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Job overview

Are you interested in a new challenge working within Forensic Services and Health and Justice?  We are looking for someone who can inspire and encourage teams to make a difference delivering services for people in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.

If you have worked in Forensics, Adult Mental Health, Health and Justice as a manager or have significant management experience within the NHS and looking for a new challenge, this could be your next step in a rewarding career in mental health.  

It will be a challenge but is also rewarding, as you will be part of services that helps these people now.  Your job would  be key to supporting service users within an inpatient setting and also out in the community, and you would become part of a dynamic, committed and strategic team that is part not only of the local mental health provision but is a key player in the regional network.

You will be a key part in forming how current and future services are developed.  This will include being part of the new ways of working as we start building in Compassion Focused Therapy across our forensic and offender pathways.

Main duties of the job

To lead and manage service delivery of a Low Secure Unit, Community Forensic Team, Liaison and Diversion and Offender Personality Disorder Team within Cambridgeshire; delivering safe and effective high-quality services, within the available resources, to achieve Trust and regional targets. 

The post holder will provide leadership and expertise to deliver services within an agreed service model, working with Service Managers, service users and other stakeholders, maintaining effective working relationships within the teams and Directorate.  The post holder will work to establish and sustain effective multi-disciplinary working within and across teams and develop effective local partnerships with key stakeholders.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.