Clinical Duty Manager

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We have an excellent opportunity for a Clinical Duty Manager to join our expanding team in Mental Health Inpatient Services. We are looking for compassionate and highly motivated individuals who will be a key members of the management team within the Directorate of Mental Health (DMH). The role covers 24hrs 7 days a week, working a long day/night shift pattern to enable safe and effective support to patients and staff in and out of hours.

The post holder is required to be an experienced Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse with recent experience of managing or leading a team of staff within an inpatient ward.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
Free onsite parking
Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages

For an informal chat, please contact Louise Short on 07769886181 or email louise.short2@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

This role is integral to managing safety across inpatient mental health services on the Glenfield Hospital site, both within normal working hours and out of hours through being the point of escalation for all of the wards with regards to incident management, staffing, complaints that can be resolved promptly, attending to the arrival of emergency services on site and the overall co-ordination of care delivery within the hospital.

This is a key leadership role which is responsible for providing expert advice, guidance, and support in relation to clinical practice and fostering a learning culture within the directorate which delivers high quality patient care, evidence-based practice, and promotes the values of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Out of hours, the post holder is responsible for managing the mental health services at the Glenfield Hospital site whilst on duty. This includes taking decisions and actions in relation to the immediate management of staff in line with Trust policies and procedures.. The role requires the post holder to be point of contact for external agencies such as the emergency services, Coroner and Approved Mental Health Practitioners whilst also being the point of escalation for individual Mental Health Services off site (Evington Centre, Stewart House, The Willows, Crisis Team, Liaison Services) for advice, guidance and support.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

26 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year The spine points are per AfC 5 year increment.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-24-0341

Job locations

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Groby Road

Leicester

LE3 9EJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on role and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration experience as a senior nurse in relevant area of practice.
Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centre nursing care and patient education.

Desirable

Experience of resource management including staff management.

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Level 1.
Degree or Equivalent Post Registration Qualification.
Evidence of continuing professional development within the last 12 months.
Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification.
Leadership or Management Qualification or willingness to work towards it.

Knowledge And Skills

Essential

Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to lead team and work effectively with others.
Demonstrates initiative and ability to work independently, able to problem solve and prioritise own and others work.
Demonstrates planning and organisational skills.
Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility dependent upon work priorities.
Able to make judgements based on evidence based practice and translate this for use in the clinical team environment.
To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for leadership and quality care for Clients/Service Users.
Ability to motivate self and others.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration experience as a senior nurse in relevant area of practice.
Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centre nursing care and patient education.

Desirable

Experience of resource management including staff management.

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Level 1.
Degree or Equivalent Post Registration Qualification.
Evidence of continuing professional development within the last 12 months.
Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification.
Leadership or Management Qualification or willingness to work towards it.

Knowledge And Skills

Essential

Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to lead team and work effectively with others.
Demonstrates initiative and ability to work independently, able to problem solve and prioritise own and others work.
Demonstrates planning and organisational skills.
Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility dependent upon work priorities.
Able to make judgements based on evidence based practice and translate this for use in the clinical team environment.
To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for leadership and quality care for Clients/Service Users.
Ability to motivate self and others.

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.