Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Performance Management:
To provide effective leadership and management to the team that promotes high performance standards and enhances the achievement of the Trust's objectives and priorities.
1. Assume overall management accountability for the team.
2. Assume responsibility for the day-to-day operational management of the team ensuring the service is delivered within the agreed structures outlined in the operational policy.
3. Provide clear and consistent leadership to the workforce of the team and offer professional advice when required.
4. Engage staff in the delivery of all performance targets for and on behalf of the Trust, to assist the team in improving the quality of the service.
5. Establish, develop and contribute to service developments within the directorate.
6. Understand the Trust's key priorities and those of your care group and translate these into key priorities for your care group.
7. Develop, implement and maintain systems, processes and practice in risk management, including the management of Health and Safety.
8. Ensure all aspects of Safeguarding are adhered to and that policies and procedures are followed at all times.
9. Effectively manage the risk of infection ensuring related policies are fully complied with and communicated in the team.
Management responsibilities
1. Provide regular reports as required in connection with financial management and performance monitoring of agreed service targets.
2. Act as authorised signatory for payroll change forms.
3. Ensure management of staff is consistent with Trust's HR Policies to achieve equality, equity, and optimum performance.
4. Conduct and contribute to the PDR process for all staff within the team which reflects Trust and local priorities and ensure staff has access to appropriate training and development.
5. Co-ordinate and develop the practice and culture of the MDT team through close liaising with clinical leads around recruitment and service delivery.
6. Ensure appropriate supervision takes place in line with Trust policy.
7. Communicate regularly through team meetings, team briefings, clinical forums and individually with team members providing an opportunity for two-way feedback.
8. Ensure that service users and carers' opinions and experiences are being responded to at a team level.
9. Ensure through effective leadership and management, continuous service development, improvement, and high-quality service delivery.
10. Maintain clinical record keeping to a consistently high standard that meets Trust policy and practice guidance.
Clinical
1. Ensure effective communication systems and structures are in place to facilitate the dissemination of information relating to patients' risk profiles.
2. Be professionally accountable for the planning and delivery of care leading on the prioritising of clinical needs and risk to provide an effective, safe and efficient service.
3. Ensure partnership working with service users and their families where appropriate, to meet a range of complex situations that arise from offending behaviour and mental health needs.
4. Ensure all policies are understood including the Mental Health Act, Children's Act and Safeguarding Adults.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
1. Proof of right to work documentation.
2. Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID.
3. Proof of address documentation.
4. Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
5. 5 years address history will be needed.
6. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
7. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
1. Relevant professional qualification (RMN, Social Worker, Psychologist), educated to degree, masters level or have other relevant experience.
2. Either community mental health experience or offender healthcare experience is essential.
3. Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice in variable settings.
4. Experience of managing staff and liaising with other agencies.
5. Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
Desirable criteria
1. Post-qualification training relating to mental health, neurodevelopmental disorders, addiction or risk assessment.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.
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
* JD & Person Spec (PDF, 504.3KB)
* Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
* Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
* Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)
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