Programme Manager - Acute Crisis and Liaison

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Baildon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the Crisis and Liaison Mental Health Services delivery. You will coordinate with various stakeholders to improve service outcomes, develop strategies, and ensure access to 24/7 mental health services. This role offers opportunities for flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Increased mileage rates

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in crisis and liaison mental health care.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate mental health integration and transformation programs.
• Drive service improvements for urgent and community-based support.
• Promote neighborhood-based care within Integrated Neighbourhood Teams.

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the delivery of Crisis and Liaison Mental Health Services within Healthy Minds Bradford for the Bradford, Airedale and Craven Integrated Care Board (ICB). Working with Senior Responsible Officers, you will develop and align strategies and work plans across community services, establish strong governance, and coordinate delivery with partner organisations to improve quality, performance and outcomes for service users.

As programme lead for Crisis and Urgent Mental Health Care, you will shape and coordinate services so that individuals receive holistic, community-based support and seamless transitions between mental and physical health services within the crisis pathway. You will work in close partnership with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, blue-light services (Yorkshire Ambulance Service and West Yorkshire Police), and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, strengthening local care systems and ensuring timely access to 24/7 mental health crisis services and social care,.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide programme management leadership within Healthy Minds Bradford for the Bradford, Airedale and Craven place at West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Integration and Transformation Programme for crisis and liaison mental health, ensuring delivery of agreed objectives across the whole health and care system.
• Drive service improvement by applying expert crisis and liaison mental-health skills to design, manage and deliver strengthened urgent and community-based mental health support.
• Promote embedded neighbourhood-based care, supporting Integrated Neighbourhood Teams to provide holistic, person-centred mental health services and seamless links with primary care, and support the National Integrated Neighbourhood Programme for which Bradford District and Craven is an early implementer site.
• Work collaboratively with a wide range of partners, most notably Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT), service users, clinicians, voluntary and community sector colleagues, and local authority representatives.
• Embed neighbourhood-based care, supporting Integrated Neighbourhood Teams to provide holistic, person-centred mental health services and seamless links with primary care.
• Champion digital innovation to streamline services, improve data sharing and reduce duplication across the system.

Values and culture

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

• We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits and flexible working

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.