Responsibility for People Management To undertake day-to-day management and organisation of staff to deliver a best practice Community Respiratory Service within the resources available to meet individual's needs. To support, complete and monitor staff to ensure the submission of all necessary forms, documentation, including IT data and forward as required by the manager/organisation are undertaken in a timely manner. Ensure that Heath Care and Professions Council (HCPC) and NMC registration is maintained for self and team members. Monitor standards, ensuring staff are aware of and follow professional, national and local standards in partnership with clinical, practice and professional leads. To decide daily operational priorities for the team balancing patient related and professional demands and ensure these remain in accordance with those of the MDT approach and those of the organisation. Ensure all staff are receiving practice supervision, line management, caseload management and have an up-to-date appraisal and Personal Development Plans in line with Livewell policies. Provide direct line management for relevant staff within the team across different professional groups. Undertake the full range of people management tasks and responsibilities including communication, staff engagement, workforce planning, appraisal, training and development and performance management including disciplinary/grievance/sickness with support from the Operational Leads, service managers and/or Team Lead peers. Work with other Team Leads and other managers to ensure clinical and operational management cover across services is maintained especially at times of service pressure. Facilitate the team when dealing with complex/urgent situations which can be emotionally challenging e.g. continuing NHS healthcare, safeguarding adults, child protection issues in partnership with patients and carers. Provide professional clinical support to the MDT team and advise on practice, identifying training needs of staff and encourage practitioners to develop: Skills in critical thinking and reflective practice, Excellence in practice, specialist knowledge and research-based practice. Act as a role model for all team members demonstrating and maintaining high standards of practice and professional conduct. Addressing issues of poor practice with senior line management and HR. To support with student placement and training in line with Livewell SWs Placement Guidance for Non-Medical Undergraduate Learners and Students policy. To facilitate and ensure equity of training for all team members, ensuring the team has the infrastructure to support induction, preceptorship, and professional development, pre-registration and medical students. Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources To have responsibility for a defined budget, by monitoring and controlling expenditure within their team by regular access to the portal system, liaising with their Management Accountant and Directorate Managers. To have a working knowledge of statutory and non-statutory funding and the legislation/guidance that underpins these funding streams, ensuring service users meet the eligibility criteria when advocating for/utilising services on the service users behalf (e.g. Care Act eligibility, Housing legislation etc) Be authorised signatory and signing off the supplies and expenses. These include off duty, staff overtime, annual leave, bank nurses and the procurement of supplies for the team. Exercise a duty of care in relation to the use of the organisations equipment and resources in a cost-effective manner. To be responsible for overseeing and monitoring and authorising of equipment and ensuring maintenance and repair. Maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary team and deliver a cost-effective quality service to patient/carers within a defined geographical area. To ensure a robust process is in place to maintain, monitor and authorise equipment and procurement of supplies for the team. Responsibility for administration Recruit and manage registered therapy, support and admin staff within the team in accordance with HR policies and terms and conditions to maintain an effective workforce capable of meeting the objectives of the service. To maintain accurate records, which are confidential, up to date, legible and all care given to be documented. These records may be paper or IT based system and must be maintained as specified in the organisation Policies, NMC guidelines and Government directives. The post holder will be expected to oversee the standard of patients records by audit or peer review and have a regular open discussion with team members. To work with their team to review staffing establishments and skill mix and workforce plans, and to ensure that staffing is appropriate for current and projected clinical demands. To be a team lead for the risk register and escalation of risk across the team. Collect, collate and evaluate a range of information to support clinical and service audit. Responsibility for people who use our services To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of individuals in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the individuals under your management and support the other staff within the team to do likewise. To deliver the highly specialist clinical needs required for the post, through established experience/specialist postgraduate training. To undertake the comprehensive assessment of individuals including those with complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care and to support other staff within the team in this work. To initiate, organise and attend a variety of multi-disciplinary/multi-agency case conferences, liaison meetings and reviews as necessary and appropriate. To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent which must be documented and work within a legal framework with individuals who lack capacity to consent to treatment. To follow all recognised policies and procedures in relation to child protection and vulnerable adult cases. Ensure risks to patients/service users, carers and staff are identified, reported and appropriately managed to support patient centred care and health and safety issues.