First Contact Practitioner Team Manager

Black Country Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Bridgnorth; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks an enthusiastic FCP Manager to lead the development of the First Contact Practitioner service across Sandwell & Walsall localities. You will supervise teams, drive KPIs, recruit and manage staff, and ensure timely access to care within established pathways.

You will build strong relationships with GP practices, participate in Integrated Neighbourhood Care Teams, and support cross-system collaboration to deliver high-quality, sustainable mental

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, current with the NMC.
• Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in evidence based psychological therapies relevant to Pathway.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Master's degree or willingness to work towards
• Minimum 5 years post registration experience
• Experience of managing a team including undertaking management supervision
• Experience of working in a primary / community and secondary care environment
• Understanding of Child and Adult safeguarding
• Ability to work effectively with a number of organisations, managing communications
• Evidence of Management and Leadership Skills.
• Expert Clinical and Managerial Supervision Skills

Responsibilities

• Managerial supervision and appraisals for the team.
• Performance management including key performance indicators.
• Recruitment and management of staff.
• Ensuring timely access to our services and treatment in line with pathways.
• Excellent relationship building and engagement with GP practices.
• Support pathways ensuring access to right person, right time and right place care.
• Lead on quality improvement and collaborative team working across primary and secondary care.
• Roles based in two localities with time spent within GP practices.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Quality improvement

Mental health expertise

Inter-agency collaboration

Communication skills

Education

NMC registration

Degree in Nursing

Masters preferred

Tools

EMIS knowledge

Reporting software

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and effective manager to provide managerial to develop our First Contact Practitioner service in Black Country Healthcare, Sandwell & Walsall localities.

Developing services and enabling first contact practitioners for mental health to have an impact on people from the point of first presentation in the Primary Care setting is exciting and rewarding. This is an excellent opportunity to build, develop and lead the teams within the Primary care networks, building and establishing relationships with the GP's and practice teams, whilst supporting the pathways ensuring access to right person, right time and right place care. There will also be involvement with the newly developing Integrated Neighbourhood Care Teams and the more established Towns Teams.

Main duties of the job

As the FCP manager your role will be passionate about delivering excellent mental health services and can support and enable the team to achieve their potential. Key responsibilities will include managerial supervision and appraisals for the team, performance including key performance indicators, recruitment and management of staff, ensuring that people have timely access to our services and receive treatment in line with our pathways.

Post holder will need to have excellent relationship building and engagement skills and be capable of managing varied work demands based on the changing needs of the service. You will understand and embrace the challenge of delivering a service which is both high in quality, efficient and sustainable.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

• Adult and older adult mental health services
• Specialist learning disability services
• CAMHS

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

Job responsibilities

Are you who we are looking for?

We recognise that as this is a fairly new model of working in the UK but we are aware the value the service adds and the support that is needed to the clinical teams in the surgeries. We have a supportive leadership team that encourages continuous development and improvement within our teams and services

You must be able to demonstrate in interview and on your application that you have

• Been developing skills and knowledge of clinical and team leadership
• Understanding the FCP role in mental health services
• Evidence of contributing or leading on quality improvement and collaborative team working across primary and secondary care
• With highly specialist clinical skills in the assessment and management of mental health conditions, you will have appropriate skills and experience as per personal specification.

The managers post is full time 1.0 WTE (37.5 hours per week) with some requirements for Saturdays

The roles are based in two localities with time spent within GP practices

You can expect ongoing commitment for professional development, supervision, appraisals and training

Person Specification

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, current with the NMC.
• Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in evidence based psychological therapies relevant to Pathway.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Master's degree or willingness to work towards
• Minimum 5 years post registration experience
• Experience of managing a team including undertaking management supervision
• Experience of working in a primary / community and secondary care environment
• Understanding of Child and Adult safeguarding
• Ability to work effectively with a number of organisations, managing communications
• Evidence of Management and Leadership Skills.
• Expert Clinical and Managerial Supervision Skills

Desirable

• Experience of working as part of a multi - disciplinary team
• Understanding of the audit process
• Knowledge of EMIS and Other Reporting software systems

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.