Care and Treatment Review Hub Programme Manager | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 July 2025 |
| Location: | Eccles, M30 0BL |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7260973/350-SC7260973 |
Summary
As part of ongoing investment into services for people with learning disabilities and / or autism, the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board have commissioned a Care and Treatment Review Hub (CTR Hub) to provide management, support, oversight and administration of CTRs across Greater Manchester.
Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs) were developed as part of NHS England’s commitment to transforming services for people of all ages with a learning disability and autistic people. CTRs are for people who have been admitted to a mental health hospital or for people who are at risk of admission.They were designed to bring an additional challenge and scrutiny to existing health and care review processes, an alternative perspective and expert insight.
This post offers candidates an opportunity to lead on the development and mobilisation of a new service, working in collaboration with local place based commissioners, service providers, service users, their families and carers to deliver quality and timely CTRs, that are person centered and have a positive impact on a person's life.
When fully operational, the hub will participate and lead in the development of quality standards, and relevant governance or assurance activities.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for the development of staff and for the effective delivery of high quality Care and Treatment Reviews. You will report directly to the Clinical Services Manager within the Secure Care Division and work in close partnerships with the Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team, the Integrated Care Board, and Service Leads across the Greater Manchester region.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Main Responsibilities:
· To provide consistent access to high quality and timely CTR’s in adherence to standards and best practice guidance
· To ensure recommendations from CTR’s are followed and outcomes achieved
· To promote a culture of openness and acceptance of other views (civility contract)
· Provide training and awareness or CTR’s across Greater Manchester including into non-NHS provision where care to the population group is delivered
· To ensure CTR documentation is provided, including accessible/ plain English versions
· Triangulate quality issues, establish mechanisms for escalating and contribute to service improvement planning within the ICB and nationally
• Participate with a lead role in the GM Oversight Panel, including regular reporting, highlighting quality assurance intelligence, working to address problems and providing recommendations for improvement.
Please see the Job Description and person specification for more details.
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025