Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 month secondment opportunity)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AB-21076-A
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Mental Health Centre
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Service Manager, East NMHT
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a motivated and experienced manager who would like to further develop their leadership skills and experience. The NMHT Service Manager role is essential in leading the efficient, effective and safe running of the East Brighton NMHT which provides community adult mental health services for adults and older adults for patients in the East of Brighton and Hove..
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a dynamic Senior Leadership Team, providing leadership and support to operational and clinical leads within the East Brighton NMHT. You will work alongside other NMHT Service Managers and the General Manager for Community Mental Health Services (Adults and Older Adults). The Brighton Division is led by a Triumverate consisting of a Managing Director, a Clinical Director and a Divisional Director of Nursing, and is further supported by a Divisional Service Director and an Associate Clinical Director.
Main duties of the job
Bringing senior operational leadership experience and expertise, your key responsibilities will include overseeing the provision of high-quality services meeting a range of performance objectives whilst maintaining financial balance. You will lead the successful development and delivery of quality services improvement projects and transformation across your NMHT to support increased service efficiencies and effectiveness.
A solution-focused, self- motivated individual, you will embrace resolving day to day problems independently. You will be a confident and clear communicator possessing excellent organisational, verbal and written skills. The post holder will be required to have sound operational experience at either Team Leader or Service Manager level and be able to work on their own initiative to prioritise and plan their own workload efficiently. You will be expected to appropriately manage confidential, complex and sensitive information, exercising discretion and upholding high professional and ethical standards at all times. You will also provide exemplary leadership and line management to the Team Leaders and Clinical Leads within your NMHT, supporting them to develop their skills, expertise and confidence as key senior leads within the service.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Living & Working in Brighton:
Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park
We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Key staff survey results include:
70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree/ diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience
- Clinical/post graduate management qualification or equivalent level of leadership experience and proven ability to perform at this level
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing/leading health/social care services
- Management of resources and good track record with change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans.
- Experience of modernising services without additional resources
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services
- Experience of project management and imaginative planning
- Experience of managing/leading a diverse practitioner team
- Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Newman
- Job title
- Service Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07986 348469
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