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Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative & passionate Clinical Team Manager to work within the Cheshire & Merseyside Specialist Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service (C&M SPMMHS) leading our Mid-Mersey Specialist Perinatal Team, MM SPT, supporting our communities in Knowsley, St Helens, Warrington & Halton.
C&M SPMMHS is jointly provided by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (MCFT) and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP), providing specialist assessment and treatment to mums, birthing people, babies, and families from pregnancy through to 24 months. MMHS has a focus on perinatal loss and trauma.
Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) care remains a national priority; the post holder will play a pivotal role in the operations and clinical support of the team alongside supporting transformation and ensuring equitable, safe, and quality care, achieving clinical excellence.
The post holder will promote effective relationships with a range of key partners and stakeholders by working collaboratively to ensure services are fit for purpose in meeting the needs of the community now and into the future, across the whole spectrum of perinatal need, and delivering the ambitions of the PMH Long Term Plan (PMH LTP).
The post holder will be responsive to the evolving and changing needs of the population, the workforce, and the NHS, utilising a dynamic and pragmatic approach to problem-solving and considering the best approach & solutions to complex matters.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry managerial responsibility for Children, Young People and Families (CYP&F) Cheshire & Merseyside (C&M) Specialist Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service's (SPMMHS) within the Community Care Division and be responsible for the overall standards which will include referral management and access, assessment of need, and delivery of care within SPMMHS.
The post holder will operate as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team and be flexible in terms of travel to undertake duties.
The post-holder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care, and the setting of standards of care within that team.
The post holder will be aligned to CYP&F SPMMHS and may be required to work flexibly across all divisional sites to provide response to the service needs of the physical and mental health clinical teams providing cover as directed by the Service Manager to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Job description and person specification outlines the main responsibilities of the role. Please do contact the team should you wish to have an informal conversation about the role in more detail.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Clinical professional registration
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Willing to undertake a management qualification
* Degree qualification relevant to field of practice or demonstrable evidence of study at a higher level
Desirable criteria
* Management Qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
* Specialist expertise underpinned by theory
* Working knowledge of current mental health legislation
* Post registration experience in a senior role within Mental health, Parent Infant, or complex needs services
* Line management responsibilities and experience.
* Able to demonstrate a history of leading on clinical care improvement initiatives.
* Methodical approach to work with attention to detail
* To be able to travel around the area of work
Desirable criteria
* Experience of staff performance management
* Recent relevant experience of leading a team and providing care in a secure setting
* Experience of working within perinatal and/or maternal mental health services
Values
Essential criteria
* Continuous Improvement
* Accountability
* Respectfulness
* Enthusiasm
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Strong customer service belief
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change orientated
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent Interpersonal skills
* Emotional resilience
* Ability to prioritise workload, work at a fast pace and meet deadlines.
* Ability to analyse problems, gather relevant information and exercise sound judgement in reaching the most appropriate conclusions.
* Good organisational skills, experienced in applying and implementing systems to manage workload.
* Able to manage and support staff through organisational change.
* Ability to manage own time effectively produce detailed reports/written work to a high standard and on time
* Ability to organise and plan ahead effectively
* Ability to manage revenue budgets
* Ability to deal with difficult issues sensitively and diplomatically
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Clinical Team Manager JD/PS (PDF, 185.0KB)
* Clinical Team Manager JD/PS (PDF, 185.0KB)
* OH Risk ID (PDF, 392.6KB)
* A Great Place to Work (PDF, 2.1MB)
* Our People Promise and Charter (PDF, 5.8MB)
* Employee Benefits (PDF, 950.7KB)
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