Job Summary
Exciting opportunity for a 12 month Fixed Term Team Manager position within the Gateshead West Community Treatment team.
Full Time role Monday to Friday normal working hours (9-5pm)
The Team Manager is responsible and accountable for providing safe, effective care and an efficient service, to patients and their carers who live within the community.
Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. Alongside clinical leadership and effective day-to-day management of the team, commitment to promoting recovery and maximising independence and fulfilling wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation. We are seeking an individual who has experience and knowledge of supporting individuals in the community.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide day-to-day management of the team, hold excellent communication skills and ability to form positive working relationships with Systems Partners.
2. Support with recruitment, retention and induction of staff.
3. Conducting clinical and managerial supervision, appraisals and oversight of individuals' development.
4. Managing performance and absence/staff wellbeing.
5. Ensure statutory and mandatory training is completed.
6. Support implementation and development of patient and carer experience.
7. Oversight of a support with informal and standard complaints process.
8. Engagement within interface meetings.
9. Dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases.
10. Motivate, engage and develop the team within a multi-disciplinary team environment.
11. Lead and coordinate team communication, including holding regular team meetings, communicating and consulting on service changes (which may be contentious), and acting as a conduit of information.
12. Support team following serious incidents and with debriefs, local and after action review process and serious incident panels.
About Us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return, we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
There are opportunities for further professional development within scope of the successful candidates' experience and development needs, alongside service need.
Date posted: 06 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 263-CCG25-087-MG
Job locations: Dryden Road Clinic, 134 Dryden Road, Low Fell, NE9 5BY
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent first level qualification e.g. Social Worker, OT, Clinical Psychologist, other.
* Relevant Post Graduate qualification or Training.
Knowledge and Experience Essential
* Experience of coordinating and managing staff resources.
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team using a community based approach.
* Experience of providing community based mental health services.
* Experience of leading teams and taking on a leadership role in project management.
* Commitment to partnership working both multi-agency and multi-disciplinary.
* Coordinating and supporting staff in the day to day provision of clinical services.
Skills Essential
* Demonstrate leadership skills/delegation. Excellent communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and conflict management.
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.
Employer details
Employer name: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Dryden Road Clinic, 134 Dryden Road, Low Fell, NE9 5BY
Employer's website: https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/
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