Improvement Manager - Mental Health / Psychosocial Support and Cancer

The post holder will be working at the heart of the Cheshire and Merseyside Mental health Programme and across organisational boundaries to contribute to the development and initiation of complex, high-value projects in line with the Trust's Strategic Vision, the Cheshire and Merseyside Mental Health Programme and the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance.

The post holder will work with the Mental Health Programme Manager, Mental Health/Psychosocial Services and Cancer Services across Cheshire and Merseyside , and Clinical leads (from both Cancer and Mental Health/Psychological Services) to lead.

This role will work alongside the Service Improvement Manager working on the cancer and Talking Therapies Pathway.

Fixed term: 12 months (secondment considered with agreement of line manager), The post holder will play a key role in clinically leading and helping embed new service improvement processes/pathways and best practice across Mental Health/Psychosocial Services and Cancer Services and will help transfer knowledge to colleagues involved in project implementations to ensure continuous and sustainable improvement.

The successful applicant will have significant clinical leadership experience within a community mental health environment and experience of implementing a wide variety of change projects to a formal methodology within large public sector organisations, preferably within an NHS setting, and will be able to work across organisational boundaries.

Using and championing best practice approaches and a wide range of improvement tools, the post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of a number of improvement projects with multiple stakeholders.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.