Band 8b Clinical Services Manager - Secure Services

Job summary

2 x Clinical Service Managers post:

(You can be moved to other service depending on the needs of the service)

A fantastic opportunity to join the leadership team in Secure Care and Offender Health during exciting change. We pride ourselves on the transformation and quality improvements we make as we boost mental health provision across the West Midlands.

ArdenleighMedium Secure Unit: Provides Trauma Informed Secure Inpatient care across 3 Services: - Ardenleigh Women's Secure Blended Service(30 beds) & CAMHS Medium and Low Secure Services (16 beds)

Includes the Youth First Team, a specialist community child and adolescent mental health service for high risk young people with complex needs in the West Midlands. Providing an advisory, consultation, assessment and intervention based model of care. Leading a well established, caring and compassionate MDT, Nursing Teams and leading on service developments. The passion to work within an accelerated environment with women and adolescents is vital. A rewarding and inspiring role.

Reaside Medium Secure Unit / Hillis Lodge Low Secure Unit.: incl Reaside Clinic, a 92 bedded male medium secure unit and Hillis Lodge, a 15 bedded male low secure unit. Providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to service users with severe mental health problems who have committed a criminal offence or have shown seriously aggressive or high risk behaviour. Providing care through secure inpatient units and specialist community teams.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will be responsible for operational management, leadership, planning and delivery of services across the agreed service area within the medium secure inpatient setting and community youth team at Ardenleigh.The Ardenleigh postholder will also have responsibility for the overall secure service site. As a member of the senior management team, the post holders will contribute to the shaping of the strategic direction for the services and ensure its implementation within defined timescales.

The role is pivotal in assisting the Clinical Director, Associate Director, Head of Secure Care, Head of Nursing, Exec Director of Nursing, Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality and other professional heads with the delivery of appropriate professional standards and clinical service across the portfolio and wider trust.

The post holders will need to have proven experience in a leadership role and demonstrate innovative and dynamic ways of working within a secure care service. Key to success will be a sound knowledge and experience of operational service issues within a mental health environment especially medium secure, the ability to operate in a complex and changing service; effective partnership working across a diverse community; well-developed communication skills and the ability to lead redesign without compromising service delivery.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.