Adult Community Mental Health Service Manager

Job overview

Are you ready to progress your leadership career?

We’re looking for a talented health or social care professional to join our leadership team across Cheshunt & Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, as Service Manager.  The role will provides a genuine opportunity for you to develop your management skills and make a difference.

We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applicants from people of all ages and backgrounds.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with the Service Line Lead and management teams to ensure the effective co-ordination and operational delivery of community health & social care services in HPFT.

Particular key responsibilities will be to:

• You will assist the Service Line Lead deliver a service taking account of the Trusts transformation agenda and implementation of care pathways ensuring a cohesive, effective and seamless service is provided for service users.
• Ensure the effective delivery of community based care services working on a whole systems approach to achieve required levels of performance.
• Support management of relationships with primary care general practitioners and 3rd Sector organisations as required by the Service Line Lead

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Responsible for the provision of the quality care within a complex range of health and social care services that interface across HPFT and with other healthcare providers.
• Accountable for the effective operational management of all care pathways, requiring effective liaison and co-ordination with secondary care clinicians, managers, local politicians and primary care and other independent contractors for Community Services.
• Manage within the established frameworks and processes by which the Strategic Business Unit will manage and monitor capacity on a day to day basis, ensuring effective escalation arrangements are in place to maintain safety with the ability to respond where team capacity issues present and manage the development and delivery of team health promotion and prevention, working closely with other agencies.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements e.g. CQC, HSE and implement relevant assurance systems to  demonstrate  compliance  for their service

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.