Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
The West Lancashire Community Mental Health team is a progressive and effective team, with a strong focus on delivering psychologically informed and evidence based interventions to our patient group. We are a team of highly motivated and supportive professionals focused on offering our service users an outstanding treatment and therapeutic service. Our aim is to be patient centred and empower service users to independently manage their own mental wellbeing.
We are looking for a team manager who will act as a strong clinical leader working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, to ensure that they are fully supported to work with patients with complex mental health care needs.
This is a wonderful development opportunity for you to test your leadership and managerial skills with support and guidance from an experienced senior management team. You will be able to develop your own personal leadership and management style. This will enable you to grow professionally and personally working in a transforming Community Mental Health service. The role enables you to be involved in the ongoing progression of community mental health and allows you to take forward your own and the ideas for your team. This will be a full time post and part of the new Central Lancashire locality model.
Main duties of the job
The team covers the West Lancashire area of Lancashire, including Ormskirk, Skelmersdale and Northern parishes which have a diverse population. The multidisciplinary team is made up of mental health nurses/practitioners, assistant practitioners, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, Community Support Workers, Community Pharmacist and technician, Consultant Psychiatrist and Middle Grade Doctor and is supported by experienced administration staff. You will join a team of service managers and clinical leaders working together to ensure smooth and seamless transitions between mental health services. You will lead your team to deliver mental health treatment and use key performance indicators to drive up consistent quality care for our service users their carers and their families.
We are a team who will recognise & value your clinical expertise, post-qualification training and high level of specialist experience, with a genuine commitment to your career development and embracing a learning culture.
It is expected that the successful applicant would have an excellent knowledge of the most prevalent mental health issues currently being faced by Adults, including related and comorbid physical health conditions. Excellent communication skills are essential, including the use of digital platforms including MS teams, Attend Anywhere and if you were successful as an applicant you would work to enhance the team and the work they offer in the local communities.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
* Degree Level or equivalent experience and relevant core professional qualification (NMC, Social Work England or HCPC registered)
* Master’s Degree in relevant subject or equivalent knowledge and experience
* Practice Education, Mentor/Teaching (ENB 998) or equivalent / demonstration of teaching / supervision experience
* Compliance with regulatory bodies and codes of professional conduct
* Knowledge of current key NHS developments and policies and implications for service delivery
Experience
* Evidence of extensive professional clinical Knowledge, skill and experience
* Evidence of management development through continuous professional development and/or formal management courses
* Experience of partnership working across a range of agencies and professional boundaries
* Experience in managing change processes at an operational level
Skills and Abilities
* Highly developed clinical professional skills relevant to area of work
* Proven ability to affect service change
* Ability to ensure compliance with CQC requirements
* Proven ability to manage and mitigate clinical risks
* Effective leadership, organisational and people management skills
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.
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Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).
You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. You are therefore advised to consider applying for this vacancy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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