Deputy Head of Healthcare

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking a Deputy Head of Healthcare for a 12-month secondment at HMP Birmingham. Responsibilities include improving patient care quality, providing professional leadership, and coordinating staff activities in prison healthcare. Candidates should have leadership experience and a solid understanding of mental health legislation related to prison services. This role aims to promote an inclusive environment within the Trust.

Benefits

Relocation expenses up to £8,000

Training and induction programme

Opportunities for personal development

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of national legislation relating to prison services and mental health.
• Evidence of professional leadership and management experience in healthcare.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare of vulnerable individuals.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and improve the quality of patient care within prison services.
• Provide leadership and management to healthcare staff.
• Coordinate staff and clinical activity for professional development.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Job description

Overview

The post holder will embrace multi-disciplinary working and work as a key member of the MDT. You will also be required to represent the service at key forums and meetings. Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills are required, and you will need to be able to work effectively both on your own initiative and as part of the team.

This role includes how we provide care across our diverse service area and how we work as a health and care system to address inequalities. It is about how we look after, recognise, engage and develop all staff across the service, ensuring that BSMHFT is a place where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and feels confident in speaking out without fear. This reflects our commitment to attract and retain a greater number of committed, inclusive and compassionate people to join us at a time when the NHS and those who work in it are more valued than ever.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with the Head of Healthcare and other senior colleagues to monitor, challenge and improve the quality of patient care within the prison services.
• Provide overall professional leadership and management to all staff within the teams that make up the Prison Healthcare service.
• Coordinate staff and clinical activity and have overall responsibility for professional development and supervision of practice.
• Offer specialist practical advice on the care and clinical management of users of the services and support staff, other agencies and statutory services to provide integrated services to enable improved health and well-being outcomes for service users.
• Represent the service at key forums and meetings as required.

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.

Qualifications and requirements

• Sound knowledge of the national legislation relating to prison services and mental health.
• Evidence of professional leadership and management experience with staff within a healthcare setting.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults; pre-employment checks will be undertaken.
• DBS checks may be required, with cases of criminal record history considered on a case-by-case basis.
• DBS certification may be paid by the applicant (details provided by the Trust) and maintenance of the DBS Update Service may be required.
• All successful applicants will complete the Trust's induction programme; Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be online (approximately 9–14 hours depending on post) by the end of week two.
• For sponsorship considerations, applicants must check eligibility criteria for UK work sponsorship; overseas applicants may need to provide relevant safeguarding and visa documentation.
• Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility up to £8,000.
• This role is a secondment; permission from the line manager is required to be released.

About us and equal opportunities

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.

The Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and strive to reflect the communities we serve.

Additional information

As part of the selection process you may be contacted via email for interview details. Please access your email account regularly after applying. The Trust’s induction and mandatory training will be delivered online. Any role within Police custody may have additional vetting requirements.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered health professional to apply for a 12-month secondment for the role of Deputy Head of Healthcare based at HMP Birmingham in the Offender Health Service within Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, delivering a model of integrated healthcare in partnership with Birmingham Community Health Care and Cranstoun.