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Main area: Mental Health
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref: 333-J-WE-0741
Site: Gordon Hospital, Bloomberg St.
Town: London
Salary: £61,927 - £68,676 pa inc HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated leader with significant recent experience of a leadership role in an Urgent Care setting (for example Psychiatric Liaison, Home Treatment Team, Rapid Response Team) to lead our Westminster Home Treatment Team. The Team are accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists which is a reflection of the high standards and quality of care that the team upholds.
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified mental health professional interested and committed to delivering care within a safe, secure and therapeutic environment. Successful applicants must be able to work in a challenging and dynamic environment. You will need to demonstrate a range of skills including effective communication, empathy, self-awareness, and critical self-reflection skills.
The team are currently part of a Peer Open Dialogue pilot. This is an exciting time to be at the forefront of the roll out of this approach across community, crisis and older adult service in Westminster.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be a registered Health or social care professional with significant experience at band 7 or above to be eligible to apply for this opportunity, with recent relevant experience in crisis care.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leadership and development, be an effective role model, self-motivated with the commitment, drive and adaptability to thrive in this demanding post.
You will possess excellent communication skills, be visible and accessible with quality and high standards at the core of your professional profile. You will need to be flexible and resilient in order to cope with the demands of the role. In addition, you must be able to influence and negotiate in order to improve the service your team provides for their patients. Evidence of continuing professional development is essential. You will work closely with the full range of the multi-disciplinary teams in Psychiatric Liaison, Inpatient services, Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service and Community services.
Working for our organisation
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
In return for your enthusiasm, commitment and hard work we can offer you a supportive work environment, a range of training opportunities, personal development and the opportunity to collaborate within a well-established multidisciplinary team.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder is required to provide professional leadership and management of the Westminster Home Treatment Team.
The post holder will be involved in the recruitment of the team, devising the operational policy, other protocols and arranging staff induction and training.
The post-holder will provide the diverse workforce of the teams with clear leadership, supervision, support, and developmental opportunities to ensure effective use of resources at all times.
Person specification
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
* Recognised professional qualification in mental health, i.e RMN, DipCot, DipSW, CQSW etc.
* Academic qualification in health, business, or management disciplines
* Certificate or Diploma in management/Leadership studies.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
* Extensive experience of managing a multi-disciplinary mental health team including medical staff.
* Experience of supervising staff and conducting appraisals of staff
* Demonstrate evidence of setting up a new service or project management of a mental health service
* Experience of developing operational policies/procedures.
* Experience of dealing with complaints
* Experience of working with multiple agencies or service providers on a wide range of service user care issues
* Experience of managing budgets
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Experience of working in an integrated mental health service.
* Experience of working in community mental health service.
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
* Possess extensive working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Capacity Act and the Code of Practice
* Knowledge of the National Service Framework for mental health and current issues in mental health
* Knowledge and understanding of models of Home Treatment Team and Home Treatment
* Knowledge of CPA
* Excellent interpersonal relationship skills and appropriate diplomacy skills
* Ability to develop & maintain positive working relationships with staff and the wider professional groups or individuals.
* Demonstrate a commitment to working with people suffering from severe and enduring mental illness, a significant proportion of whom are from black and minority ethnic communities.
* Possess well-developed communication skills including the ability to write clear protocols, policies and procedural guidelines.
* Demonstrate a record of ensuring the involvement of service users and carers in service planning and care delivery.
* To have proven capability in the use of IT systems.
* Ability to lead, manage and motivate staff.
* Ability to work collaboratively with outside agencies and develop strategic direction for staff outside direct management control
* Ability to treat service users and carers with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person.
OTHER
* Demonstrate an ability to work in an anti-discriminatory way promoting user empowerment and customer care.
* The post-holder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.
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CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Gillian Rennie
Job title: Asst Director Westminster Adult Community Services
Email address: Gillian.rennie4@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07738261568
Additional information
Alternative Contact - Haroun Kamara, Service Manager: harounkamara@nhs.net
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