Operational Manager
Job overview
The Operational Manager will operationally manage the provision of mental health services across a locality within Adult Mental Health on a day-to-day basis.
They will provide overall operational and developmental support as a direct report to the Associate Director of Operations, delivering agreed programmes of service development and improvement.
The Operational Manager will lead the care unit’s clinical quality and governance agenda’s taking responsibility for the monitoring and maintenance of professional standards and clinical care within there are of responsibility.
The Operational Manager will work collegially to ensure full support to the Head of Nursing, Associate Director of Nursing, Associate Director of Operations and Clinical Director’s ensuring that services are safe, well led and of a high quality.
Main duties of the job
The role requires an individual with a relevant professional clinical qualification and the management of people and services, to lead, direct and co-ordinate safe, effective and efficient local services to meet the needs of adult mental health patients, their carers and families.
This role has the responsibility for facilitating development arising from the integrated business commissioning, the 5 year Forward Mental Health View and the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan in line with local and national targets and in partnership with commissioners, Local Authorities and other stake holders.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire.Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network.These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role requires an individual with a relevant professional clinical qualification and experience in the management of people and services, to lead, direct and co-ordinate safe, effective and efficient local service to meet the needs of adult mental health patients, their carers and families.This role has the responsibility for facilitating developments arising from the integrated business plan, clinical commissioning, the 5 Year Forward Mental Health View and the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan (2019/20 – 2023/24) in line with local and national targets and in partnership with commissioners, Local Authorities and other stakeholders.
The post has day to day responsibility for the management of inpatient services provided to Notts county south and Rehabilitation in patient services. The post holder has responsibility for clinical quality, to include clinical governance, audit, procedure development, education and risk issues, acting as first line support to Associate Director of Operations for AMH and deputising as required.
The individual will need to be highly motivated and have positive effective interpersonal and change management skills to achieve the service development agenda, within a partnership culture. The post holder will be required to work as part of a 24 hour on call rota
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Leadership experience
- Nursing qualification
- Leadership Qualification
- Inpatient experience
Leading on projects
Essential criteria- Ability to work independently on projects
- evidence of leading on projects
Ability to work with system partners
Essential criteria- Evidence of collaboration with stakeholders
- We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
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- For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.