Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Operational manager – TC/IST/CSRT Teams

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Job summary

Do you want a job that draws on your clinical and operational skills and knowledge? - then this is the job for you. Supported and working closely with a dedicated TCA service manager, you will be overseeing three dedicated teams whose agenda is hospital avoidance, quality care delivery and managing behaviours that challenge. This is a unique permanent post which will sit at the pinnacle of the Transforming Care Agenda (TCA) and is energetic in its engagement with the Transforming Care Agenda. The Transforming Care Team (TC), Intensive Support Team (IST), Community Swift Response team (CSRT) and Community Team for People with Learning Disability (CTPLD) are community-based teams that thrive to offer outstanding care. Your role will be to operationally manage TC, IST and CSRT teams and together work across all service providers for people with LD/ASD in implementing the Transforming Care Agenda, which is all about improving health and care services so that people with a learning disability and/or Autism can live in the community with the right support. You will be part of a thriving team working closely with the service manager(s), Head of service and Assistant Director.

Main duties of the job

The Community Swift Response Team is a new small multi-disciplinary team that has been developed in line with the Transforming Care agenda which is a National driver for the Learning Disability and Autism Services. The Team compromises Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapists and Senior Support Workers. The Community Swift Response Team will provide a specialist wrap around provision and intervention for adults, children, providers and families requiring an urgent response who are unable/do not have the skills to support an individual whose presentation has escalated away from baseline resulting in the placement being at risk and/or risk to quality of life.

The Intensive Support Team (IST) is a community-based service delivering intensive multi-disciplinary healthcare assessment and treatment for individuals fourteen years and over who have learning disabilities that are experiencing mental ill health and/or presenting behaviour that challenges their existing systems of support. The service provided is person centred and tailored to the individual and their environment, considering their ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The team provides direct intense support, joint working with other services (e.g., Community Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities; Community Mental Health Teams; Community Teams for Children, Disabled Children's' Team, Transitions Services) and/or through offering consultancy to other professionals involved.

About us

As Operational Manager, you will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering the Transforming Care agenda in Northamptonshire. In your role, your span of control will include the direct management of clinical leads and senior allied health and/or nurses in the 3 aforementioned teams who together with admin workers will work with you to ensure the smooth running of these teams that together are geared at admission avoidance and management of behaviours that challenge. You will report to and be directly supported by the dedicated TCP service manager and be part of a team player-based model. You will also closely work with CTPLD and 1 Willow Close (respite care service for clients with profound learning disability) operational managers as part of a team that believes in collective learning and team development.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

09 August 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£40,057 to £45,839 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TD355-MH-A

Job locations

Newland House

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Educated to relevant degree level or professional qualification e.g. nursing, social work, allied healthcare
Knowledge and experience of working in a Learning Disability service/provider
Knowledge of the National Transforming Care Programme of work and Transforming Care Agenda

Desirable

Specialist knowledge of learning disability, autism and behaviours that challenge

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Have the ability to work as part of a team, as a role model, empowering and motivating others
Effective time management and organization skills
Have ability to advocate for the service users and colleagues you are supporting
Able to keep calm and respond appropriately under pressure

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Educated to relevant degree level or professional qualification e.g. nursing, social work, allied healthcare
Knowledge and experience of working in a Learning Disability service/provider
Knowledge of the National Transforming Care Programme of work and Transforming Care Agenda

Desirable

Specialist knowledge of learning disability, autism and behaviours that challenge

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Have the ability to work as part of a team, as a role model, empowering and motivating others
Effective time management and organization skills
Have ability to advocate for the service users and colleagues you are supporting
Able to keep calm and respond appropriately under pressure

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.