Clinical Operations Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has come for a 12month secondment to be a Clinical Operations Manager for the LYPFT element of OpCourage North. This involves providing mental health support for Veterans across the North of England and working with OpCourage North lead provider (CNTW) and other NHS and VCSE partners. The role strongly involves developing and maintaining an honest, supportive and trusting relationship with other providers with excellent operational oversight of the service paying particular attention to the clinical quality provided by the teams.

The role also provides operational oversight and support into the oncall duty manager system with direct line management of four duty managers.

Main duties of the job

OpCourage/Veterans (average 3 days a week) You will be the clinical operations manager and have operational responsibility and oversight for the LYPFT element of Opcourage North covering core/routine team (South West Yorkshire region) and the enhanced/urgent team (covers the North of England). You will provide operational and wellbeing support to the CTMs within the service and be responsible for ensuring monthly quarterly and annual reports are completed for both the lead provider of the collaborative (CNTW) and LYPFT when required. A key responsibility is developing and maintaining a strong partnership with the lead provider of Opcourage north (CNTW) and other Trusts across the north, whilst ensuring strong links and identity of the service within LYPFT. You will also require assurance and oversight that high quality of clinical care is being maintained across the service.

Duty Managers (average 2 days a week) You will directly line manage and provide wellbeing support to the four oncall duty managers within LYPFT and operationally support the CTM oncall support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Both services sit within the forensic/veteran service line and you will report into the Clinical services Manager (or equivalent). You will have oversight of budgets and KPIs and deputise when required for the Clinical Service Manager and contribute to the oncall CSM rota once established in the role. You will ensure strong governance structures are maintained within both services and link into the wider service line and clinical governance structures.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, 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 Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.