Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a registered professional to join the adult mental health clinical network leadership as Specialty Development Manager for Adult Mental Health, working alongside the Adult Mental Health Specialty Clinical Director and other specialty networks.
The Clinical Network - Adult Mental Health, as a collective leadership group, sets the clinical standards that support the delivery of high-quality care. On an ongoing basis they review the current evidence base, feedback, guidelines, and initiatives to keep the Trust Clinical Journey's objectives and approach up to date.
The Adult Mental Health Specialty Development Manager will play a pivotal role alongside the Adult Mental Health Specialty Clinical Director in providing trust wide leadership delivering the networks specialty specific annual planned which supports the implementation of Our Journey to Change delivery plans.
Main duties of the job
Make significant contributions to the redesign of services and processes to improve patient care, ensuring patient pathways are effective, efficient, and recovery focused. Leading, participating and facilitating in various events and structures to ensure service change is effective in improving patient care and experience and practice.
Contribute to the strategic development of the Specialty's Clinical Services, to include, supporting the Senior Clinical Director with the interface between the Quality Assurance Committee, Quality Assurance and Improvement Group, Care Group Risk Group and Care Group Board and the individual service work streams within the Specialty. Develop and maintain learning networks both internally and externally to ensure we realise the benefits of organisational learning and sharing best practice from within our Trust. Consider the need and priorities of the Specialty when developing the network programme and adopting a variety of techniques to best engage staff and service users within these networks to maximum benefit.
Play a key role in the facilitation and promotion of research and development within the Specialty, in line with the Trust's R&D Strategy, including supporting participant recruitment to National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Portfolio studies. This role will have particular emphasis on those research activities relating to service development.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Date posted
11 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-CORP-139-24
Job locations
Trustwide
Durham Road
Stockton
TS19 0EA
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role & Responsibilities:
1. Patient / Client Care
2. Administrative Duties
3. Analysis and Judgement Skills
4. Planning and Organisation
5. Responsibility for information
6. Policy Development
7. Service Development Responsibilities/Project management
8. Responsibility for financial resources
9. Responsibility for physical resources / estates / delivery of hotelservices
10. People management, training and development
11. Facilitate Learning and Sharing of experience / expertise
12. Involvement in research, audit and evaluation
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
13. Substantial clinical experience including specific experience in clinical governance and assurance
14. Demonstrable significant experience in leading and facilitating Service Development activities within a clinical setting
15. Demonstrable and significant experience in project management
16. Extensive experience of interpreting and implementing national policy, guidance and standards within a healthcare organisation
17. Extensive experience of developing policy and services within a healthcare organisation
18. Extensive experience of leading organisational change, including internal and external consultation processes
19. Extensive experience of representing a healthcare organisation at external forums
20. Experience of undertaking research and development activities
Qualifications
Essential
21. Qualified clinical professional registered with a relevant professional body
22. QIS Certified Leader or demonstrable willingness to work towards QIS Certified leader within 12 months of commencement of post. Qualification must be achieved
23. Possession of a degree or equivalent qualification
24. Possession of a post-graduate management qualification/masters degree or equivalent
25. Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Desirable
26. Project management qualification. PRINCE 2. Coaching qualification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
27. Knowledge of QIS principles
28. Knowledge of business processes within a healthcare setting
29. Ability to analyse highly complex information
30. Ability to produce strategic information using a variety of media to senior managers eg reports, plans, presentations etc
31. Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing within the political public sector environment
32. Ability to negotiate, influence and persuade in potentially challenging environments
33. Excellent leadership skills including highly developed communication, facilitation and negotiation skills
34. Extensive knowledge of the NHS policy environment at local, regional and national level
35. Extensive knowledge of NHS quality and regulatory issues and requirements including CQC registration, CQUIN, NHSLA
36. Research and development practice skills