A Vacancy at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing leadership team both within Ps.....
A Vacancy at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing leadership team both within Psychological Therapies and our South Network. The post holder will take a lead on the provision and development of Older Adult services across the trust footprint as well as joining our South Network leadership team alongside our Network Director of Quality, Nursing and AHP and Network Medical Director and Network Director of Operations
The post holder will join the senior leadership team in the South Division Network. They will become part of the collective leadership team for the care network and be responsible for all psychological therapies in the Care Network, but they will also use their specific clinical expertise and become the Trust clinical lead for psychological therapies across Older Adult Services
The post holder will be responsible for professional psychological practice and quality across the entire Older Adult psychological therapies pathway to ensure excellence in service delivery, staff wellbeing, patient experience and outcomes. They will have a Trust wide perspective on Older Adult pathways as well as a strategic focus outside the Trust. They will work closely with the CPPO, the South Division senior leadership team, the Borough Operational Managers and Health and Local Authority Commissioners. They will be part of a collaborative and compassion
focussed leadership team, taking a trauma responsive approach to delivering services as part of a leadership team. They will facilitate coordination of supervision and training placements and support recruitment, professional self-regulation and continuing professional development. It is also expected that the post-holder will
retain a small caseload and provide a specialist clinical role within the psychological service team where they are based. They will deputise for the Chief Psychological Professions Officer as and when it is appropriate
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
3. Access to Continued Professional Development
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values
Please see attached Job Description for full dexcription.
In summary:
Main Duties and Responsibilities specific to psychological therapies role
• To provide clinical and professional leadership for all psychological therapies staff within the Care Network and across the Trust with regards to the specific care pathway of Older Adults and to contribute to the collaborative leadership work as a senior member of the Leadership Team.
• To provide clinical and professional advice on psychological practice and providing assurance on the delivery of psychological approaches both within the South Division and across the Trust as it relates to their designated care pathway of Older Adults
• To attend the psychotherapeutics committee meetings and ensure the implementation of the work plan as it relates to the South Division and Older Adults
• To be responsible for the development of psychological approaches and interventions and roles to support care delivery across the Care Network and across the Trust for Older Adults
• To ensure that arrangements are in place to contribute to the effective clinical and professional supervision of staff in the Care Network, including professional appraisal and the identification of CPD needs across the network and work jointly with the other Associate Directors for psychological therapies and the CPPO to ensure that these arrangements are in place for pathway services across the Trust
• To lead on policy development and implementation as related to psychological service provision across psychological therapies pathways and support the implementation of the Trust Mental Health
strategy.
• To undertake audit, teaching and research activities, and to promote research activity within the psychological therapies across the Care Network and within the Older Adults care pathway
• To ensure that arrangements are in place for the systematic governance of psychological practice across the Care Network and jointly with the CPPO and the other Associate Directors for psychological
therapies to ensure this is in place for the specific care pathway across the Trust
• To provide a specialist clinical service directly to clients and through the provision of expert advice,
consultancy, and supervision to professional colleagues.
Collective Leadership responsibilities for the Care Hub/Network
Ensure that the shared organisational vision and strategic ambitions, values and culture of the Trust are actively promoted and that the post-holder provides clear leadership and is a role model for their
delivery. The post holder will also have a specific focus on psychological therapies with regard to the tasks listed below.
• Provide leadership and management to the South Division Network as part of the collective leadership team.
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate governance arrangements are in place, including risk management, health and safety, emergency planning (inc. business continuity) and Information Governance with a specific focus on psychological therapies.
• Ensure governance arrangements are maintained and tested to provide assurance that quality standards and outcomes are delivered for patients and their carers, and that staff are supported in a safe environment with a specific focus on psychological therapies.
The post holder will join the Network Director of Quality, Nursing and AHP and Network Medical Director and Network Director of Operations to form the collective leadership team for the care hub
To be jointly responsible for:
Setting Strategic Direction – developing service strategies and plans for improvement that promote consistency in standards and outcomes across our footprint.
Delivery and Performance – ensuring accountability and governance in place within the Care Network and support delivery of the Trust Big Ambitions, strategic objectives, and statutory requirements.
Leadership and Support – creating the right culture and environment for high performance.
As a member of the leadership team, the post holder is responsible for ensuring services within the Care Network comply with CQC registration requirements, national and local performance targets, annual
business plan priorities and internal governance processes. The post holder is also jointly responsible for maximising the use of resources within the Care Network by leading on transformation priorities, service
improvements, quality improvements and efficiency programmes.
Working with the leadership teams within the other Care Networks, the post holder will ensure people with lived experience and their carers have a strong voice in decision making and service development
and will embed continuous improvement throughout all services to ensure service users and carers experience the best possible care.
The post holder is also responsible for ensuring mechanisms are in place for employee involvement and engagement across the Care Network in order to develop an open and inclusive culture with a focus on
employee health and wellbeing, equality and diversity.
The post holder will be a member of the Gold on-call rota.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024