Operational Team Manager | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,888 - £64,880 Plus HCA per annum pro-rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 October 2025 |
| Location: | Pitsea, SS13 3BB |
| Company: | Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7501704/364-A-9397 |
Summary
You will be responsible for the management of the South West Essex At Risk of Mental State (ARMS) Team covering Thurrock/Basildon/Brentwood/ Wickford and lead in delivering a service to clients identified as having an At Risk Mental State (ARMS).
As a specialist mental health service, ARMS is based on NICE-recommended interventions which include comprehensive assessment and psychological interventions for psychosis or co-existing mental health problems (e.g. depression, anxiety, emerging personality disorder, substance misuse). These activities are often supported with family interventions, care coordination, social prescribing and education/employment support.
The successful applicant will lead a wider team of Psychological therapists, Recovery Coordinators, Support Workers and Employment/Education Advisor as part of the ARMS team. This is a newly commissioned service aiming to recruit supportive, highly skilled, established and professionals. The ARMS service will work closely with ESTEP (Essex Support and Treatment for Early Psychosis). As part of the wider preventative mental health strategy, the service will develop and maintain links with other community mental health teams and colleagues within In-Patient settings.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
· Responsible for the overall delivery of a range of evidence based interventions to service users based on identified needs utilising agreed patient reported outcome measure tools and assessments such as CAARMS
· Ensure service users are seen in a timely manner by the right person, at the right time, in the right location.
· Implement a team approach to case management where practitioners are not isolated in decision making and have the ability to access a range of expertise to inform decision making.
· To take responsibility for supervising and managing clinical activity and casework
· Develop robust interagency relationships with key stakeholders and other outside agencies supporting the development of the integrated care pathways and locality working.
· Ensure the efficient and effective operation of the service, managing budgets, matching resources to need, and coping flexibly with workload pressures.
· Work collaboratively with the Mid & South Essex care unit corporate support services to establish and manage operational systems which highlight early warning of deviation from financial / activity targets, and initiate corrective action.
· Assist in planning and managing the implementation of projects to improve facilities and working practices, as agreed with the Associate Director .
· Ensure through implementing effective performance management that all key performance indicators and targets identified by the Trust are met.
· Responsible for the coordination and management of the team in providing a safe, effective and therapeutic clinical service, ensuring the delivery of high quality care and support.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Oct 2025