Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Would you like to be involved in developing an exciting and innovative new service for Sussex Partnership Trust?

This is an exciting opportunity to apply to a project support and business manager post to support the implementation of a brand new accreditation framework and process across the Sussex Partnership Trust.

The Accreditation framework will focus on measuring team performance around participation and service user's and carers experience of our services.

IF you are successful to this role, you will be involved in a new way of working, designed to improve the experience of people using our services.

The overarching aims of this process include an increase in lived experience and peer roles in the workforce, a better equipped workforce and increased staff wellbeing and an improved experience for the people that use our services - including friends, family and carers.

Main duties of the job

This post holder will help to develop and implement this local accreditation process and to support the services to assess themselves against standards of involvement, participation and experience. You will support the identification of areas for improvement and enhancement and the areas of good practice, identifying opportunities for shared learning.

The Accreditation framework will be co-produced and you will be passionate about working collaboratively with internal managers and operational staff and people with lived experience in EBE (Expert by Experience) roles and services within the wider community

You will work alongside the Head of Accreditation in the development of the Trust Internal Accreditation Programme providing day to day guidance and project support in the development of the Accreditation framework and standards.

The post will require excellent project management and communication skills to ensure that we have robust processes to oversee and support teams in achieving accreditation and the associated gold standards of practice.

You will lead on processes which support services and teams to consider how to achieve accreditation and manage the development of a digital dashboard for accreditation

You will act as an ambassador for participation and involvement ensuring that co-production, diversity and inclusion principles underpin all work.

See full JD for more details.

Working for our organisation

The Accreditation Team is a newly formed team sitting within the Engagement Portfolio. We aim to develop and implement a trust wide framework and programme to bring together different ways of measuring performance and people's experience of a service.

We put people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Your benefits:

• Access to a host of discount schemes including reductions on fuel, high street and online purchases, as well as Blue Light Card advantages!
• Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
• Excellent NHS Pension
• Discounted gym memberships
• Free parking on-site
• A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC, where 82% agree that care for patients is our top priority
• Access to full psychological support via our internal wellbeing team
• Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role will support the implementation of our new accreditation framework across the trust, which will focus on measuring performance around participation and service user's experience of our services.

You will help to develop and implement this local accreditation process and support services to assess themselves against standards of involvement, participation and experience, identifying areas for improvement and enhancement and areas of good practice. The accreditation Framework will be co-produced with services and people with lived experience.

The purpose of this post is to:

This role will support the development and implementation of an internal Accreditation Framework and process within Sussex Partnership, working closely with the Head of Accreditation and associated teams within the Engagement Portfolio.

The post will require excellent project management and communication skills to ensure that we have robust processes to oversee and support teams in achieving accreditation and the associated gold standards of practice.

Requirements for this role

Relevant degree or diploma level qualification or equivalent experience

Evidence of continuous personal and professional development

Experience of successful project management in a complex organisation

Desirable for this role:

Experience of using mental health services or supporting a family, friend or carer who uses services

Please see full Job Description for Details.

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Relevant degree or diploma level qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development

Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of Equality, Diversity and Human rights legislation and good practice
• Experience of successful project management in a complex organisation
• Experience of working with a diverse range of people in a dynamic environment
• Experience and evidence of analysing, interpreting and presenting information
• Experience of producing reports
• Experience and evidence of leading on a project or directly supporting via a project management process

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.