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Job overview

Due to a successful internal promotion we have an opportunity to join the Newham Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism (MHLDA) Place Based Team as a Mental Health Programme Manager (Adults).

This is a great chance to join an ambitious and dynamic team as we strive to improve the access, outcomes and experience of MHLDA services for our residents across the borough of Newham. The role will join a unique team, working as part of NHS North East London but with strong links to the East London Foundation Trust Newham Directorate Management Team and other system partners.

The role will lead on the Adult Mental Health portfolios, helping set the strategic vision for the Newham Place through working in collaboration with local clinical Leaders and people with lived experience. This individual will also play an important role in the NEL MHLDA Provider Collaborative, with the opportunity to work at scale to deliver positive change across North East London.

Reach out to [email protected] for an informal conversation to learn more about the role, and to visit local services and meet the team!

Interviews to be held week commencing 3rd June 2024.

Main duties of the job

The focus of the role will be on system planning and transformation particularly in relation to place. As a Mental Health Programme Manager, the post holder will be expected to work both collaboratively 
and independently and to lead transformation projects within the Place Based Partnership and NEL MHLDA Provider Collaborativewith system partners. They will also be active in shaping strategy through 
close working with partners. To support this work the post holder will facilitate an analysis of in service provision in relation to population need across whole pathways. The post holder will engage sensitively 
and purposefully with managers across a range of stakeholders to resolve differences and develop a consensus around transformation and pathway re-design on adult mental health system planning and transformation particularly in relation to place based pathway that span multiple providers. As a mental health programme manager, the post holder will be expected to work relatively independently and to lead adult mental health transformation programmes within the Place Based Partnership and NEL 
MHLDA Provider Collaborative. 
The Mental Health Programme Manager will have the opportunity to hold an honorary contract with East London Foundation Trust to facilitate collaborative working with the NEL MHLDA Provider Collaborative.

Working for our organisation

North East London is steeped in history and culture, and home to over two million people (and 
rising). It’s the most diverse area of the UK; and because of that, one of the most exciting and 
vibrant places to work. 
NHS North East London works with our health, social care, voluntary and community partners 
and residents) to plan and buy health services to meet our population’s needs, making sure all 
parts of the local health and care system work effectively together. We work as part of the 
North East London Integrated Care System northeastlondonhcp.nhs.uk
We make sure residents and visitors have the best physical and mental health and have good 
access to high-quality health and care services. We have a vision to “work with and for all the 
people of North East London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and 
equity.” 
We serve eight local authority areas: Barking and Dagenham; City of London; Hackney; 
Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; and Waltham Forest.