Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-6512812-GO-AA
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £82,462 - £93,773 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
GESH Associate Director of Nursing for Mental Health
Band 8c
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
- An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, driven and committed mental health nurse or AHP with a passion for parity of esteem and building bridges between physical and mental health to join GESH as their Associate Director of Mental Health.
- St George’s Hospital have successfully established a mental health team in the emergency department to support the needs of those experiencing acute mental health crisis.
- We are looking to grow and expand this model across GESH and are looking for an exceptional candidate who can support us to do so.
- You will provide strategic and operational leadership in the care of adults and children with mental health needs across GESH.
- The Associate Director of Mental Health will be professionally accountable to the Group Chief Nurse and will be responsible to the Group Director for Quality.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for developing a Trust Mental Health Strategy that supports the delivery of the five year forward view for mental health and any strategic objectives as agreed by the internal mental health group or joint Mental Health Board.
- This will include the design and implementation of initiatives to enhance the quality of care, experience and safety for people attending the Trust with mental health needs; in line with best practice.
Main duties of the job
- Leadership & Management Design and lead delivery of significant transformational change regarding how we manage mental health in partnership with physical health, to meet Trust strategic and operational objectives across the organisation leading to measurable improvement in efficiency, safety and quality of care for patients.
- Design and lead the development of care pathways, guidelines and protocols for people with mental health needs.
- Act as the principal advisor to the Group Director of Safeguarding, Group Director of quality and Group Chief Nurse on matters related to mental health.
- To design provide/develop training for staff to understand the use of the Mental Health Act, clinical practice, risk management of the patient population.
- To review and agree a set of Quality performance Indicators to measure the improvement in care and reporting through the trust governance process.
- Work collaboratively with key partners and stakeholders in the design and implementation of pathway improvements for mental health patients.
- Ensure the Trust meets relevant legislative, contractual, and regulatory obligations in relation to the Mental Health agenda; this includes ensuring the Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards are met and maintaining an evidence/ assurance portfolio.
Working for our organisation
Trust Vision & Values:
The postholder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust strategy of: Delivering Outstanding Care, Every Time.
Our strategy is founded on four key priorities: providing strong foundations, delivering excellent local services, closer collaboration and offering leading specialist healthcare.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment.
The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role.
The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties/Key Results Areas:
-Leadership & Management Design and lead delivery of significant transformational change regarding how we manage mental health in partnership with physical health, to meet Trust strategic and operational objectives across the organisation leading to measurable improvement in efficiency, safety and quality of care for patients. Design and lead the development of care pathways, guidelines and protocols for people with mental health needs. Act as the principal advisor to the Group Director of Safeguarding, Group Director of quality and Group Chief Nurse on matters related to mental health.
-To design provide/develop training for staff to understand the use of the Mental Health Act, clinical practice, risk management of the patient population. To review and agree a set of Quality performance Indicators to measure the improvement in care and reporting through the trust governance process. Work collaboratively with key partners and stakeholders in the design and implementation of pathway improvements for mental health patients.
- Ensure the Trust meets relevant legislative, contractual, and regulatory obligations in relation to the Mental Health agenda; this includes ensuring the Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards are met and maintaining an evidence/ assurance portfolio.
- Provide regular reports to key committees setting out key information, support and escalation if required to the quality committee and other relevant executive meetings across the group. Develop key relationships and networks with multi agency partners and commissioners to improve services and improve standards of care for patients and their carers.
-Provide expert advice related to care of patients with mental health needs. Act as a resource and clinical opinion to colleagues, patients and carers on all issues relating to mental health.
- Act autonomously to provide expert clinical input, which will enhance the care and treatment plans for patients; ensuring that mental health and physical health are considered together.
-Ensure that accurate written and verbal information is relayed to staff; ensuring adequate facilities are in place to maintain safety in the environment to ensure the effective management of patients. Working with clinical teams, develop, support and implement a comprehensive, risk assessed care plan for clinical staff that ensures high quality patient care is delivered to patients with mental health need.
-Working with the executive team, Group directors and Chief Nurse, Heads of Nursing and matrons and Unit managers ensure effective use of the enhanced care risk assessments to ensure optimal deployment of Nursing, Midwifery, and Care and security staff. Develop a mental health dashboard which will include relevant KPIs for the monitoring of services and meet CQC standards. Lead, coordinate and when required, chair meetings for the implementation of key quality improvement projects / public awareness campaigns, agreed through the Mental Health Group and Board, in line with best practice.
- Work alongside multi professional teams in practice to ensure clinical teams are developed and feel confident in the care of patient with mental health needs.
- Participate in workforce redesign and modernisation for the nursing workforce, working in close partnership with key stakeholders.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 3 years at Senior level(8B or above) in MH nursing
- Working acutely in Organisation and have strategic experience
Desirable criteria
- working in an NHS role delivering MH leadership
application
Essential criteria
- experience
Desirable criteria
- educated to masters level or equiv experience
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie Sweeney
- Job title
- Group Dir of Nursing for Quality and Safety
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087251024
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