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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Operational Manager

Operational Manager

ManchesterOn-Site
Permanent

Operational Manager

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Full-Time
£57,528 - £64,750per annumFTE

Posted 6 days ago

Description

Job summary
The South and Central West Manchester Directorate has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to apply for a permanent full-time position in the Community Care Group Senior Leadership Team as an Operational Manager,

The successful candidate will play a central role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality community based care across CMHT, Neighbourhood Teams and Recovery Pathways. You will also support and deliver on service developments in relation to the community transformation agenda.

The post holder will have responsibility for the provision of leadership and management for the delivery of efficient and effective community mental health services and will lead, develop, promote and evaluate a flexible service user focused service.

This position is currently full time and may require the post holder to travel to other sites within the directorate and other Trust locations as and when required. The post holder will also be expected to participate in the Bronze on site / on call rota.For further details, please contact Ellen Druce, Clinical Service Manager, via Microsoft Teams or email (Ellen.Druce@gmmh.nhs.uk)

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate extensive clinical knowledge and leadership skills, with a clear passion for working with service users and their families and carers, as well as other key stakeholders.

You will demonstrate experience of managing a team / service, the legislative frameworks we work within, have experience of dealing with complex HR issues and managing budgets. Being able to problem solve under pressure is essential, whilst supporting staff and service users.

Working closely with the MDT and senior leadership team will be an integral part of your role.

Ensuring services work within policies and procedures and supporting service improvement will be key aspects of the role.

About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits
  • Pay Enhancements:

Band
Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am
All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
1
Time plus 47%
Time plus 94%
2
Time plus 41%
Time plus 83%
3
Time plus 35%
Time plus 69%
4 9
Time plus 30%
Time plus 60%
  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
  • Excellent pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Wellbeing programme
  • Blue Light Card Discounts
  • fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person Specification
skills & knowledge
Essential
  • experience of working at a senior level within mental health
  • Ability to work autonomously and organise, prioritise and monitor workload of self and teams
  • Have ability and experience to supervise and lead staff by providing a supportive environment, which contains workload management, supervision, appraisals, development and training opportunities.
  • Experience in setting quality standards and systems for the Service and establish ways of monitoring and evaluating the services.

Desirable
  • relevant managerial / leadership qualification / experience or educated to Masters level
  • project management

Qualifications
Essential
  • registered Nurse, SW or OT

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

NHS

Work for one of England's largest and most respected mental health trusts, where staff deliver life-changing care across diverse services, develop specialist skills, and contribute to pioneering research and recovery programmes that shape the future.

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