Job summary
Are you confident in taking the lead when faced with issues?
Do you work well with people and teams?
Have you got experience of leadership in a complex mental health environment?
Do you have the skills to grow and maintain a confident team, with positive values and standards that strive for the best patient centred care?
If you have said yes to these questions, we have an exciting opportunity for you to further develop your career as the Clinical Team Leader of the mental health team at HMP Norwich.
Prisons are an environment that never stands still! It is one of the most challenging yet extremely rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work.
Please note it is a commissioning requirement that the successful applicant for this post is a registered RMN or RNLD.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Team Leader, you will be committed to ongoing service and clinical development to ensure the effective implementation and sustained delivery of mental health services to the prison population.
You will maintain compliance with key performance indicators and develop any Quality Improvement initiatives that could improve outcomes for our service users.
You will be responsible for the operational management of a range of aspects of service delivery within the team and for their clinical/managerial supervision, as well as providing professional governance and leadership.
In addition, you will be responsible for the following:
* Annual Appraisals and Line Management Supervision
* Supporting and overseeing new referrals
* Monitoring waiting times overseeing caseload management
* Attending internal/external meetings as required including MDT, Professionals Meetings.
* Maintaining effective collaboration with HMPPS partners and other stakeholders.
* Undertake clinical audits
* Recruitment and retention
About us
Our Trust values outlined that together we are a team, we are accountable, we learn and improve, and we are kind. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality-driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do share our values? If so, we'd love you to join us!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Individual competence and suitability will be explored within the interview. It is vital that the successful candidate demonstrates values and behaviours reflective of those of our Trust and a motivation and compassion to drive positive outcomes for those within the criminal justice system, and these themes will be a focus of the interview process.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work, and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
* NHS pension
* a comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* staff physio service
* NHS discounts and many more
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Nursing degree or equivalent RMN or RNLD
Other
Essential
* Are you able to travel independently
Knowledge
Essential
* An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines
Experience
Essential
* Experience with risk assessment and ongoing management
* Collaborative working between services and working in partnership with statutory and voluntary services.
* Experience of providing high standards of care to people with both acute and enduring mental health needs
Desirable
* Experience in leading service development within a mental health care setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see. #J-18808-Ljbffr