Clinical Service Manager

at  Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Would you like the opportunity to join the leadership team of a specialist veteran mental health team?
We are looking for an experienced Clinical Service Manager to join our lively and passionate mental health team; supporting veterans and reservists presenting with mental health problems, and their families. Some of our team have a personal connection to veteran’s, either with a military background or holding a close relationship with someone who does.
As Clinical Service Manager your role will be across both clinical leadership and operational management. You will be a member of the leadership team, able to lead on workstreams which have a direct influence on the quality of clinical delivery.
We cover Kent, Surrey and Sussex and deliver assessments, support and psychological therapy within our Op Courage team. This post will be service wide covering all three areas, we encourage applicants based in any of the three counties.

We support veterans with a range of mental health needs ranging from anxiety and depression to complex PTSD.

• To provide highly specialist clinical practice within Op Courage South East working with the most complex presentations.
• To provide operational leadership (including Line Management) to members of the service.
• To provide clinical leadership and clinical supervision to the nursing staff within the service.
• To provide clinical leadership to other practitioners within the service as required and appropriate.
• To contribute to and assist in the development and co-ordination of effective audit and reporting tools for clinical supervision, practice and activity, within the service
• To support the delivery of highly specialist training and education and close partnership working with external educational providers.
• To contribute to the horizontal integration of veteran’s mental health treatment with primary and community services.

We are an expanding and exciting specialist service within SPFT, working regional in the South East and nationally as part of the NHS armed forces networks for Op courage.
See attached job description and person specification for detailed responsibilities. These include:

Please refer the Job description for details