Community Service Manager (North)

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our community mental health pathways in the North of the county.
With responsibility for all aspects of service delivery in the Community Mental Health Teams, you will lead a team of operational and clinical leaders to deliver outstanding mental health place based care. You will be responsible for all operational performance indicators.
We are at an exciting point in our journey as we embark on a further transformation of these services so that we meet the needs of our local population in collaboration with a range of local partners. You must be able to demonstrate the ability to lead change and support and influence others to embrace change; you will have highly developed communication skills, being able to form and maintain excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
We are looking for an experienced community manager who can demonstrate compassion in their day-to-day duties; it is essential that you are committed to improving the outcomes for service users and carers with coproduction at the centre of what you do.
You will be a key part of a supportive management team where there is a passion for quality improvement, innovation and professional development.
To take overall management responsibility for all aspects of service delivery, operational activity and operational performance indicators for the service
To provide leadership holding responsibility for operational delivery of service outcomes.
To lead and participate in transformation project work and quality improvement
To improve and develop the agreed service model, developing clinical structures, recruiting staff and operationalizing the service
To put in place and monitor arrangements for partnership working among different teams and agencies
To lead the development of integrated pathways for service users accessing the service and other community interventions
Management of buildings where portfolio services are based
To develop robust interagency relationships with key agencies supporting the development of integrated care pathways.
To develop, implement and put in place monitoring arrangements for integrated and partnership working to enhance the seamless delivery of care to service users and carers.
To ensure Service Users and Carers are included in all the work the service does.
To lead on the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion both in the management of the service and access to the service
Establishing and maintaining an effective Operational Management Team with those direct reports that ensures that the operational teams and the wider service are always supported.
To be responsible for the delivery of action plans
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document

Please refer the Job description for details