Operational Lead

The Community Mental Health Rehabilitation Service is a new service within Shropshire Care Group. The service works with individuals with complex psychosis and wider health and social care needs at an early stage of their recovery.

The Operational lead will also manage the existing Community Mental Health Rehabilitation teamwith the focus onand supporting people who are currently placed in out of area specialist rehabilitation placements to be able to return to their local area.

The Operational lead will also support the management of Elms House (an open mental health rehabilitation setting) in Shrewsbury and work closely with the provider Trident Reach to support individuals to achieve their goals at the Elms and step down into the community.

This position will support you to develop experience and skills in partnership working with individuals and their families and multiple wider system partners. Furthermore, the service will support you to develop an in depth understanding of complex organisational, operational and clinical processes.

Therefore, if you are an experienced Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Social Worker who has the skills and passion to take on this key role on leading on this new service and want to know more about the post please do get in touch.

The post holder carries day to day responsibility for the operational management and delivery of the service.

The post holder will ensure that a high quality of service is developed and delivered within this clinical area.

Working in partnership with service users, carers, the wider multi-disciplinary team and other partners and agencies to ensure effective outcomes

To provide leadership and support the Service Manager in ensuring high quality care is provided across the pathway

The post holder, with the support of the Service Manager, will hold delegated responsibility for the management of the pathway team budget.

The post holder will have responsibility for ensuring performance within designated trust standards including Key Performance Indicators and financial management targets.

The post holder will be responsible for the management of staff within the team, leadership, the delivery and delegation of management supervision and ensuring appropriate clinical / professional supervision takes place as per Trust policy and procedure.

The post holder will also play a key role in building relationships and partnership working that will allow access to services for people with complex mental health needs (who may be in-patients in a variety of settings including Independent Hospitals, Low Secure Care settings) to support their journey through the rehabilitation pathway.

By joining Team MPUFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- 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 rate s
- 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)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Service Development and Review
- To engage in and support the development of policies, procedures and working practices within the team. Ensure implementation, monitoring, evaluation and compliance with all policies and procedures in area of responsibility.
- Work collaboratively with the Service Manager, and wider team and partnership/system leads in the planning and delivery of the service.
- To ensure that all Trust policies and guidelines are adhered to and provide guidance to clinical staff regarding implementation.
- To support the local implementation/development of national strategies and to initiate change and practice development.

**Management of Resources and Performance**:

- To manage designated team, exercising effectiveness and flexible budget control in order to stay within budgetary limits in conjunction with locality manager.
- Maintains the achievement of Key Performance Indicators and Essential Standards
- Authorised signatory for budgets associated with the delivery of all as