CURRICULUM VITAE OCTOBER PERSONAL DETAILS Margaret Brown CAREER HISTORY

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE OCTOBER 2014 PERSONAL DETAILS Margaret Brown CAREER HISTORY Acute Service Manager - Liverpool Clinical Business Unit. Mersey Care NHS Trust - August 2010 to March 2014 Deputy Service Manager Older Adult Services Mersey Care NHS Trust - October 2004 to August 2008 Modern Matron Older Adult Services Mersey Care NHS Trust - August 2008 to September 2010 Home Manager Continuing Health Care Unit Older Adult services North Mersey Community Trust- January 1997 to October 2004 Ward Manager Male Acute Adult Wigan and Leigh NHS trust - June 1996 to January 1997 Day Hospital Manager Wigan and Leigh NHS TRUST - March 1996 to Jun 1996 Community Mental Health Nurse The Meadows, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust - August 1995 to March 1996 Care Programme Approach Coordinator Wigan and Leigh NHS trust - April 1995 to August 1995 Ward Sister Female Adult Acute Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust - October 1992 to April 1995 Page 1

2 Staff Nurse various in patient Wards and depts. Wigan and Leigh NHS trust to 1992 Most recent roles Acute Service Manager - Liverpool Clinical Business Unit. Mersey Care NHS Trust - August 2010 to March 2014 Operational responsibilities Overall operational responsibility for four Adult Mental Health wards a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit three Older Adult Assessment Wards the Intensive Home Support Team, and the Criminal Justice Liaison Service. This involved overall responsibility for two hundred inpatients and numerous community/out patients. Budgetary responsibilities A budget of 6.1 million Staff management Overall responsibility for over six hundred staff Management support and supervision of modern matrons operational managers ward managers. Planning and strategy Member of the Senior Management Team, involved in all aspects of service governance strategic planning and decision making within the service. Page 2

3 Key objectives of role To ensure that 1. the service operated smoothly and effectively 2. all service users who received care within the service were given the best care possible 3. all staff were able to deliver this care in an environment that was safe clean and fit for purpose. Key action areas to ensure achievement of objectives Jointly ensuring that all information from the Trust and the Service Manager is disseminated to all parts of the service within remit of responsibility that Ensuring that all Trust Policies and Procedures were adhered to Ensuring that all Trust targets within service responsibility areas, both operational and financial, were met. Acting as lead for the Inpatient Service in the Directorate Taking a lead role in continuing care provision across the Directorate. Deputy Service Manager Older Adult Services Mersey Care NHS Trust - October 2004 to August 2008 Key Responsibilities Overall Operational and Strategic Responsibility for Four Older Adult Wards Two day Hospitals Old Age Community Mental Health Team Old Age Hospital Liaison service Budget of 3.2 million 300 staff Management of Modern matrons Operational Managers Community Services manager Modern Matron Older Adult Services Mersey Care NHS Trust - August 2008 to September 2010 Key Responsibilities Ensuring delivery of excellent clinical standards of care to service users Recruitment and selection of staff Budgetary management Meeting set targets Staff management Service review and design Home Manager Continuing Health Care Unit Older Adult services North Mersey Community Trust- January 1997 to October 2004 Key responsibilities: Commissioning new CHC service-. Page 3

4 Recruitment & selection of multidisciplinary staff team, Developing policies and procedures in conjunction with health and safety legislation and trust and NHS policies and procedures Team Building Training and development of staff. Assessment of service users meeting the CHC criteria Liaison with other agencies and teams both internal and external PERSONAL PROFILE I began my career in Mental Health at the age of 18 working as a student nurse at Rainhill Hospital Prescot Merseyside qualifying in June 1980 as a Registered Mental Health Nurse. I worked as a staff nurse on an older adult mental health ward completing my preceptorship before moving to Rampton Hospital it Retford Nottinghamshire to undertake Learning Disability Nurse training. This experience was extremely interesting and poignant and included caring for adults children and older adults with varying degrees of learning disabilities. Following completion of this training I moved to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary to complete general nurse training. Although I did complete all the training I failed to pass the multiple choice paper of the final examination and as I was Pregnant with my first child I did not re-sit a decision that I have regretted throughout my career I went on to have four children two of whom where twins. My Career development at this point had by necessity to take a back step whilst I cared for my very young family, I did however return to Mental Health Nursing which was and still is my passion and worked for eight years on a female adult mental health ward working night duty. This allowed me to fulfil my role as a mum whilst still retaining and developing my Mental health skills. When my youngest children started school I was successful in obtaining the post of ward sister on an adult mental health ward. The ward was very big in comparison with today s standards having 38 acute female beds. It was extremely busy challenging and very rewarding. I learned a huge amount developing and improving my managerial organisational and leadership skills. It had become clear to me throughout my career that Mental Illness can have a devastating effect on individuals and indeed can ruin both young and older lives. It has always been my mantra that service users need and deserve the best care possible and I have always striven to deliver this personally and via the staff teams that I have managed. Following various management roles within Wigan and Leigh as above I left to take up the post of Home Manager within North Mersey Community NHS trust.. This Later became Merseycare NHS trust. On appointment it was my role to design commission and recruit staff for a continuing mental health care unit for people suffering from severe and enduring mental health problems who could Page 4

5 not be cared for in ordinary residential settings for a variety of reasons. I believe this role to have been one of the most challenging yet rewarding in my career and I felt very privileged to have been given the opportunity to lead on this project. Personal Qualities I have excellent organisational and leadership skills. I have a naturally bubbly and friendly personality with the ability to use authority appropriately.i am able to establish and sustain quality professional relationships with both staff service users and their carers. I enjoy a challenge and am able to motivate others and work through resistance, to get the job done effectively and in a timely manner. Other Training ENB 998 Teaching and Assessing in clinical practice Safeguarding Mandatory Organisational training RCN Clinical Leadership Course Leading an Empowered organisation training Additional Information I left the NHS at the end of March 2014 having undertaken a large service improvement project for seven months. I remain passionate about mental health care and treatment, to this end I have recently been contracted to undertake inspections for the Care Quality Commission. I have also returned part time to clinical practice which I have found extremely fulfilling. I remain committed to ensuring that service users and carers receive the best quality of mental health care possible. Page 5