Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Job overview - bringing your passion and energy to our services

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provider Collaboratives have responsibility for developing and providing the mental health services young people receive when they are very ill and likely to need admission to hospital. However, following best practice and recognising that hospital is not always the best place for everyone, we are developing a range of new services that can support young people, keeping them safely in the community whenever possible.

We are seeking a Project Manager (Service Development) to work across the Hampshire & Dorset and Kent & Sussex Provider Collaboratives, to help us re-design and develop new services for the young people we support.

This is an extremely exciting time to be joining the Collaboratives, and we are after someone who is passionate, energised and can bring a 'can do' mentality to their work to help us transform our current service models.

Main duties of the job

The role - what we need

The Project Manager (Service Development) will work closely with clinical and other colleagues across the Provider Collaboratives partner Trusts and within SPFT as the Lead Provider for the Collaboratives. They will have a good balance of clinical service re-design experience, understanding clinical pathways and the ability to work with senior clinicians to develop services, alongside a good understanding of project planning approaches and experience.

You may or may not have a clinical background, but you will understand the process of developing clinical services, alongside excellent organisational, project management and communications skills.

The role is an exciting new post within the Provider Collaboratives so if you want to help us shape and transform CAMHS Tier 4 services across the counties we cover and you have the skills and experience outlined in the Job Description, then please do apply.

If you would like an informal chat about the role before applying - please contact Dilip Chakrabarti (Programme Lead for the Collaboratives) via the number below.

Working for our organisation

Working for our organisation

Sussex Partnership (SPFT) provides NHS care across Sussex for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities. We also provide a range of specialist services across south east England.

We aim to improve people's lives by providing high quality care and the best possible experience of our services.

Where will I work?

SPFT is the Lead Provider for the 2 Provider Collaboratives that cover Hampshire and Dorset and Kent and Sussex. So, while you will be employed by SPFT you will work closely with all the NHS Trusts who provide the mental health services for young people and other relevant organisations across the 4 counties. You may need to travel across the geography we cover, and therefore can be based within or near to any of the counties outlined.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached to this advertisement for more details of this position.

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience at working at a similar level in a specialist area.
• Qualification, or equivalent project or service redesign experience, in Project Management methodology such as PRINCE2 (Practitioner level)
• Post-graduate degree (in management studies or clinical equivalent)

Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria

• Experience of project management in complex and challenging environments, including all stages: Initiation, start-up, planning, execution, benefits realisation and closure.
• Experience of managing and reporting project progress, risks an issues through appropriate logs and Highlight/Exception reports
• Experience of managing Project Board meetings include the setting of agenda, drafting all associated papers and correspondence and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Experience in Healthcare environment / service development and -redesign
• Knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as PRINCE2 and Microsoft Project
• Experience of managing a team without direct line management
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Experience of using project planning tools such as Microsoft Project.

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.