Band 8a Hub Manager - Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
Band 8a
Main area Community mental health and well being services Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week Job ref 436-7262950
Site Maple Leaf Centre Town Birmingham Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/07/2025 23:59
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
Are you looking for your next exciting challenge? Are you an experienced healthcare manager with community, operational experience and excellent leadership skills?
This is a wonderful opportunity to join our senior clinical leadership team at a time of exciting change. We pride ourselves on the progress we are making in transforming our community mental health provision in Birmingham and Solihull, and we are looking for a hub manager to join us.
The post holder will manage the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Service based in North Solihull with the aim of providing excellent operational and clinical leadership and management to staff in ensuring an accessible, responsive and truly transformational offer of mental health care provision to service users and carers.
Main duties of the job
You will lead a team which will support the seamless transition of service users through the pathways in accordance with their needs.
You will continue to develop a service that ensures that we improve service user experience, by ensuring holistic assessments and by building relationships that enable access to a range of community support services and networks to meet health and social needs.
You will have the opportunity to develop processes, systems and pathways, and you will work across professional and service boundaries to ensure collaborative working and integration of services.
You will ensure that the aspirations and key performance indicators for the service are met, and you will have robust systems in place to monitor and review the service.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
* Master’s degree in relevant subject ( or working towards) or equivalent relevant experience
* Professional registration in a health related profession
* Quality assurance or management qualification
Knowledge and experience
* Substantive post-graduate/qualifying registration experience with substantive experience at Band 7
* Significant operational/ team management and leadership experience
* Experience of community nursing and/or multi-agency working
* Proven track record of crisis, serious incident management in health care setting.
* Proven record of evaluating nursing care/care delivery and driving up standards of practice.
* Working within integrated care pathways.
* Working knowledge of Primary and Secondary Care Services
Skills
* Higher levels of organisational, communication and people management skills.
* To be able to demonstrate motivational leadership skills and drive new initiatives.
* Ability to establish and maintain partnership working/relationships.
Personal Qualities
* Willingness to work to changing circumstances when required.
* To be able to assert oneself in appropriate forums whilst respecting the dignity, wishes and beliefs of others.
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.
Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, please ensure that you check if this role meets the eligibility criteria for sponsorship. Non UK /Republic of Ireland candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The minimum salary threshold for a Health and Social Care is £25,000 and for the Skilled Worker route is £38,700. If the starting salary for this role is below this, we will not be able to provide sponsorship.
Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.
Please note - if you are applying for a role within Police custody, due to Police Vetting requirements you must have been a UK resident for the last years.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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