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Service Manager- Inpatient, Unscheduled, Perinatal and Forensic Mental Health Services

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Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership is committed to delivering exceptional Mental Health and Learning Disability (MHLD) Services. As we develop our Partnership, we are seeking to appoint a Service Manager to lead our teams across the Inpatient & Specialist Teams portfolio.

The Service Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of their portfolio, ensuring high-quality services are delivered with effective financial, clinical and staff governance. The role requires a candidate with a proven track record of leadership within a complex health and social care system who can demonstrate the emotional and managerial competence to lead, inspire and challenge colleagues at all levels to deliver excellence in health and social care.

The successful applicant will play a critical leadership role with operational responsibility for nine inpatient mental health wards and four distinct community-based teams across the unscheduled, perinatal and forensic mental health service. We invite applications from those who are motivated to enhance and continually improve mental health services and who can combine management and leadership with knowledge and skills in mental health service provision.

The post holder will work collaboratively with managers, health and social care leaders, trade unions, and a wide variety of staff across the MHLD Services to ensure high-quality patient care and treatment in the system. The successful candidate will provide oversight and management of the Mental Health Clinical Nurse Manager on-call rota.

The post holder will work closely with the Head of MHLD Services, providing operational assurance on the delivery of services within the portfolio. The nature of this post will also require a candidate who can collaborate and support the Chief Nurse for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in assuring professional governance of nursing services – the largest profession within this portfolio.

The Service Manager plays an integral role in the ongoing review of the services, ensuring the patient pathways through acute care and beyond are cohesive. The successful candidate will be expected to represent NHS Forth Valley’s Mental Health Services at local, regional and national forums.

Clackmannanshire & Stirling HSCP is committed to organisational values such as ambition, integrity and respect, and multidisciplinary working and interprofessional respect are held as core values. It is therefore essential that the postholder’s values are in alignment with those of the HSCP.

Informal enquiries are welcomed by Ross Cheape, Head of Adult Mental Health & Learning Disabilities 01786 454631 ross.cheape@nhs.scot.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.

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NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and / or interview.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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