Job summary
The Community Treatment and Intervention Team is at the heart of a dedicated collaboration delivering mental health transformation across the Hartlepool area. The successful applicant will work as part of a leadership structure to lead and manage a multi disciplinary team to deliver high quality patient focused care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering excellent mental health services and can support and enable the team to continue to achieve their potential. Key responsibilities will include supervision and appraisal for the team, performance, recruitment and management of staff, ensuring that people have timely access to our services and receive treatment in line with our pathways. You will need to have excellent relationship building and engagement skills and be capable of managing varied work demands based on the changing needs of the service.
About us
The Trust as a whole advocate collective leadership, and the post holder will be operationally supporting a multi-disciplinary team that shares these principles of collective leadership.
Your Leadership team includes an Advance Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrists.
Date posted
12 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-TSA-164-24
Job locations
Stewart House
53 Church Street
Hartlepool
TS24 7DX
Job description
Job responsibilities
As Team Manager this post will have Leadership and Management responsibility of the Hartlepool Community Mental Health Treatment and Intervention Team
This post requires a current professional registration with an appropriatebody in healthcare or social work or relevant professional clinical qualification (. PWP/CWP in IAPT/Getting Help services )
Person Specification
Qualifications/Experience
Essential
1. Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work or relevant professional clinical qualification (ie PWP/CWP in IAPT/Getting Help services)
2. Be Educated to Master's level in leadership or a subject area relevant to the area of practice OR
3. Have equivalent clinical experience to that of masters level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience - which also includes significant experience of managing people (see below under experience), together with evidence of CPD
4. Be trained in Clinical Supervision and Providing Clinical Supervision
5. Be a Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor
6. Significant experience of managing people
7. Significant experience of working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field
8. Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
9. Working collaboratively with others (external partners, staff service users and their families/carers)
10. Evidence of delivering supervision
11. Working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation
12. Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
13. Risk assessment and management and its application in practice
14. Working knowledge of clinical medicines management
15. Developing, maintaining and auditing standards of practice
16. Evidence of training in Quality Improvement methodology or coaching, and/or using
17. Inter-agency and partnership working
Knowledge
Essential
18. Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)
19. Knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
20. Research methodology
21. The Trust's Quality Improvement system (QIS) - or completion of training within agreed timescale
22. Governance and its application in practice