Care Manager | Acute Care | 32-36 hours

Building care that is robust and future-proof with vision and craftsmanship. At Vincent van Gogh, we work on mental healthcare that not only meets the highest standards but also moves with societal and scientific developments. From a solid foundation, we want to go further. Innovate. Connect. And that is why we need you.

As a care manager, you combine your substantive expertise with strategic management. You are at the foundation of a new way of leadership: integral, future-oriented, and with room for innovation. Together with the operations manager, you form a complementary team that balances quality, continuity, and innovation.

We offer you employment for 32-36 hours per week, of which 18 hours are in the role of care manager.

• You will be given room to think along, take initiative, and further develop yourself.

• You will primarily work from Venlo and Venray.

• A permanent employment contract.

• A salary aligned with your substantive position in accordance with the CAO GGZ; for the role of care manager, you will receive a 5% allowance.

• In addition, we offer flexible working hours, a pleasant working environment, and many opportunities for personal development.

• Check Our employment conditions here.

As a care manager, you provide integral leadership to a cluster within Vincent van Gogh together with the operations manager. It is a role in which you determine the substantive care direction, inspire teams, and stimulate innovation, based on close connection and experience in your field. At the same time, you are a substantive leader who provides direction to policy, quality, and collaboration.

The role of care manager is new within our organization and will be organized in this form until January 2028. Together with a number of other care managers, you will further shape this role in practice. At the end of 2027, we will evaluate the experiences, results, and further positioning of the function.

• Clear Direction: signals trends, initiates improvement processes, stimulates research, initiates innovations, and translates plans into concrete goals.

• Qualitative care: care that meets professional standards and laws and regulations, now and in the future.

• Inspiring leadership: coaches primary practitioners and team leaders, promotes collaboration, learning, improvement, and job satisfaction.

• Connection between care and operations: monitors the balance between content, personnel deployment, and financial frameworks in close cooperation with the operations manager.

• Support: maintains networks and works together with internal and external partners; think of cooperation with GPs, Provico, ambulance services, police, and regional parties such as ROAZ, safety regions, and municipalities.
  Additionally, you provide direction to content, you inspire teams, and create space for innovation.

In short: you are a substantive leader who links vision to decisiveness and connection.

Acute Care
Acute Care focuses on providing rapid and intensive help to patients in crisis situations. The approach is aimed at rapid interventions, stabilization, and the creation of an appropriate treatment plan for patients in crisis. Through a multidisciplinary approach and close cooperation, we respond quickly and effectively to the complex needs of our patients. Within Acute Care, we have several clinical inpatient wards, a Crisis Intensive Treatment Unit (CIBU), and Intensive Home Treatment (IHT).

• Academic working and thinking level and extensive experience in mental healthcare.

• This position is open to experienced primary practitioners who want to make the step to a leadership role or who already have experience in a leadership role.

• A combination of substantive expertise and strategic leadership.

• Leadership that inspires: you motivate, coach, and create a culture of learning and improvement.

• Strong communicative and social skills: you know how to connect, persuade, and create support.

• Strategic insight and the ability to make complex choices with an eye for quality, continuity, and innovation.

• Integrity, discretion, and perseverance. 

Do you have questions about the content of this position? Please contact Han Streng, Operations Manager Acute Care via 06-11374030 or hanstreng@vigogroep.nl.

Do you have questions about the application procedure? Please contact Awan Hussein, Corporate Recruiter via 06 34 53 78 62 or werken@vigogroep.nl. 

Have we sparked your interest in the position of care manager at Vincent van Gogh? Then send your CV and a short motivation via the 'apply' button at the bottom of the page.

NB: a reference check and VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct) are part of the hiring procedure.