Inpatient Quality Transformation Lead

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

About
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust provides physical and mental health care, learning disability and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. In addition, we provide services on a wider regional and national basis including perinatal, eating disorder and forensic services. We deliver out-of-area sexual health services, and our Inclusion service offers psychological and drug & alcohol services, in the community, and in prisons, and has contracts across the country.

As an organisation we serve a population of 1.5 million and currently employ around 9000 members of staff.

We have a wide range of exciting opportunities for people looking to work in a truly integrated NHS organisation. By joining MPFT you will become part of a team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:

• Putting people at the heart of what we do
• Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
• Delivering better health, better care in partnership

Contact

Key Details

Location: The Redwoods Centre
Address: Somerby Drive
Town: Shrewsbury
Postcode: SY3 8DS
Major / Minor Region: Staffordshire

Contract Type & Working Pattern

Contract: Secondment: 3 years
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Administrative and Clerical

Job Overview
This secondment opportunity to lead the Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Care Groups Inpatient Transformation Programme presents a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring or existing NHS leader to help drive change in this key area across the Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Integrated Care Board area.

Working closely with internal and external partners and with reference to the ICB's 3-year Inpatient Quality Transformation Strategy, you will take a lead role for MPFT in developing and delivering the enabling work-streams and actions that align to and ultimately help achieve the NHS England strategy aims of improving population health and healthcare, and to localising and realigning mental health inpatient services over a 3-year period.

This post is pivotal to the overall coordination and delivery of MPFT's inpatient transformation programme in the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin area.

The Transformation Comprises 3 Key Work Streams, Namely

• The 3-year Inpatient Quality Transformation programme led by the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB)
• The MPFT led Culture of Care standards review, across the Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Care Groups wards and services.
• The MPFT led Patient Carer Race Equality Framework (in terms of its application and roll out across the Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Care Group in inpatient and community settings)

The Post Holder Will

• Work closely with internal MPFT staff, senior management, service users and external key stakeholders and partners across ST&W. This includes those with lived experience of mental ill health, the post holder will enable a truly co-produced vision of mental health care for the Care Group and wider Integrated Care System.
• Lead on monitoring and reporting progress against the transformation timelines to the Head of Operations and others as required, developing the essential, collaborative relationships with Professional Leads and Service Managers and others to achieve this.
• Lead, develop and support the delivery of safe and effective services, in accordance with the key national targets, clinical standards, service priorities and performance indicators associated with the transformation programme.
• Work in partnership with commissioners and other partner agencies to provide multi-agency services that achieve the best possible outcomes for patients accessing the service.

Working for Our Organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For further information relating to this vacancy please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Applicant Requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria:

• Professional Degree in either a health or social care profession, or a degree with a demonstrably strong leadership or transformation focus (or significant equivalent work experience in those areas) supplemented by further training in specialist subject areas up to masters level.

Desirable criteria:

• Leadership development qualification/training

Experience
Essential criteria:

• Significant experience working across a range of health/social care services.

Documents

• Job Description and Person Specification (632.5) PDF KB

Further Details / Informal Visits Contact

Name: Paul Bowers
Job Title: Head of Operations
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone Number: 01743 210107