This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Provider Collaborative's Commissioning and Transformation Team. We are a friendly team working to commission all-age mental health services. This role is predominantly working in the children and young people's space with opportunities to work in adults as well.

This is an excellent and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to develop further their leadership skills and to work with clinical leads and senior managers across Birmingham and Solihull as the Integrated Care System (ICS) continues develops over the next year.

The NHS Long Term Plan set the context for the future of how NHS organisations, in partnership with local councils and others, take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population they serve as an integrated care system.

The ICS will enable local services to provide better and more joined-up care for patients by working more closely together. For staff, improved collaboration can help to make it easier to work with colleagues from other organisations. By making better use of data to understand local people's health, the system will be enabled to provide care that is tailored to individual needs..

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the development of strategy, planning, redesign, policy, commissioning and performance management of mental health services across Birmingham and Solihull as a member of the Mental Health Provider Collaborative.

You will have responsibility for support and at times leading delivering key elements of the Commissioning and Transformation teams workplan such as:

• Children and young people's transformation programme
• Health Inequalities
• Mental health support teams in schools
• Crisis care
• Talking therapies

You will join a team comprising experienced commissioners from a range of professional backgrounds. We are committed to developing effective relationships with key stakeholders such as: children and young people, parents and carers, Acute Mental Health Providers, NHS England Specialised services commissioning, place based partnerships, GPs and Primary Care Networks, Local Authority and Public Health teams, other provider Trusts, voluntary and community based organisations and other third party partner organisations, to support positive working.

The ideal candidate will be able to use data effectively to explore key lines of enquiry and develop proposals which are evidence-based. They will work in a collaborative manner drawing upon diverse perspectives including those of people who use and deliver services.

Most importantly they will be committed to supporting improvements in mental health across the population of Birmingham and Solihull.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Atrributes

Essential

• Training and qualifications - Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area. Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent. Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment. Evidence of continued professional development. Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments. Experience of managing risks and reporting. Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
• Communications - Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Analytical skills - Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
• Planning skills - Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Management skills - Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
• Freedom to act - Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Physical skills - working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills

Desirable

• Training & qualifications - Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes. Understanding of the public sector. Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment. Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Uffculme Centre

52 Queensbridge Road

Birmingham

B13 8QY

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