Are you looking for a challenge/development in your career? We are looking for an Operational Team Leader to support the highly successful Therapies In Schools (TIS) team.
The TIS team is a specialist team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists who provide additional therapeutic support to children in 11 West Sussex Special Schools. The focus for TIS is to provide a universal offer of training and support to all education staff within those schools, alongside specialist therapeutic support in addition to the standard NHS offer. The TIS team is funded by West Sussex County Council.
The new Operational Team Leader will provide line management to the therapists, champion new initiatives and service developments, take on project work to improve the service we provide to patients e.g. digital innovation ideas, and provide the link between the schools supported by TIS and the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust policies and processes. It is imperative that the TIS Team work collaboratively with both education and NHS colleagues and the team leader is crucial in providing this link.
Operational Team Leads report to the Deputy Operational Head of Service and the AHP leads for the Child Development Services. The Trust is keen to support the development of management and Leadership skills and as such The Trust has an extensive Leadership Programme and is supportive of staff training and development.
A successful Team Lead will;
Provide operational management and leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, high quality and effective service.
Manage the defined area with minimal supervision for daily operations, seeking support and guidance from the Deputy Operational Head of Service and/or Operational Head of Service as required.
Develop a coordinated professional clinical team ensuring that communication and engagement are key to the development of the service.
Cultivate supportive and productive relationships with schools, child development centers, voluntary and charitable groups, and local authority colleagues.
Work towards proactive excellence rather than reactive management in care: identifying gaps within the service and reducing locality health inequalities.
Use excellent communication skills to enable facilitation and or negotiation of complex and sensitive information.
In conjunction with the Deputy Operational Head of Service and/or Operational Head of Service translate and take account of the impact of local national and other external policies and guidance for the defined area and implement these into practice and service delivery.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
There will be opportunities to further skills and knowledge through CPD: in house management skills, access to colleagues across West Sussex Brighton & Hove as well as an Education and Training Department for funding external courses and other opportunities for development.
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jan 2025