Team Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

1. Be responsible for the assessing, planning, implementing and evaluation of all patient care using CPA framework and leading staff to provide the highest standards of care.
2. Take a lead role in ensuring nursing input to multi-disciplinary meetings.
3. Ensure the reports provided by the clinical staff to support specialist placements for those with complex needs and for Mental Health Act tribunals and managers hearings are of a high standard and provide the necessary information in a timely way.
4. Provide specialist consultation and advice to the nursing team, multi-disciplinary team, clients and their families, user groups, statutory and non-statutory agencies.
5. Adopt an appropriate style with staff for achieving group objectives monitoring and evaluation workloads. Providing vision and inspiration through effective clinical leadership to ensure that the skills and competencies of staff are actively developed.
6. Be conversant and proactive with Government legislation pertaining to the Mental Health Act, CPA, National Service Framework, Clinical Governance and NHS Plan.
7. Encourage, promote and maintain effective communication with the Community Mental Health Teams to promote continuity of clinical care.
8. Work with the senior leadership team to ensure provision of therapeutic activities, ensuring a range of interventions are available for clients on a daily basis.
9. To liaise with other disciplines involved in the provision of therapeutic interventions on a regular basis to ensure seamless care for clients.
10. Ensure patient care is delivered within the least restrictive environment

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse/occupational Therapist/Clinical Psychologist/Social work qualification.
• NMC or HCPC registered.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of continued personal and professional development.
• Teaching/coaching experience.
• Leadership training
• Mental health related MSc

Knowledge and understanding

Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• Knowledge and understanding of managing teams to ensure service objectives and outcomes are achieved.
• Knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety regulations.
• Knowledge of care management and the care programme approach.
• Knowledge and understanding of key issues in clinical practice in mental health
• Experience of leadership and managing teams.
• Advanced understanding of the mental health needs of adults,
• Good knowledge of the policies and guidelines pertinent to the planning and delivery of care to adults with mental health needs

Experience

Essential criteria

• Management experience
• Experience in leadership role
• Experience of developing and providing teaching programmes
• Experience & Evidence of recruiting and managing and training staff
• Experience of developing user and carer involvement strategies In the recovery process
• Experience of effective collaborative working.
• Evidence of experience in service evaluation and improvements.
• Demonstrated experience of working in a quality improvement project.

Desirable criteria

• Qualification in leadership
• Further training in HR
• Further training in team management
• Quality Improvement training and project management experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage change and deal with conflict / stressful situations.
• Effective organisational and time management skills
• Ability to manage and lead team with a pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Evidence of interdisciplinary/multi-agency working experience

Desirable criteria

• Ability to develop and lead new initiatives within the clinical care environment.
• Ability to represent the nursing function within the management structure

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Team Manager JDPS (PDF, 226.3KB)
• CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
• CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
• CPFT Accommodation (PDF, 296.6KB)