Team Manager Nurse

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Job overview

Band 7 Community Mental Health Team Manager --Bury

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic nurse to be part of Bury's Community Mental Health Management Team.

Mental health services are undergoing transformation, and this is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop the team by providing strong leadership to ensure safe and high quality service provision.

The service has invested in a range of mental health professionals to support the transformation and the wider offer to patients in the Bury locality.

Pennine Care Foundation Trust is working with partner agencies to develop a new model of integration for CMHT and this appointment will be pivotal in delivering and supporting this new way of working.

Included in your responsibilities would be;

The day to day management of the team.

Supporting and developing the new model of working

Ensuring safe and effective service delivery within a framework of high quality practice

To work in partnership with statutory, independent sector and other agencies.

To demonstrate sound clinical decision making

To monitor and achieve key performance indicators

Car owner/driver essential to the post.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Donna Edgley (service Line manager) on 0161 253 7997.

Main duties of the job
• To provide strong leadership and vision to the team maintaining robust quality assurance to enable a safe high quality service to be delivered.
• To direct staff and provide expert advice and guidance on the management of service users care.
• To ensure that work allocated to staff is commensurate with their skill set and level of training.
• To manage and maintain systems for planning and allocation of work and for the setting and reviewing of targets, standards and priorities to the team.
• To ensure professional supervision systems are in place.
• To participate in the recruitment and appointment of staff within agreed HR procedures.
• To hold regular team meetings and develop the team.
• To respond to enquiries and complaints within the framework of the complaints procedure.
• To effectively manage the referrals to the team ensuring capacity is maintained and urgent cases are responded to in a timely manner.
• To demonstrate the ability to make sound managerial and clinical decisions in relation to mental health and acute physical illness for this client group.
• To chair MDT meetings, reviews, case conferences, planning meetings as required.
• To advise and make recommendations to the wider MDT with regard to the clinical management of service users.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

o provide strong leadership and vision to the team maintaining robust quality assurance to enable a safe high quality service to be delivered.
• To direct staff and provide expert advice and guidance on the management of service users care.
• To ensure that work allocated to staff is commensurate with their skill set and level of training.
• To manage and maintain systems for planning and allocation of work and for the setting and reviewing of targets, standards and priorities to the team.
• To ensure professional supervision systems are in place.
• To participate in the recruitment and appointment of staff within agreed HR procedures.
• To hold regular team meetings and develop the team.
• To respond to enquiries and complaints within the framework of the complaints procedure.
• To effectively manage the referrals to the team ensuring capacity is maintained and urgent cases are responded to in a timely manner.
• To demonstrate the ability to make sound managerial and clinical decisions in relation to mental health and acute physical illness for this client group.
• To chair MDT meetings, reviews, case conferences, planning meetings as required.
• To advise and make recommendations to the wider MDT with regard to the clinical management of service users.
• To provide advice and managerial direction in line with Safeguarding Adults processes and procedures to the team ensuring appropriate referrals to the Local Authority are made.
• To effectively liaise and collaborate with other professions, statutory and independent agencies.
• To be responsible for recording and systematically evaluating outcomes.
• To maintain accurate and clinical records on all service user contacts are maintained using approved systems and processes, including local authority systems.
• To provide information and resources to non-mental health professionals in relation to the safe and effective management of service users with mental health / psychological problems.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current registration with Professional body.
• Substantial experience as a senior mental health practitioner at Band 6 or equivalent level in a CMHT or similar service with clients with severe/ enduring mental health issues. This should include
• Experience of working with multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of working to objectives, within a performance management framework.
• Experience of providing day-to-day clinical leadership and operational management. Providing clinical and management supervision.
• Experience of joint working with outside agencies.
• Experience of commissioning care and local authority procedures, eligibility criteria, personalisation etc.
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act
• Knowledge of The community mental health framework for adults and older adults
• Knowledge of key guidance, screening and assessment processes related to CMHT client group
• Knowledge of NICE guidance and best practice guidelines with regards to this client group.
• Knowledge of risk management issues
• Ability to function and make decisions in a fast paced, dynamic environment Ability to represent mental health services and build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Evidence of well-developed comprehensive mental health assessment skills.
• Evidence of well-developed team leadership and management skills Evidence of the ability to lead, motivate and manage a group of skilled staff Ability to manage
• own emotions and deal with others in highly charged situations
• Ability to manage the performance of staff in a consistent and sensitive manner
• Ability to produce written reports that are clear, unambiguous and produced with agreed timescales.
• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
• Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Desirable criteria

• Educated to degree level or working towards
• Formal teaching qualification
• Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher / Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete
• Experience of managing budgets.
• Experience of working to objectives, within a performance management framework.
• Experience in chairing professionals meetings
• Experience of managing / triaging referrals

Hints and tips for completing your application can be found here.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

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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

• Job Description (PDF, 116.7KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 134.0KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)