Head of Acute Services H&F

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional and highly experienced candidate to operationally manage our acute mental health services at Claybrook Centre in H&F.

This is a full-time position with operational responsibility for the 3 acute mental health inpatient wards, one male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), the Health Based Place of Safety and the H&F Crisis Assessment Home Treatment Team located on site.

The successful candidate will have a positive and enthusiastic attitude with a focus on team working and collaboration. You will have extensive clinical expertise and a proven track record of effective people management. You will also need to demonstrate a sound understanding of crisis, community and acute services and the wider landscape across systems.

Main duties of the job

• Provide strong operational management and leadership to the Matrons, and inpatient ward managers and multi-disciplinary teams in the inpatient unit.
• Support & deputise for the Associate Director.
• Support the AD to deliver financial balance within the portfolio and the wider Service Line.
• Support the Associate Director in leading locally the service developments within the Local Services Transformation plan which includes the crisis alternatives.
• Be accountable for overall standards of nursing practice which aims to improve the experience and outcomes for service users.
• Ensure that clinical governance mechanisms are in place, driven at a local level, ensuring lessons are learnt and experience informs 'best practice'.

Benefits

• Agenda for Change pay scheme
• Band 8c salary: £88,250 to £100,355 a year pro rata inclusive of 20% HCAS

Person Specification

• Qualifications: Professional Qualification, Evidence of up-to-date personal development, NMC Registration
• Experience: Substantial experience managing mental health nursing and Mental health care at 8b or above, Substantial experience in adult/older people or CAMHS services, Experience of the development of good relationships across a range of multi-disciplinary key stakeholders
• Knowledge: Knowledge of the mental health system, policy at national strategic level, Knowledge of key legislation that relates to the delivery of mental health services.
• Skills: Communication skills both verbal as well as other skills, Ability to communicate & negotiate in complex & crisis situations, Be able to analyse information from different sources and distill effectively into a concise narrative for verbal and written uses