Mental Health Programme Delivery Manager

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Our Organisation

NHS England and NHS Improvement came together on 1 April 2019 as a new single organisation. The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on delivering integrated care to patients at the local level and we can best support the NHS to deliver this as a single integrated organisation.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have an ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our new operating model represents a strong shift to regional delivery supported by expert corporate teams. Local health systems are supported by our integrated regional teams who play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage.

We are jointly committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

8A South West Mental Health Delivery manager

Are you looking for a new, exciting challenge? Would you like the opportunity to push forward the improvement on the Mental Health agenda? This is an excellent opportunity to join the South West Mental Health Team.

The Mental Health team in the South West Region work across the 7 Integrated Care Systems to support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan mental health priority programmes including Adult Mental Health & community transformation, Dementia, Children & Young People, and IAPT.

The Mental Health Programme Delivery Manager for the Mental Health workstream will support delivery of programme specific improvement and operational support to all systems to ensure delivery of nationally and locally driven mental health transformation programmes across mental health services. They will hold effective working relationships with other directorates within NHS England & Improvement to ensure matrix working. The post holder will also need to develop robust and sustainable working relationships with multiple external stakeholders across the Region and ICSs including commissioners, health and social care providers, public health, voluntary sector, Health Education England, Academic Health Science Networks, patients, carers and the public.

You will be able to successfully implement improvement activities, be confident in delivering transformational change across whole system pathways, have an excellent understanding of Mental Health and the operational experience to deliver these. You will be skilled in translating policy into delivery and keen to build and grow.

A presentation during the interview will be expected – details will be sent out to successful, shortlisted applicants.

For further information contact:

Lesley Wakefield via email lesley.wakefield1@nhs.net or

South West PMO Team england.southwestmh@nhs.net

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

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