You will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Community Mental Health Services within Bedford Borough, including the blended teams and adult social care. Manage and oversee the services performance, budget controls, quality improvement, workforce recruitment, development, and compliance. Engaging with service users, carers, and system partners to ensure the smooth and efficient delivery of services. Proactively operating within the Directorate Management Team to secure its strategic priorities. You will lead the service extending support and guidance in a compassionate and productive manner cognizant of the Trust values, whilst developing the team’s ability to operate in an autonomous and efficient manner.
• To oversee and manage the effective delivery of community mental health services within Bedford, ensuring that robust arrangements are in place to support service users, carers, staff and system partners.
• To achieve financial balance across the service, making the best use of financial resources to achieve positive outcomes for service users and carers.
• To manage and oversee recruitment, retention, sickness levels, agency usage, supervision and appraisals.
• To ensure staff engage with training, development and organizational/cultural development required to meet best practice standards and achieve positive outcomes for service users and carers.
• To have an overview of the community mental health service within Bedford Borough, working creatively and independently with Team Managers and the wider staff group to achieve the required standards and to regularly review the quality and performance of the team’s service delivery.
• To develop and maintain effective and positive internal and external partnerships across all stakeholders, including implementing clear lines of communication with all stakeholders.
• To ensure clinically and operational pathways are in place and are effective
• To ensure that effective clinical and operational management risk management processes are in place in your services.
• To maintain service preparedness for assessment and inspection.
• To deputise for the Assistant Director as required.
The Trust is accredited an Investor in People employer and is consequently committed to developing its staff. You will have access to appropriate development opportunities from the Trust’s training programme as identified within your knowledge and skills appraisal/personal development plan
ou will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Community Mental Health Services within Bedford Borough, including the blended teams and adult social care. Manage and oversee the services performance, budget controls, quality improvement, workforce recruitment, development, and compliance. Engaging with service users, carers, and system partners to ensure the smooth and efficient delivery of services. Proactively operating within the Directorate Management Team to secure its strategic priorities. You will lead the service extending support and guidance in a compassionate and productive manner cognizant of the Trust values, whilst developing the team’s ability to operate in an autonomous and efficient manner.
This advert closes on Sunday 23 Mar 2025