Job summary
The North/South CIMH Service Managers will provide operational leadership to the Mental Health PCNs. These are currently configured as 3 MH PCN teams in the North and 3 MH PCN teams in the South.
They will have continuing responsibility for the development and delivery of a consistent, high quality service, in conjunction with the Newham AssociateClinical Director (Community MH Services) and Newham Deputy Borough Director (ELFT), GP and Primary Care Network (PCN) colleagues and the multidisciplinary/ multiorganisational team.
The post holder will be required to provide clinical and operational supervision to senior staff within the Mental Health PCNs.
Main duties of the job
CIMHS is an emergent service, integrating a range of existing offers, including ELFT's Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) and Assessment and Brief Treatment (ABT), with new provision funded via NHSE early implementer resource, including significant 3rd Sector provision, Peer Support and existing Social Care provision. As such, CIMHS managers will be responsible in the initial phases for completing the transition from old to new arrangements.
Another significant responsibility will be ensuring the ongoing co production of CIMH Teams with service users and other stakeholders in the geographical areas relevant to the MH PCN. This should happen according to the principles of the Community Mental Health Framework: place-based, whole-person, whole-population.
In addition, the post holder will also function as a clinical expert to the team and to partner agencies, exercising a high degree of personal and professional autonomy, making critical judgments and decisions to meet the expectations and demands of this expert role. They will also be responsible (along with other Operational Team Leads and support from senior managers) for ensuring this pathway works effectively with crisis services, holding a level of risk suitable to the developmental stage of the team.
The post-holder will also contribute to the development and management of suitable governance arrangements within this complex new multi-agency environment.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is not a working from home role
Please see Job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is not a working from home role
Please see Job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant qualification: Social work, Nursing (RMN), Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Arts Therapies to degree or equivalent supplemented by specialist training experience within specialist area equivalent to masters level
- Registration with relevant professional body
- Evidence of post qualification training
- Evidence of professional development
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of leading clinical work
- Significant experience as an AMHP, if applicable.
- Significant experience of staff line management, development and leadership
- Experience of budget management
- Experience of recruitment, selection and retention
- Experience of developing services and the change process
- Experience of developing and delivering training
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current mental health legislation and initiatives
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Knowledge and understanding of Social Care issues including Personalisation and Safeguarding adults and children
- Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues relating to health care
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Knowledge of equal opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
- NHS/LA policies and procedures
- Health & Safety issues
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate high level of care expertise
- High level of verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to co-ordinate and deliver services to a complex group
- Ability to plan and develop local policy and procedure
- Ability to line manage and develop a multidisciplinary clinical team
- Ability to manage competency
- Ability to provide and co-ordinate clinical / management supervision
- Ability to manage severely challenging behaviour/crisis intervention including intervention under the MHA
- Able to manage & lead incidents of verbal & violent aggression
- Budget management skills
- Ability to lead on all category SI reviews for the locality
- Ability to manage unpredictable workloads and frequent demands on concentration and attention
- Ability to lead and facilitate decision making processes
- Report writing / presentation skills
- Change management skills
- Good skills in O365 packages
- Spreadsheet & data analysis skills
- Ability to manage with available, sometimes limited, resources
Other
Essential
- Commitment to Equal Opportunities
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant qualification: Social work, Nursing (RMN), Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Arts Therapies to degree or equivalent supplemented by specialist training experience within specialist area equivalent to masters level
- Registration with relevant professional body
- Evidence of post qualification training
- Evidence of professional development
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of leading clinical work
- Significant experience as an AMHP, if applicable.
- Significant experience of staff line management, development and leadership
- Experience of budget management
- Experience of recruitment, selection and retention
- Experience of developing services and the change process
- Experience of developing and delivering training
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current mental health legislation and initiatives
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Knowledge and understanding of Social Care issues including Personalisation and Safeguarding adults and children
- Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues relating to health care
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Knowledge of equal opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
- NHS/LA policies and procedures
- Health & Safety issues
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate high level of care expertise
- High level of verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to co-ordinate and deliver services to a complex group
- Ability to plan and develop local policy and procedure
- Ability to line manage and develop a multidisciplinary clinical team
- Ability to manage competency
- Ability to provide and co-ordinate clinical / management supervision
- Ability to manage severely challenging behaviour/crisis intervention including intervention under the MHA
- Able to manage & lead incidents of verbal & violent aggression
- Budget management skills
- Ability to lead on all category SI reviews for the locality
- Ability to manage unpredictable workloads and frequent demands on concentration and attention
- Ability to lead and facilitate decision making processes
- Report writing / presentation skills
- Change management skills
- Good skills in O365 packages
- Spreadsheet & data analysis skills
- Ability to manage with available, sometimes limited, resources
Other
Essential
- Commitment to Equal Opportunities
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
