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Medical Protection Advertisement

Location
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
02 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
18 Jun 2025

Job overview

New roles for our community transformation?

We have two new posts in the first contact practitioner structure and are seeking an enthusiastic and effective manager and clinical lead to provide managerial and clinical leadership to develop our First Contact Practitioner service in Black Country Healthcare, Sandwell & Walsall localities.

Main duties of the job

Developing services and enabling first contact practitioners for mental health to have an impact on people from the point of first presentation in the Primary Care setting is exciting and rewarding.  This is an excellent opportunity to build, develop and lead the teams within the Primary care networks, building and establishing relationships with the GP’s and practice teams, whilst supporting the pathways ensuring access to right person, right time and right place care. There will also be involvement with the newly developing Integrated Neighbourhood Care Teams and the more established Towns Teams.

As the FCP manager your role will be passionate about delivering excellent mental health services and can support and enable the team to achieve their potential. Key responsibilities will include managerial supervision and appraisals for the team, performance including key performance indicators, recruitment and management of staff, ensuring that people have timely access to our services and receive treatment in line with our pathways.

As FCP clinical lead your role will combine providing clinical assessments, leading clinical professionals meetings, alongside clinical leadership responsibilities i.e. clinical supervision, audit, training for the FCP team and working closely with the PAN Trust Primary Care Mental Health Clinical Lead.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you who we are looking for?

We recognise that as this is a fairly new model of working in the UK but we are aware the value the service adds and the support that is needed to the clinical teams in the surgeries.  We have a supportive leadership team that encourages continuous development and improvement within our teams and services.

Both post holders will need to have excellent relationship building and engagement skills and be capable of managing varied work demands based on the changing needs of the service. You will understand and embrace the challenge of delivering a service which is both high in quality, efficient and sustainable.

You must be able to demonstrate in interview and on your application that you have

  • Been developing skills and knowledge of clinical and team leadership
  • Understanding the FCP role in mental health services
  • Evidence of contributing or leading on quality improvement and collaborative team working across primary and secondary care With highly specialist clinical skills in the assessment and management of mental health conditions, you will have appropriate skills and experience as per personal specification.
  • The managers post is full time 1.0 WTE (37.5 hours per week) with some requirements for Saturdays
  • The clinical lead post is 0.5 WTE with some requirements for Saturdays
  • The roles are based in two localities with time spent within GP practices
  • You can expect ongoing commitment for professional development, supervision, appraisals and training