MHST Operational Manager

Medway Mental Health Nhs Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking an Operational Manager to cover East Kent (Thanet, Canterbury and Dover) within the Mental Health Support Teams patch areas. The role requires an experienced mental health professional with operational management expertise and clinical knowledge in Children and Young People’s mental health.

The post holder will lead service development, governance, audits and multi-agency partnership working, while supporting education staff and driving early

Qualifications

• Experience in operational management within mental health for children and young people.
• Professionally registered mental health professional.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.

Responsibilities

• Provide Operational Management, budget oversight, governance and service development within MHSTs in the locality.
• Ensure delivery of the MHST programme meeting KPIs and safeguarding patient safety.
• Collaborate with Locality Senior Clinician, schools and multi-agency partners; provide training and support to education staff.

Skills

Operational management

Budget oversight

Governance

Service development

Leadership

Education liaison

Job description

We are looking for 1 Operational Manager to join our Mental Health Support Team patch areas team covering the East Kent area. (including Thanet, Canterbury and Dover)

This role requires an experienced and professionally registered mental health professional with expertise in operational management and clinical knowledge of working in the field of Children and Young Peoples Mental Health.

The role also involves working closely with schools to promote early intervention, prevention, and whole-school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health. The successful candidate will contribute to service improvement, clinical governance, audit, and multi-agency partnership working, while providing consultation, training, and support to education staff. Strong leadership, supervision, and service development skills are essential, alongside experience using routine outcome measures and adapting interventions to meet the diverse needs of children and young people, including those with additional needs.

Please see our website for overview of the service.

Kent Emotional Wellbeing Teams and Medway Emotional Support Teams - Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

The postholder will provide Operational Management, budget oversight, governance, and service development within Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), ensuring the delivery of the MHST programme in their locality including oversight of workforce, key performance indicators and management oversight of service user experience.

This roles are integral to the day to day Operational management of the locality patch area within the service, the post holder will oversee the service delivery according to trust policy and service model ensuring Key Performance indicators are met and patient safety is kept at the heart of our offer . The post holder will work closely with the Locality Senior Clinician to ensure delivery is meeting the needs of the schools in the area.

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).

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.