Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns.
Great Organisation
We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems.
Great People
We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care.
Great Partner
With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
A newly created post within the Mental Health Directorate Operational Management Structure and has been created to enhance and strengthen the managerial team and add management capacity into the service.
You will be joining a dynamic and supportive senior leadership team to help meet the challenges across the directorate in 2023 and beyond. We are looking for an energetic and passionate Manager to encourage and contribute to creating an innovative ADHD Assessment Service, informed by an evidence base. There will be a key focus on quality improvement to enhance services.
You will be responsible for providing high quality operational leadership to a defined group of services within the directorate and will work alongside the Service Managers and the Associate Director of Mental health to develop the ADHD Assessment Service. You will make strong links with the wider directorate and multi-agency provision and foster seamless care pathways to ensure an informed approach across organisation.
This is a key role and you will be expected to deliver innovative services that are responsive and provide the best value for the population of Cornwall, their family, and their carers. You will be working with services, commissioners, and service users to develop and expand the service within the confines of an agreed budget. You will work towards an agreed set of KPI's with a focus on quality. There is the potential for services to create a meaningful pathway for those with Neuro diversity.
The post holder will work under the guidance of and alongside the Associate Director of Operations and relevant Service Managers.
Support the transformation and development of the organisation’s own services to integrate care around community footprints.
To work closely with GP’s, social Care and the Voluntary sector to develop and deliver integrated care across the county
Manage a complex range of services, pathways and systems of care
Manage service delivery, relationship management, performance management and participate in the Business Planning process for the service
Lead significant transformational change
Key responsibilities
To set, implement and evaluate clear, achievable and measurable objectives for the service
To be responsible for the effective management of operational services and resources within the designated service areas, including budgets and staffing
To initiate and implement programmes to achieve strategic changes and improvements to services and systems
To deputise when required in the absence of the Service Manager and delegate appropriately to clinical and administrative staff
To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly safeguarding
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:
Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:
The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.
We are committed to diversity and equality of employment including the employment of current and former service users.
If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.
Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.