Job summary
Are you a Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/Psychologist looking for a new leadership challenge?
South Shropshire Mental Health Service are looking to recruit a Band 7 Quality Lead to provide expert clinical knowledge and interventions, advice, support and supervision in the multi-disciplinary pathway, to colleagues, service users and carers. Youwill be responsible for providing leadership to deliver evidence based care and interventions and providing professional leadership within the team alongside the team Operational Lead.
The team is geographically spread across the South East and South West PCN network area with bases in Ludlow and Bridgnorth, the post holder whilst being able to choose their main base would be expected to provide clinical guidance to the teams in both bases.
South Shropshire Mental Health Service provides a variety of functions, and you would be part of driving the quality agenda in all areas of the team including Assessments and Brief Interventions, Primary Care Interventions, Intensive Community Engagement Pilot, Caseload management and supervision.
Main duties of the job
To provide appropriate advice to team staff, multi-disciplinary and Management Groups.
To promote, encourage and develop integration between Community and inpatient services.
In conjunction with the operational lead, monitor and manage the performance of the team and individual team members, to ensure achievements of Trust organisational targets/objectives.
Ensure compliance with the Trust's objectives in relation to the Quality and Safety Agenda achieving a continuous process of monitoring and improving safe effective care delivery
Maintain a strong overview on environmental standards and address any issues relating to safety, dignity, poor quality and poor hygiene and Infection Control.
Promote service audit, evaluation and research.
To lead the development of service standards and policy, including benchmarking, and identifies areas for potential service improvement.
To promote shared decision making with Service User involvement in all aspects of their care
To ensure the availability of clinical supervision and preceptorship
To act as the pathway link, enabling other pathways to engage support for a service user.
To utilise expert clinical knowledge and nursing skills and /or specific to discipline to provide assessment, intervention and clinical guidance as appropriate.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
* Supporting your career development and progression
* Excellent NHS Pension scheme
* Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* Options for flexible working
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
* Free car parking at all trust sites
* Free flu vaccinations every year
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Date posted
24 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
301-KM-25-7155808
Job locations
Northgate Health Centre
Old Smithfield Road
Bridgnorth
WV16 4EN
Job description Job responsibilities
See attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for Full description of duties and responsibilities
Informal visits welcome and a 1:1 discussion via Teams if further information is required prior to applying for the post
Job description Job responsibilities
See attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for Full description of duties and responsibilities
Informal visits welcome and a 1:1 discussion via Teams if further information is required prior to applying for the post
Person Specification Knowledge Essential
* oRegistered Nurse/Social worker Occupational Therapist or Clinical Psychologist with Evidence of clinical expertise in Mental Health
* oLeadership course
Desirable
* Masters Qualification in relevant area
* Quality Improvement Training
Experience Essential
* oExperience post qualifying at a senior level with the client group
* oDemonstrable experience of initiating, implementing and evaluating service developments and improving the quality of clinical care
* oDemonstrable experience of providing managerial and clinical supervision
Person Specification Knowledge Essential
* oRegistered Nurse/Social worker Occupational Therapist or Clinical Psychologist with Evidence of clinical expertise in Mental Health
* oLeadership course
Desirable
* Masters Qualification in relevant area
* Quality Improvement Training
Experience Essential
* oExperience post qualifying at a senior level with the client group
* oDemonstrable experience of initiating, implementing and evaluating service developments and improving the quality of clinical care
* oDemonstrable experience of providing managerial and clinical supervision
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).
Additional information 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).
Employer details Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northgate Health Centre
Old Smithfield Road
Bridgnorth
WV16 4EN
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northgate Health Centre
Old Smithfield Road
Bridgnorth
WV16 4EN
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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