The Mind & Body are inseparable and mental and physical health conditions are often connected. When mental and physical health problems are combined, people are less able to manage their conditions properly and their health conditions become worse.
Across King’s Health Partners we are working to overcome these barriers by aspiring to treat the whole person because we know that addressing mental ill-health improves physical health outcomes and vice versa.
The post holder will provide programme leadership to KHP’s Mind & Body programme delivering “whole person care” through mental and physical health services collaboration. The Programme Director will play a critical role in ensuring this approach is embedded within the KHP 2030 Strategy delivery across all areas of work.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Internal team management
- Change management
- Core theme management
- Programme strategy lead
- Grant management
- System liaison
King’s Health Partners
King’s Health Partners was established by its founding partners in 2009; an Academic Health Sciences Centre where world-class research, education and clinical practice are brought together for the benefit of patients.
The collective weight of the partners has been applied to this challenge; comprising a leading university, King’s College London, two large NHS acute Foundation Trusts, Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital, and South London and Maudsley which offers the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK.
KHP Mind & Body Programme
Role
This role will play a vital role in leading the work of the Mind & Body Programme across south east London and delivering the following priorities:
- Evidence and evaluate: Build a robust evidence base for mind and body interventions, evaluating and demonstrating their impact on patient experience, outcomes, access and healthcare utilisation.
- Implement: Collaborate with partners across south east London to encourage the adoption of successfully piloted interventions.
- Scale: Encourage scaling up and spreading of successful interventions across south east London and beyond, so that mind and body care becomes standard practice.
The work will be underpinned by the following enablers: the Mind & Body Improvement Network, education, engaging patients, carers, and communities, and sustainable funding.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Natalia Stepan Job title: Programme Director, Mind & Body Email address: natalia.stepan@slam.nhs.uk
