General Manager
Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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.
Job responsibilities
Be overall responsible and accountable for all elements of delivering outstanding care for services, line managing Matrons and other relevant staff, as part of the overall management team in the directorate. This includes operational leadership encompassing day-to-day delivery with quality, safety, flow, workforce management, finance and performance.
Lead by example, secure and assure the highest standard of clinical care, acting as a nursing leader with continuing clinical responsibility for providing high-quality evidence-based assessment, care planning and interventions Representing the Trust at ICB and local authority contract and commissioning meetings and in other relevant external forums relevant to care To provide strong effective and decisive clinical operational leadership to Matrons and other staff, to ensure a high standard of patient care is achieved Provide senior leadership to understand and oversee work related to outstanding Trust care with a focus on flow and therapeutic inpatient care.
This includes demand and capacity and optimizing Length of Stay through facilitating discharge, reducing clinically ready for discharge, delivery of Trauma Informed Care. To manage the performance of the clinical services, including all quality, patient safety, satisfaction, clinical outcomes and compliance with the clinical pathways associated protocols and performance targets Use real time data to drive daily operational decisions.
To act as a clinical advisor and role model for nursing staff offering assistance and support and applying problem solving skills To lead on the development and implementation of new policies, protocols and practices in relation to new NICE Guidance which improves clinical practice.
To work closely with the professional heads to provide demonstrable assurance that the quality of the clinical services including patient safety, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes meets the required high standards. To promote the engagement of carers and families in the care pathway Be responsible for compiling business plans, business impact assessment and business continuity plans across services
Person Specification
Essentail
Essential
RMN registration Extensive management and leadership experience across a number of mental health services Extensive experience of working on an inpatient mental health unit Physical ability to complete all required training and to deploy this Ability to maintain visibility within clinical services to be onsite daily Ability to oversee and manage multiple demands and adapt to frequent changes in focus Ability to work with a diverse range of progfesssionals and adapt styles dependent on audience Ability to understand the oversight to ensure quality standards are in place Ability and strong understanding of performamce improvment and managing absences Ability to compose formal letters in alignment to Trust polices and procedures
Desirable
Coaching course Supervison course Other development and or training relevant to the services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
