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Operational Manager Liaison Psychiatry
The closing date is 31 July 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking, dynamic Operational Team Manager to lead Medway Psychiatric Liaison Team, as we transition to the national CORE 24 model to meet KMPT transformation priorities and with a view to obtaining PLAN accreditation.
We are seeking a transformational leader and manager to be responsible for utilising data and information from a range of sources to manage, monitor and maintain safe and effective day-to-day delivery of Medway Liaison Psychiatry service.
You will ensure the service performs at a high level, meeting key performance indicators and putting measures in place to address any areas of shortfalls.. This will include ensuring that staff feel empowered and invested in delivering excellence, and supporting them to achieve this.
You will also be responsible for managing resources, including manging a budget.
You will be a highly motivated, enthusiastic mental health professional committed to promoting patient-focused care and treatment for adults of all ages in an acute hospital environment.
At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Main duties of the job
* Be accountable for teams' performance, operational delivery of safe and effective care and budget management in Community Services for adults over 18 years of age.
* Empower staff to deliver high service performance by utilising a transformative and proactive approach
* Meet the required local and national targets and standards in relation to quality, performance governance, workforce planning and finance.
* Develop a positive team "can do" attitude and culture through role modelling and setting out team expectation.
* Strategic management of targets and performance, including waiting time and caseload management, day to day operational management which includes staff management such as wellbeing, sickness, absences, e-rostering, governance and financial management.
* Provision of Managerial Supervision and Appraisal.
* Joint responsibility for CQC expectations
* Offer training, consultation and advice to colleagues working in the Acute hospital setting.
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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Job responsibilities
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
* Registered Mental Health Nurse, registered Social Worker or registered Occupational Therapist (holding diploma or degree qualification).
* Teaching and assessing qualification.
* Minimum of 2 years' experience at Band 6 as a mental health practitioner, including within the community
* Management/Clinical Leadership qualification or equivalent experience
* Experience of managing change
* Experience of managing a complex case load within a mental health setting
* Ability to supervise, lead and coach others
* Able to use resources effectively within an agreed budget.
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.
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