Deputy Head of Healthcare

Overview

Go back Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 28 September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered health professional to apply for a 12-month secondment for the role of Deputy Head of Healthcare based at HMP Birmingham. This role sits within our Offender Health Service which forms part of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust. This involves delivering a model of integrated healthcare across partnership working with Birmingham Community Health Care (BCHC) and Cranstoun.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) is one of the largest providers of secure care and offender health services in the country. Alongside working for BSMHFT, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with neighbouring organisations to ensure a comprehensive package of care is delivered to our service users.

We are passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion and therefore welcome applications from people with a range of diverse backgrounds who would role model our approach.

As this role is a secondment, you will require permission from your line manager to be released.

If you feel you have the above qualities, we would love to hear from you.

For more information and informal discussions/visits please contact Aliya Osmani, Interim Head of Healthcare at HMP Birmingham via or or Gemma McKone, Deputy Head of Healthcare

Main duties of the job

The post holder will embrace multi-disciplinary working and work as a key member of the MDT; you will also be required to represent the service at key forums and meetings.

Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills will be required for this post and you will need to be able to work effectively both on your own initiative and as part of the team.

This includes how we provide care across our diverse service area and work as a health and care system to eradicate the inequalities that COVID-19 has highlighted. It is about how we look after, recognise, engage and develop all staff across the service, ensuring that BSMHFT is a place where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and feels confident in speaking out without fear. This reflects our commitment to attract and retain a greater number of committed, inclusive and compassionate people to join us, at a time when the NHS and those who work in it are more valued than ever.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work in partnership with the Head of Healthcare and other senior colleagues to monitor, challenge and improve the quality of patient care within the prison services. You will need a sound knowledge of the national legislation in relation to prison services and mental health.

You will be expected to offer overall professional leadership and management to all staff within the teams that make up the Prison Healthcare service, to manage and coordinate staff and clinical activity and have overall responsibility for the professional development and supervision of practice. You will provide specialist practical advice on the care and clinical management of users of the services and to support staff, other agencies and other statutory services to provide integrated services to enable improved health and well being outcomes for service users.

Person Specification Experience

• Substantial Band 7 experience
• Significant operational/ team management and leadership experience
• Proven track record of crisis, serious incident management in health care setting
• Experience of working in a forensic setting
• Quality assurance or management qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a year, pro rata