Operational Inpatient Manager

The post sits within the operational management structure of A&UC and offers operational leadership to staff within inpatient services in order to create an effective system that supports the delivery of the best possible outcomes for all service users, staff and the public. The post holder has responsibility for the operational management of adult inpatient services across the Trust. The post holder is responsible, with the Service Line lead, for the allocation, deployment, prioritisation and delivery of in-patient services, for implementing and reviewing systems, policies, standards and procedures that ensure the provision of high quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust.

The post holder will be required to line manage the Band 7 Team Leads on each ward.

• First or higher degree
• Professional qualification in relevant area of health or social care
• Postgraduate qualification or formal management training
• Membership of professional bodies, Management experience in relevant area of health or social care
• Demonstrable success in performance management and appraisal with multidisciplinary staff group
• Demonstrable success at managing change and development
• Demonstrable success in quality improvement
• Proven ability in making a significant contribution to the achievement of organisational objectives
• Proven ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• Experience of working with Service Users and Carers
• Experience of work involving Clinical Governance, Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Sound knowledge of Department of Health Policy, especially regarding health and social care policies for Mental Health in both primary and secondary and specialist areas
• Experience of multi-disciplinary and multiagency working
• Ability to organise and prioritise a complex workload
• Ability to undertake the financial management of the service with budgetary requirements and departmental objectives
• Ability to direct and advise front line managers and staff in identifying and taking appropriate action relating to risk assessments, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission. Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.

Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums".

This year, our staff rated us the 4th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported through a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture.

We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional.