Job summary
Are you a Band 7 Mental Health Nurse looking to change roles or a Band 6 Nurse with mental health nursing experience seeking a promotional post?
We are looking for a qualified Mental Health Nurse Team Leader to work within a large transformed community mental health service to work with our existing leadership team. You will expected to be accountable in your own area of responsibility but will also have some shared responsibilities and will be required to provide strong and effective management and organisational leadership to ensure the delivery of safe evidenced based clinical intervention and practice.
This is an opportunity to be part of a service that is well underway with the CMHT Transformation programme and will continue this work as part of the new 10 Year plan.
You will form part of the overall Leadership Team and have support from 9 Clinical leads, the Service Manager and Senior Clinical Lead and General manager.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities:
Operational Leadership
To support the Service Manager, Senior Clinical Lead and other colleagues within the service area.Provide operational line management and supervision to allocated staff.Ensure staff receive annual performance appraisals aligned with the Trust's policy and strategy.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Contribute to identifying/reviewing/re-designing services in response to user need, ensuring a safe, high-quality level of service is maintained.Manage complex, challenging and changing situations,Obtains, analyses, and interprets information for key performance indicators/outcome.
Planning and Organising
To manage a number of complex activities e.g., the demands placed on the service area, staffing levels, data to inform and support service provision.Ensure the team have procedures and systems to support the delivery of a high standard of service.
Policy and Service Development
Accountable for ensuring that practice and policy changes are implemented.
Planning and Organising
To manage several complex activities e.g., the demands placed on the service area, staffing levels, data to inform and support service provision.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for: -
- supporting leadership staff to develop the team and service
- Leading the team service delivery.
- Line management and clinical leadership for staff within the team.
- Presentation and analysis of complex information and reports
For further information for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for: -
- supporting leadership staff to develop the team and service
- Leading the team service delivery.
- Line management and clinical leadership for staff within the team.
- Presentation and analysis of complex information and reports
For further information for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Live register or equivalent professional registration relevant to the post
- Postgraduate or equivalent or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience in service development, managing change, leading and managing staff, plus specialist training and short courses to Diploma level relevant to area of practice:
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service areas
- Hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification,
Desirable
- Working knowledge of Trust IT systems if relevant to own area of work
- Detailed understanding of all current legislation relevant to the service area
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
Desirable
- Development of expert leadership/management skills
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
Person Specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Live register or equivalent professional registration relevant to the post
- Postgraduate or equivalent or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience in service development, managing change, leading and managing staff, plus specialist training and short courses to Diploma level relevant to area of practice:
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service areas
- Hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification,
Desirable
- Working knowledge of Trust IT systems if relevant to own area of work
- Detailed understanding of all current legislation relevant to the service area
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
Desirable
- Development of expert leadership/management skills
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
