This is an exciting opportunity to come an 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 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 Hread 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..
Please see JD and PS for further information.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.
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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024