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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health Clinical Leadership
Grade
Associate Specialist
Contract
24 months (Contract for services via substantive GM role - Secondment fixed term up to 2 years)
Hours
Part time - 1 session per week (1 session per week)
Job ref
896-MED-GM1008
Employer
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Employer type
NHS
Site
Piccadilly Place
Town
Manchester
Salary
Reimbursement to substantive employer at current grade
Closing
02/05/2024 23:59

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GM Mental Health CCPL (Clinical and Care Professional Leadership) Lead

Associate Specialist

Job overview

Greater Manchester Integrated Care are recruiting to  the Mental Health Clinical Leadership roles.

CYP Eating Disorders Clinical Lead – 0.1WTE (1 session)

The role will be offered on a contract for service basis and renumeration will be through the substantive employer. All applicants must provide the name of the authorising manager/sponsor at application.

These roles are integral to improving Mental Health services and health outcomes in Greater Manchester.

For application ease ONLY complete the following sections on the Trac application form;

  • Personal details
  • Current employer and Job Title – (there is no requirement to complete description of duties)
  • Supporting information – please provide an expression of interest stating the role(s) you are interested in and the name of an authorising manager / sponsor from your current organisation (this should be the Medical Director, Chief operating officer, Chief nurse or an individual in a similar position).

For support with the application process, please contact Rachel Farn – [email protected] 07926 446 870

 

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities

  • Working with other clinical and care professional leads to deliver the CCPL Principles 
  • Lead strategic, system level work for the Mental Health programme and broader mental health work , working with managerial, political and clinical and care professional leaders across the ICS  supporting the delivery of quadruple aim whilst keeping quality and safety at the heart of everything we do
  • Lead improvement in outcomes for our population health and wellbeing through a lens of prevention and inequality
  • Put the patient at the centre of the work we do, and build key relationships with patients, service users and carers
  • Be an active part of the clinical and professional workforce within Greater Manchester, including clinical and professional forums
  • Engage with wider clinical networks – for example, with Primary Care Networks and Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) - and across the health and social care system
  • Represent the MH CCPL voice in Greater Manchester
  • Regardless of the post holder’s primary employment or professional grouping the Clinical system lead will act as a CCPL leader, not on behalf their employer or professional group
  • Promote clinical leadership that is reflective of our population and support in the identification and recruitment of a pipeline of future clinical and care professional leaders
  • To provide specialist advice and input to the IFR 
  • To provide line management to other CCPLs in the MH programme

Working for our organisation

Integrated care systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area.

A central commitment of the ICS is to develop our clinical and care professional leadership, ensuring that the clinical voice is within all decision making and we support our existing and emerging clinical and care professional leaders to ensure our work is supporting the health and wellbeing of our population, through the lens of inequalities.

Leading for social justice and health equality

Reducing health inequalities is a core objective  and this role will support a culture in which equality, diversity, inclusion  are actively promoted across the ICS.

You will drive innovative, clinically evidenced change within your role focusing on ensuring that inequalities across the system are addressed and, promote and enhance strategic approaches to developing personalised care so that the ICB achieves the best possible health and care for its communities.

Creating a compassionate and inclusive culture

You will create and promote a culture of inclusive, multi-professional leadership by acting as a collaborative clinical leader and role model, engaging health and care professionals across the whole system but particularly in your locality, in the development and delivery of the ICB plan.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job purpose

  • To work proactively across organisational boundaries to improve health outcomes and the way services are delivered,
  • to improve access to appropriate care
  • to reduce health inequalities and gaps in service provision
  • to provide specialist MH clinical and care professional leadership to work in their specific programme area and with the wider GM MH programme at all spatial levels to support delivery of the long-term plan for Mental health and the GM MH and well-being strategy as part of the joint forward plan for the GM ICP
  • Specifically, to provide clinical leadership for Mental Health across Greater Manchester by working across interfaces with:
  • NHS GM, including as a priority the GM MH programme, its system board and delivery groups, the GM MH Quality group and the GM MH programme CCPL group as well as NHS GM Medical and Nursing Directorates, SCNs and other NHS GM System Boards
  • ICP partners including NWAS and GMP
  • Locality partners, including NHS, Council, education, VCSE and where appropriate private providers and industry partners
  • Regional and national partners where appropriate and agreed 

3)  To support delivery of the themes and priorities of the NHS GM Strategic Plan and national policies as outlined in the full job description.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key areas of Work

The post holder will represent CCPL in the development of plans, strategies and work programmes related to Mental health and well-being in their specific MH programme area and across all ages and areas when appropriate. They would be expected to give consideration to protected characteristics, applying an intersectional approach (e.g., sex, ethnicity, disability etc.). They will report to the relevant GM MH boards including the GM MH System board and provide expert professional leadership to all relevant forums and delivery groups including the GM adult and CYP MH boards, the CYP system board, the LD/A forums where appropriate to MH, the GM MH CCPL forums and the GM MH quality group.

This will include being responsible for:

  • Investigating and advising on complex issues surrounding MH as appropriate
  • Leading on GM-wide delivery/reporting and providing strategic planning advice.
  • Providing updates to the GM MH system board, Joint Planning and Delivery Committee and other GM system forums as required.
  • Supporting delivery of specific actions and workstreams within the MH workplan and other relevant MH plans.
  • Promoting the sharing of best practice between organisations and localities related to specific MH workstreams.
  • Leading system / organisational development and transformation in relation to Mental Health in their programme area and wider where relevant. Identifying opportunities to strengthen and partner in the MH prevention agenda in their programme area and where relevant across the wider MH programme and at all spatial levels
  • Using clinical and professional expertise and knowledge of the local health system to provide insight and challenge and ensure high quality care through evidenced based practice in development of clinical pathways and service redesign
  • Promote and ensure co-production with patients and public for mental health
  • Provide clinical expertise to system MH Quality , safety and quality improvement
  • Encouraging learning drawing on national and international experience and providing a connection to national forums on Mental Health
  • Ensuring good cross sector multi professional clinical engagement
  • Participate in systems leadership development supported by the programme

The Clinical Lead will need to have:

  • Specialist knowledge and experience in relation to mental health populations.
  • Strong clinical/professional leadership skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills along with good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • The ability to formulate, write and present long-term strategic plans.
  • Experience of working strategically across GM outside of their own locality.
  • The ability to coordinate and participate in constructive discussion and to reach a consensus.
  • An understanding of project delivery and task focus (completer/ finisher)
  • Chairing skills and confident to chair meetings
  • Line management skills if required and agreed

For Medical Applicants:

  • Primary medical qualification
  • Completion of GP or specialist training

For Allied health care professionals:

  • Evidence will be required of primary qualification

For ALL applicants:

  • Evidence of specialist post graduate training relevant to role
  • Current clinical post within the Greater Manchester footprint
  • Up to date appraisal
  • Up to date revalidation and/or professional membership

Person specification

Education / Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Be a Clinician registered with a recognised Clinical Professional Body
  • Formal Management Qualification and / or proven and significant leadership experience.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Be working in a Clinical Role within the Place/provider

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Farn
Job title
Head on Mental Health Clinical Effectiveness
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07926406870
Additional information

For  clinical discussion regarding the roles – Professor Sandeep Ranote, Medical Exec Lead Mental Health. [email protected]

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