Head of Mental Health
Employer: Optima Health
Location: Homebased - Some travel will be required to various meetings, and this can include both Optima and client sites.
Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours
Salary: Up to £60,000 p.a.
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Job Title: Head of Mental Health
Location: Homebased
Salary: Up to £60,000 p.a.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours
About UsOptima Health are the UK market leader of Occupational Health and Wellbeing services. Our heritage can be traced back to 1947 where we were pioneers in the provision of Occupational Health and have led the way ever since, bringing new and innovative solutions to employers across the UK. We can offer unrivalled clinical expertise and industry leading tailored solutions to our clients. We work with over two thousand businesses, in various industries, and our aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the UK workforce by supporting healthy high performance in our client organisations, helping them to achieve their full potential through their people.
Optima Health not only provide an excellent package, but we also offer a structured induction and training programme in your first few weeks. We offer tailored career development and opportunities for further training and qualifications, to support you in your career journey. We are committed to making this a really great place to work, so together, we live by our values; We are one team, we do the right thing, we are shaping tomorrow, and we are never too big to care.
Role SummaryThe Head of Mental Health will work strategically within Mental Health to contribute to new services, policy and procedure, whilst working with customers directly in assisting their health and wellbeing strategy regarding Mental Health
Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesProvide leadership, motivation, and support to a defined team of clinical employees.
Conduct line management tasks including managing appraisal, performance monitoring, development plans, attendance management, conduct, grievances, capability, communications, always ensuring fair and equal treatment.
Ensure team compliance with all relevant Optima Health policies.
Provide management reports on team performance to stakeholders as required.
Support the development of the Optima Health Learning & Development Plan and lead the delivery of the plan for their designated multidisciplinary clinical team.
Ensure that performance targets for all clinical employees in their team are clearly defined, communicated, and achieved, including ensuring that targets are appropriate for each individual according to their specific job role.
Ensure continuous improvement in terms of process and productivity.
Support customer relationships as required, acting as an advocate and champion for Optima Health and the value of OH generally.
Provide support to colleagues as requested to enable the development of each clinical discipline and enhance the reputation of Optima Health.
Support continuous improvement activity in service operations, seeking to improve cost effectiveness, efficiency, and quality in line with business requirements.
Ensure decision-making is based on appropriate data and provide performance reports as required.
Ensure their designated clinical team complies with all relevant Optima Health Corporate Policies.
Be an active member of the Service Operations clinical management team, attending meetings, teleconferences, supporting decision making and providing input to reports as required.
Be responsible for identifying, advertising and when authorised recruiting clinical employees in their geographical area in line with business needs.
Be responsible for delivering induction training and mentoring in line with the requirement of the individual job role ensuring that the recruit achieves the desired delivery and quality targets within an agreed period.
Knowledge, Skills and Expertise
Degree qualification (or equivalent) in the relevant discipline within Occupational Health, Mental Health or MSK. Equivalent and relevant industry experience will also be considered.
Commercial awareness of services essential
Awareness of all disciplines within mental health and knowledge of working with different specialisms.
Demonstrating the impact of services to customers with regards to return to work, clinical outcomes and ROI
Ability to lead and manage a team of professional employees effectively, combining empathy and support for individuals with strong task and performance focus.
Well-developed influencing skills, able to adapt style as required to persuade and gain support of stakeholders at all levels.
Exceptionally good communicator, able to articulate complex ideas in different ways to meet the needs of different audiences and drive change to achieve future goals.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to use data effectively to improve decision making and drive business improvement.
Results orientation with a history of achieving personal goals and being able to support other individuals and teams in achieving their goals.
Highly flexible, with ability to tolerate high levels of ambiguity, comfortable in working with conflicting priorities and able to both anticipate foreseeable changes and respond rapidly to unforeseen changes.
What Can We Offer You?25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Buy and sell holiday scheme
Pension scheme
Health Cash Plan
Career progression opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to work scheme
Eye care test vouchers
Flu vaccination scheme
Employee discount scheme
Life assurance
Professional registrations fees paid
Clinical Training Academy
Optima Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender or gender expression, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief or sexual orientation.
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