Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 325-7859522-HOSP
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 18 Mole Business Park
- Town
- Leatherhead
- Salary
- £57,888 - £64,880 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Delegated Commissioning Placements Manager (Interim)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an established & well-organised Delegated Commissioning team within Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The team is led by an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist & works closely with clinical services, commissioners & independent sector providers to ensure people with highly complex mental health needs receive appropriate, high-quality care.
The role will manage a caseload of specialist mental health placements for individuals whose needs cannot be met within local services or those commissioned nationally by NHSE. The role involves overseeing placements across a range of providers & ensuring care is delivered in line with national standards, contractual expectations & best clinical practice.
A strong clinical background is essential. The post holder will work with multidisciplinary teams and commissioners to review care pathways, monitor recovery progress & ensure placements remain clinically appropriate while supporting effective care planning and step-down opportunities.
The role requires excellent organisational & communication skills, the ability to manage multiple complex cases & to build strong working relationships with clinicians, commissioners, providers & families to support safe, person-centred & outcome-focused care.
The role will involve visiting provider services, a full driving licence & access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.
For further information please contact [email protected]
Main duties of the job
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Manage a delegated commissioning caseload of individuals with complex mental health needs placed in specialist inpatient and community services.
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Provide clinical oversight and assurance that placements deliver safe, effective and high-quality care in line with national standards and commissioning requirements.
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Monitor patient pathways and recovery progress to ensure placements remain clinically appropriate and support positive outcomes.
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Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, commissioners, local authorities and independent sector providers to coordinate care pathways and discharge planning.
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Lead on the oversight of complex cases, ensuring effective communication between clinical teams, community services and Section 117 partners.
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Monitor provider performance and quality through placement reviews, provider visits and participation in contract and quality monitoring processes.
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Ensure safeguarding processes are followed and escalate concerns appropriately in line with Trust and regulatory requirements.
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Contribute to reporting, data analysis and service improvement to support effective oversight of specialist placements and commissioning arrangements.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities of the role are:
- To be responsible to manage the Delegated caseload consisting of inpatient and outpatient cases.
- To ensure appropriateness of placement for the service user.
- To provide clinical assurance of the quality of the care provided by specialised services for those funded through the Delegated Commissioning function
- Managing individual patient pathways to ensure high quality services and care planning outcomes are achieved
- To ensure there is a coordinated approach to care and discharge planning, which results in robust and effective care packages
- To take a lead as appropriate in the interface between the Community Forensics Team, Local Authority representatives, and S117 managers in the monitoring and follow up of care pathways
Ensure services have mechanisms in place for patient and carer involvement in their care plans - To build working relationships with care coordinators, CCG and NHS England in order to promote efficient pathways for specifically complex or disrupted care pathways.
- To assist in the collation of monthly reports and data collection. Reports will be generated to the Trust board, CCG and CMHRS.
- Ensure that quality is maintained by; regular monitoring of providers, attending regular contract meetings and ensuring the Delegated authority quality monitoring cycle is maintained.
- To operate a cost effective service that drives continuous improvement and proactively promotes and supports change to deliver excellence in service delivery.
- To engage proactively with the designated DCT contracts manager to ensure contractual priorities/concerns/challenges are followed up on in a timely manner. To take action in respect of safeguarding Policies and Procedures as required
- To be aware of the escalation process to regulatory bodies such as CQC
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, presenting information, to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.
- Supporting the team in the assurance of specialised services compliance to quality, applicable specifications and guidance
- To support the development and implementation of an integrated approach to business intelligence, combining financial, HR and activity data to create a ‘full picture’ reporting environment necessary to support effective decision-making in the Trust.
- To be able to demonstrate an understanding and awareness of the Care and Treatment Reviews process under the Transforming care agenda.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in a mental health environment with demonstrable experiencet a senior level
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Extensive specialist knowledge of legal issues pertaining to specialist mental health services including Mental Health Act, after care supervision, sex offender legislation, probation orders and life licence, Ministry of Justice procedures and safeguarding and Transforming Care.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and contracting environment and appreciation of the implications
- Be willing to obtain detailed operational knowledge of complex services, including risk assessment/management
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
- A car driver
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse or other registered health or social care professional
Desirable criteria
- A further professional qualification or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area would be an advantage, but not mandatory.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tham Dewa
- Job title
- Associate Director Flow Optimisation & Del Comm
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557755682
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