Team Manager - Primary Care

A exciting opportunity has arisen to join our primary care team within Sutton Primary Care Networks (PCN) as a Team Manager providing support to GP practices for patients presenting with mental health problems.

The service looks at psychological, social, biological and environmental factors that may be impacting mental health and looks to support service users through early intervention, relapse prevention and management of mental health, using a range of approaches to achieve this., The post holder will work as part of the primary care team within Sutton Primary Care Networks (PCN), providing support to GP practices for patients presenting with mental health problems. This support will include provision of advice, education, support and interventions to patients and carers. It also includes offering expert advice and education to primary care staff across the four Primary Care Network(s) in Sutton PCN. The PCN Mental Health Practitioners Manager will provide effective day-to-day management of the service, including people (workforce) management, co-ordinating own and team workloads, to ensure referrals are processed and initial contacts made within agreed timeframes. Use Business Intelligence (Trust + PCN dashboards) to monitor performance and implement mitigations where necessary and within allocated resources. Lead by example (values) and contribute to the NHS England/Improvement & Trusts vision to transform the way we deliver Community Mental Health Services
(improving Access, Recovery, Reduce pressure on Acute services, and improve the Patient Experience). The PCN Mental Health Practitioners Manager will also represent the team internally / within the Trust as well as externally with our stakeholders.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.