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Mental Health Specialist Advisor | NHS England

Job details
Posting date: 10 June 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £83,571 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 10 July 2024
Location: Midlands/Leicester, LE3 5DR
Company: Health Education England
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6379835/990-S3-MID1122-A

Summary


This is an exciting opportunity to join the Midlands Nursing Directorate andQuality Governanceas the Mental Health Specialist Advisor. This substantive post is 1.0 WTE and at a band 8d.

The postholder will oversee mental health quality and safety ensuring alignment with the work of other Directorates with a mental health interface. Deputising for the Deputy Director and Director as required.

Acting as a regional champion for mental healthservices.Working closely with NHS England National team andkey stakeholders across the health system to ensure thecommissioning andprovisionofsafe,personalized,high quality mental healthservices

Key duties include:

· Develop and implement an effectivestrategy formentalhealth in line with national, regional and local prioritiesandin doing soensurealignmentacrossthesystem.

· Develop and lead programmes of workcollaborating with clinical colleagues to deliver ambitious programmes of quality improvement.

· Represent the region at national and public events, acting independently, decisively and effectively. This may involve delivering difficult messages and contentious information to high level audiences.

· Work in partnership with Local Mental Health Neonatal Systems, ICSs, provider organisations to shape local service plans in line with the three year delivery plan and the NHS Long Term Plan

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/ .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

For further details / informal visits contact:Sylvia Knight


This advert closes on Monday 24 Jun 2024