Job summary
This is a very exciting opportunity to support our Maternal Mental health Services that are part of the Community Perinatal Umbrella Services. The Maternal Mental Health Service (MMHS) aims to integrate maternity, reproductive health, and psychological therapy locally in Norfolk and Waveney for women who have experienced trauma and loss in the perinatal period (including the removal of babies by children's services) and who are not eligible for specialist perinatal mental health services.
The Community Team Manager will collaborate with key partners and stakeholders across health, maternity, social care, and other sectors to support and drive service development, participating in various NHS East of England Perinatal Clinical Network activities, ensuring that key performance targets and national standards are met.
Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity to work within a specialist multi-disciplinary setting, which offers a wide range of MDT clinical assessments and treatments, specific specialist perinatal therapeutic individual and group interventions. We promote a strong service user led participation culture as well as supporting partners and families.
The successful candidate will support individual staff with developing their performance in their clinical work, as well as supporting with safeguarding and quality assurance. This post requires a dynamic individual with excellent leadership skills to work innovatively and confidently.
This post offers an opportunity to work as a senior member of the leadership team, working within our multi-disciplinary team (MDT) which includes psychology, social work, occupational therapy, parent-infant psychotherapists, nursery nurses, peer support workers, and other key disciplines.
We have a culture of continuous learning, and we have regular protected Continuous Professional Development (CPD) days which includes a variety of training, reflection, supervision, and service development - these are facilitated by our senior clinical and management team.
About us
Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
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 professional 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We offer a comprehensive induction programme that includes a review of the Perinatal research and literature, specific training, shadowing with colleagues, and other initiatives. We believe that staff, who feel valued by their employers and are truly engaged, can provide better outcomes for our service users.
1. To provide daily leadership to the team and ensure the provision of high quality.
2. To ensure high quality individualised person-centred standards of care are delivered to all patients.
3. Ensure the effective supervision and development of staff.
4. To lead promoting respect and advocacy for all service users.
5. To be an active participant in the multidisciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments.
6. Liaise effectively with MDT to assess and manage risks identified through assessment of patients.
7. To regularly review risk factors and work in conjunction with the MDT to modify care plans as appropriate.
8. To ensure that clinical practice is evidenced based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and the organisations policies and procedures.
9. To undertake management supervision to further develop competence and clinical practice.
10. To liaise effectively with all stakeholders in the care process, including carers and relatives, aspiring to provide an effective, seamless and integrated service to our service users.
11. Lead and manage allocated resources effectively through efficient resource allocation, skill mixes, and utilisation of equipment and authorisation of bank/agency staff as designated by senior management team.
12. Participating in clinical audit, clinical risk, and quality issues, including the management and reporting of incidents.
13. Deputise for the service manager as and when required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent, or HCPC registered
Experience
Essential
* Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management/supervision experience.
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
* Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development.
* Experience with risk assessment and ongoing management.
* Mentoring Experience
Skills
Essential
* Excellent communication skills.
* Competent assessment skills, relevant to profession
* Effective analytical and decision-making skills.
* Care planning skills
* Competent and effective treatment skills.
* Able to effectively prioritise own workload
* Competent ICT skills
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects.
* Build on / develop further knowledge of psychosocial interventions
* Build on / develop further specialist knowledge of health promotion and recovery
* An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines
Other
Essential
* Ability to Travel
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
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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
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Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
The Gatehouse
Bowthorpe Rd,
Norwich
NR2 3TD
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