Professional Manager / Advanced Community Access Practitioner

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Professional Manager for our HMP Pathway Services. This is a hybrid post consisting of operational management of clinicians working within the HTFT, HMP Pathway Services and to provide clinical interventions within a Community Access Practitioner role.

We are looking for a highly motivated, confident practitioner who has a strong interest in prison work. The post holder will be required to carry a caseload, but take a flexible approach to travel to HMP sites within the contract in a managerial capacity.

The post holder will be working within our growing group of forensic services which is closely aligned to our in-patient services and wider Humber & North Yorkshire Specialist Provider Collaborative.

This is a great opportunity to be involved with new partnerships within the prisons; including Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust as the lead provider delivering the mental health element alongside Rethink Mental Illness., Responsible for the development, implementation, delivery and review of high standard clinical services by providing strong, effective leadership and management to specified services and teams.

Works in partnership with Lead provider, other subcontract providers, professional leads and senior clinicians supporting clinical practice and clinical pathways.

Continue to demonstrate advanced management skills and provide support and advice to service users, carers, staff, managers and other agencies, appropriate to their lead area.

Undertake a clinical caseload within a Community Access Practitioner Role. This role involves supporting prisoners with complex mental health needs who are either due to be released to the community and require follow up, or are due to transfer to secure hospitals and require strong partnership working and co-ordination of services.

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

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