General Manager
If you are a registered mental health nurse with a proven track record with financial and commissioning responsibilities and can also be a compassionate leader, please apply for this 9 month oppertunity to work as General Manager within adult inpatient and outpatient specialist services.
The candidate will be based half the week at the Bethlem Royal Hospital working alongside ward managers, team leaders and matrons. The other time will be at New Douglas Bennett House Maudsley Hospital and several team sites across South East London.
The role requires visability to front line services , resolving escalations from day to day management of multiple services with a significant range of rostering and workforce needs such as wellbeing interventions and weekly recruitment tasks, ensuring all workforce key performamce indicators are meet and maintained.
As a result of diverse commissioning arrangements financial management will be a priority for this role, and will include detailed oversight of inflow bed management across several wards and invoicing individual ICBs for care provided. The candiate will be required to provide assurances on the quality of care provided using a range of reporting mechamisims both internal and external to the Trust.
The role may involve line management of other senior roles within the directorate.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. Our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Suzanne Roche Job title: Deputy Director Email address: suzanne.roche@slam.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07854469973
