Deputy Lead for Mental Health and Learning Disability

The post holder will provide a Trust wide overview of all Mental Health and Dementia matters, co-ordinating all issues and processes concerning this agenda.

The post holder will support the professional development of Registered Mental Health Nurses in the Trust.

The post holder will provide specialist advice within the Trust relating to Mental Health.

The post holder will support multi-agency working for the Trust.

The post holder will assist the Lead for Mental Health and Learning disability in meeting its statutory duties and responsibilities relating to the Mental Health Act & Mental Capacity Act.

The post holder will deliver training packages required to support the Mental Health & Dementia agendas.

The post holder will deputise for the Lead for Mental Health & Learning disabilities.

Attend and be an active member of Trust meetings and working groups in relation to Mental Health & Learning Disability matters.

Contribute to the annual report relating to Mental Health & Dementia within the Trust.

Contribute to quarterly performance reports.

Be an active member of Mental health & Dementia strategy meetings, supporting Trust staff and ensuring required action plans are developed.

Support the Lead for Mental health and Learning disabilities in interpreting national and local policy and best practice and advise the Trust accordingly.

Ensure that staff within the clinical areas have access to and are aware of the most recent national and local policies which impact the delivery of nursing / midwifery care.

Provide a visible presence in clinical areas acting as a resource and supporting the identification and management of Mental Health & Dementia issues.

Contribute to new policies and standard operating procedures relevant to their sphere of working and share practice across the Trust.

Ensure ongoing monitoring, evaluation and review of Mental Health & Dementia operational arrangements within the Trust.

Provide training on issues relating to Mental Health & Dementia.

Accountable for own professional actions: not directly supervised. To provide leadership and champion Mental Health & Dementia within the Trust.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Melanie Mcnair Job title: Lead for Mental Health and Learning Disability Email address: melanie.mcnair1@uhnm.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01782 671246