This is an exciting opportunity to come and work for MFT CAMHS directorate as a CAMHS Inpatient Service Lead.
The Service Lead will be accountable for ensuring the effective management and delivery of Galaxy House Inpatient services and be responsible to and accountable to the Head of Crisis, Acute and Specialist Services. The post holder will ensure the key functions of the role are undertaken through: effective management and leadership, collaborative working, supporting the delivery of performance targets, (including access and pathway targets), contracted activity levels, finance, quality standards and quality of services.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities.
Service Management
* Regularly review the CAMHS locality (inpatients) workforce to ensure it has the right numbers of the right level of knowledge, skill and expertise to deliver services in the most effective way.
* Ensure good practice is rapidly shared within the inpatient service and wider service where appropriate.
* To effectively manage complaints in line with Trust policy.
* Ensure delivery of local KPI's and national targets and continually improve performance within the team to maintain standards of practice, demonstrating such to the CSU Structure through reports/data/audit.
* Lead in the implementation of policies within Galaxy House Inpatient Service.
* Help develop and implement effective systems to record and monitor governance and risk information, providing reports to local practice governance and patient safety forums.
* Support the CAMHS CSU management at local locality level for the planning of inter-agency working with other key stakeholders.
* Attend Divisional/Trust meetings and external meetings as directed by CSU Head of Crisis, Acute and Specialist Services and cascade relevant information into CSU.
* React to and put in place strategies to manage pressure in the service.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Graduate or Clinical Qualification in leadership or management.
* Nursing qualification degree/diploma level.
Desirable
* Assessor & Mentorship.
Experience
Essential
* Substantial experience of leadership and management role within a health & social care setting.
* Substantial experience of working clinically with children and young people with mental health issues.
* Experience of leading and delivering programs of change within the public sector.
* Proven experience of managing health care services.
* Proven track record of achieving objectives.
* Experience of managing and supervising multi-disciplinary teams.
* Effective Teamwork within a multi-agency environment.
* Experience of undertaking delegated leadership tasks and managing staff effectively.
* Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance and service delivery.
* Experience of identifying education and training needs of staff.
* Experience in managing safeguarding concerns.
* Experience in clinical audit.
* Experienced in complaints management.
Desirable
* Experience of CAMHS.
* Experience of budgetary management.
* Experience in workforce planning.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
* Ability to influence and motivate staff and build successful teams.
* Ability to manage conflict.
* Ability to chair meetings & undertake delegated management tasks.
* Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
* Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations.
* Ability to develop, manage and lead on outcomes data and data reporting for the service.
* Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change.
* Ability to form sound working relationships and work flexibly with others in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency setting.
* Ability to present information clearly and openly and in a timely manner.
* Ability to formulate relevant reports.
* Delegation and co-ordination.
* Good performance management skills.
* Good time management.
* Knowledge of national policies and guidelines in relation to Inpatient Services and CAMHS including all relevant legislation.
* Knowledge of relevant clinical research literature and audit methods.
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
Desirable
* Resource and budget management.
* Effective leadership and management styles.
* Project management.
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Galaxy House - Harrington Building
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Manchester
M13 9WL
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