstration of effective change management, innovation and solution focused approaches to service improvement.
- Experience of mental health service provision within large MDT settings.
- Experience of managing staff working with people who have severe mental health problems.
- Project management and/or service development experience.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Strong information technology skills.
- Ability to produce high standard of written reports/ audit
- evaluations using statistics as necessary.
- Established risk assessment skills and able to reduce the level of risk to clients staff and others.
- Experience of performance management, complaints, Serious Incidents and ability to give recommendations and follow up necessary action.
- Experience of both multidisciplinary and partnership working and in promoting and developing a multi-professional environment.
- Experience of managing budgets, signing of petty cash, mileage claims, purchase of team equipment and agreements.
- Experience of writing and presenting reports to Senior Management and Partners.
- To be able to demonstrate compassionate and inclusive leadership.
- Well developed negotiation, persuasion and conflict resolution abilities.
- Highly organised with good time management skills.
- Effective problem solving, decision making and verbal and written communication.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to graduate level or equivalent
- Relevant Professional qualification
- Hold a masters degree and/or proven experience of managing a team, highly developed specialist knowledge of mental health management, the mental health patient group, completed leadership training, and post registration study.
Experience
Essential
- Sound understanding of the issues relating to the provision of mental services.
- Resource management skills and the ability to handle complex
- information.
- Excellent leadership and team working skill.
- Excellence in networking and partnership.
- Comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation (eg NHS and
- Community Care Act, Carers Act, MHA 1983 H&SAW Act)
- Operational/Strategic management experience in or equivalent and at senior operational level.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current issues and developments both locally and nationally within Mental Health.
- Experience of working in and managing a changing environment and demonstration of effective change management, innovation and solution focused approaches to service improvement.
- Experience of mental health service provision within large MDT settings.
- Experience of managing staff working with people who have severe mental health problems.
- Project management and/or service development experience.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Strong information technology skills.
- Ability to produce high standard of written reports/ audit
- evaluations using statistics as necessary.
- Established risk assessment skills and able to reduce the level of risk to clients staff and others.
- Experience of performance management, complaints, Serious Incidents and ability to give recommendations and follow up necessary action.
- Experience of both multidisciplinary and partnership working and in promoting and developing a multi-professional environment.
- Experience of managing budgets, signing of petty cash, mileage claims, purchase of team equipment and agreements.
- Experience of writing and presenting reports to Senior Management and Partners.
- To be able to demonstrate compassionate and inclusive leadership.
- Well developed negotiation, persuasion and conflict resolution abilities.
- Highly organised with good time management skills.
- Effective problem solving, decision making and verbal and written communication.
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).
