An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an Operational Team Manager to our established Specialist Support Team (SST) for Greater Manchester providing specialist assessment and intervention for autistic people and people who have a learning disability and are at risk of admission to hospital or of coming into contact with criminal justice agencies.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for the development of staff and for the effective delivery of evidence based, person centred services. You will report directly to the Clinical Services Manager within the Secure Care Division and work in close partnerships with the Clinical Lead, the Integrated Care Board, the Lead Provider Collaborative and Service Leads across the Greater Manchester region.
At Mersey Care, our commitment to ‘perfect care’ lies at the heart of everything we do, a person-centred care that starts with you. It’s a pledge to create an environment and staff support that will enable you to do the best job you can possibly do, to be the best you can possibly be.
You’ll be joining one of the most innovative and progressive NHS trusts in the country. One that offers specialist inpatient and community services to support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.
You’ll be encouraged to hone your skills and given opportunities to develop your career, all the while supported by a host of health and wellbeing aimed at supporting your physical and mental health
Main Responsibilities:
1. Management and leadership of the Specialist Support Team with clear goals and objectives that are shared and understood.
2. Effective collaboration with all partner agencies providing an integrated service working alongside the statutory Learning Disability services and the independent sector across Greater Manchester.
3. To develop a highly skilled workforce that offers specialist skills and knowledge to support the wider health and social care provision.
4. The post holder will be responsible for maintaining pathways between service providers to ensure seamless provision of support. This will include in-patient services and existing community provision.
5. The post holder will contribute to the development and implementation of robust operational policies for the Specialist Support Team that promotes collaborative and integrated service delivery within the Policy Framework of the Division and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
6. To deliver outcomes led service developed specifically to respond to the Greater Manchester Learning Disability and Autism Programme.
Please see the Job Description and person specification for more details.
This advert closes on Thursday 28 Nov 2024