Job description
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY: Open to MPFT staff currently working at Band 6 or above. You must currently work in a Community team in the Adult Mental Health Services South Staffordshire and have experience of working with an IMHT.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an existing Band 6/7 within the East or West IMHT’s to express their Interest in the Band 7 Neighbourhood Lead 12 month fixed term cover for Maternity Leave. This role will cover the Mercian Neighbourhood.
If you currently work for one of our Adult Mental Health Community Teams, have experience of working in an Integrated Mental Health Team and feel this role would suit you then we would love to hear from you!
- Manage and lead in accordance with Trust values and Care Group objectives.
- Participate as a member of Collective Leadership groups across a wide footprint of local services, in the formulation of operational plans; which take into account local, regional and national drivers.
- Take the lead in the integrated holistic approach to local community mental health delivery, ensuring care is coordinated, designing and delivering patient pathways that are efficient and effective and delivered in partnership with our service users and transformation partners.
- Develop effective working relationships with professionals both internal and external to the service, in particular ensuring that services are delivered around local population needs.
- To lead on embedding quality improvement within teams to drive forward service development and innovations through implementation of MPFT quality improvement and lean methodology.
- Create a team culture in which staff are valued and well-supported and able to deliver services with care and compassion.
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
The Integrated Mental Health teams work as part of a 'neighbourhood' offering place based provision of mental health services in partnership with other local organisations. Clinicians within the IMHT will offer interventions and treatments which are concordant with NICE guidelines, and allocation within the team will be based on the needs of the service user, matching clinician skills to service user needs.
If you would like to find out more about the team/post please contact Mark Sheppard (Operational Manager, Mental Health South East Staffordshire)[email protected]