Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
Are you a motivated individual who strives to deliver excellent healthcare?
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a large organisation working as part of a professional encouraging team?
Do you want to be part of a great organisation which has great additional benefits? Look no further!
Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC) are looking for a Band 8A Defence Mental Health Network (DMHN) Manager to be based at Venning Barracks (Donnington), RAF Digby (Ashby De La Launde) or Merville Barracks (Colchester). The Network Manager can be based at any of the locations, butmust be willing to
travel across the central network (Donnington, Digby, Colchester).
This position offers 37.5 hours per week.
Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Benefits Include:
- Free Parking
- Access to Gym
- Access to NHS Pension
- A culture encouraging Inclusion and Diversity
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be a highly experienced, motivated,
flexible and dynamic clinical leader who is able to lead on the development and delivery of a
specialised occupational mental health service.
Able to work under pressure and deliver results for a number of stakeholders, the post holder will
be responsible for the overall management and provision of a community mental health service
to a defined catchment area.
Possessing exceptional leadership qualities, the post holder will be accountable for the output of
the mental health service across a defined catchment area, ensuring the delivery of effective
governance and assurance, evidence based therapeutic interventions, liaison, education,
training, research and mental health promotion across the area of responsibility (AOR).
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Ensuring that each clinical team within their Defence Mental Health Network (DMHN) is performing in all aspects of care delivery.
- Liaising with key stakeholders, including the National Health Service (NHS) and third sector organisations.
- Analysing and acting on highly complex situations requiring resolution and interpret and compare a range of options in respect of clinical services, the population at risk, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the workforce requirements.
- Providing and receiving highly contentious information, identifying workforce and resourcing barriers to understanding and implementation of major change programmes.
- Managing resources effectively in order to meet the clinical demand to improve access for all entitled personnel.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further details.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel for interview.
Requests to work part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis.
At interview you will also be asked to do a10 - 20 min presentation and or complex case study. Using the two questions below:
- What skills would you utilise and what process would you follow to ensure that you can influence effectively and deliver results working in an unfamiliar environment?
- How would you evaluate what factors are important in contributing to the strategic planning and development of integrated mental health services that best support the needs of the CoC and patient?
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. (You will need to copy and paste the link into your browser).
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Ensuring that each clinical team within their Defence Mental Health Network (DMHN) is performing in all aspects of care delivery.
- Liaising with key stakeholders, including the National Health Service (NHS) and third sector organisations.
- Analysing and acting on highly complex situations requiring resolution and interpret and compare a range of options in respect of clinical services, the population at risk, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the workforce requirements.
- Providing and receiving highly contentious information, identifying workforce and resourcing barriers to understanding and implementation of major change programmes.
- Managing resources effectively in order to meet the clinical demand to improve access for all entitled personnel.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further details.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel for interview.
Requests to work part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis.
At interview you will also be asked to do a10 - 20 min presentation and or complex case study. Using the two questions below:
- What skills would you utilise and what process would you follow to ensure that you can influence effectively and deliver results working in an unfamiliar environment?
- How would you evaluate what factors are important in contributing to the strategic planning and development of integrated mental health services that best support the needs of the CoC and patient?
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. (You will need to copy and paste the link into your browser).
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question. You will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included. Please use double spacing where possible.
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration details. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting you application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist (OT) or Psychologist with significant post registration experience. Experience in an operational role within mental health.
Person Specification
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question. You will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included. Please use double spacing where possible.
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration details. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting you application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist (OT) or Psychologist with significant post registration experience. Experience in an operational role within mental health.
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).
