Team Manager

Job responsibilities

The North Yorkshire and York Intensive Support Team is a newly developed team, based at Systems House in York, which will operate 7 days a week, operating enhanced hours across the week. This post we would envision would work flexibly within the service, days and hours can be negotiated. Candidates can also be based at any of our North Yorkshire, York and Selby sites with a flexible approach to be based at York for a minimum of two days a week (Negotiable).

The successful candidate will manage a team of dedicated staff to support their ongoing development, identifying training and development needs to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe care that is responsive to individual needs.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

For further details / informal visits contact: Karen Reed service manager - karenreed1@nhs.net

Qualifications

Essential

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
• Clinical Supervisor.
• Post-graduate diploma in a relevant area.
• Leadership or management qualification or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• Quality Improvement Systems for Leaders or willing to undertake within agreed timescale.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)

Desirable

• CBT qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working with people with complex mental ill health or learning disabilities in a community setting
• Significant experience of working collaboratively with clients and their families/carers
• Significant experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring and teaching to healthcare professionals and students.
• Demonstrable leadership or management experience
• Significant role in quality improvement activities

Desirable

• Use of the Trust's Quality Improvement system

Knowledge

Essential

• Significant evidenced based knowledge of best practice in caring for clients in the designated field.
• Good understanding of relevant legislation (e.g.Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act) and its application in practice
• Good understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
• Detailed understanding of Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
• Detailed understanding of Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
• Research and development methodology
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment
• The Trust's quality Improvement System (QIS)

Desirable

• Budget Management and Financial Standing Instructions.
• HR policies and procedures

Skills

Essential

• Must be able to: Manage a team effectively
• Manage change effectively
• Provide effective leadership
• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to clients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team
• Work positively and collaboratively in partnership with external agencies
• Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
• Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
• Use approved breakaway techniques
• Write reports and policies
• Undertake basic statistical analysis

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).