Service Line Manager | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,631 - £68,623 pa inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | London, BR3 3QL |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7463670/277-7343121-CMH-A |
Summary
The post holder will be responsible for the development and management of health and social careresourcestoensurethataseamless,responsive,andflexibleserviceisprovidedtopatients and their carers that focuses on recovery and promotes self-management of long-term conditions and encourages patients to live independent and fulfilling lives.
The post holder will ensure the development of the service line is comprehensive, flexible and promotes a culture of service users’ involvement at every stage of the care pathway.
Thepostholder willhavedirectmanagementaccountabilityfor:
· TheBromleyMentalHealthHub
· BromleyADAPTTeams
· Ensuringtheclinicalandoperationalsystemsacrosstheservicelinearefitforpurpose.
· ProvidingseniorleadershipandexpertiseforthecontinuousdevelopmentoftheMental Health Hub and ADAPT pathway service line.
The post holder will be based at Beckenham Beacon and will provide oversight of the day-to-day operational management for ensuring all the teams based at Beckenham Beacon are delivered within the agreed structures.
The post holder is responsible for achieving the defined targets and standards against the key performance and quality indicators including relevant local authority and nationally agreed indicators.
Monitor activity levels and ensure that services meet the contractual targets.
Be fully conversant with the relevant indicators and their constructions, able to analyse performance trends, identifying risk and advising the general manager. Prepare accurate performance reports as required, formulate action plans to improve performance if necessary.
Assist in the implementation of change management providing clear leadership and taking appropriate action to ensure it is successful.
To develop, implement and maintain systems, processes, and practice in risk management, including the management of Health and Safety.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
Have overall senior leadership and accountability for the service line.
Have responsibility for the day-to-day oversight operational management of services across Beckenham Beacon and Carlton Parade, ensuring the services are delivered within the agreed structures and in accordance with the operational policies.
Co–ordinate and develop the practice and culture of the teams.
Provide clear and consistent leadership to the workforce of the service and manage the recruitment, supervision, appraisals process for the service.
Ensure a seamless integration of the key components between the community teams.
Work closely with partner agencies to deliver an agreed multiagency strategic approach to the service.
Ensure that financial management responsibility for budget and annual planning for the service remains within target.
Implement a joint service framework for the team including the continuous development of the service by delivering integrated CPA care for all patients.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025
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