Team Leader, West Assessment & Treatment Service

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you ready for your next challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced or aspiring Team Leader to join our Adult Community Mental Health Service in the West Assessment & Treatment Service (ATS), based at Mill View Hospital, in Hove. Working in the vibrant and diverse city of Brighton and Hove, we support people with severe and enduring mental health needs. We use a recovery-focused approach, and work very much as a team to ensure we provide the highest level of care to the people we serve in our community.

Main duties of the job

Our service is split into three smaller multidisciplinary teams, dividing GP surgeries in the area, providing specialist mental health and risk assessment alongside a range of specialist interventions. Each of these cluster multi-disciplinary teams is led by a Band 7 Professional lead or Clinical Lead who manages the referrals and allocations supporting day to day clinical decisions in the cluster. You will be joining a very robust and established leadership structure within the ATS.As team leader it will be your role to bring the best out of our staff team, and support them in managing the complex demands of clinical work while maintaining their own wellbeing and resilience.

About us

The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Living & Working in Brighton:

  • Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
  • Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
  • Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

  • 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
  • 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
  • 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Date posted

08 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AB-20594

Job locations

Mill View Hospital

Nevill Avenue

Hove

BN3 7HY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Were looking for someone who enjoys working creatively and flexibly, and who thrives in a fast paced role. If youre a confident team leader or wishing to develop your skills further in this area, passionate about working with people and shaping the development of mental health services for the community you work in, this could be the job for you. Were committed to providing care that really suits the needs of the individual person we are working with and we would love to work with someone who shares that same enthusiasm for excellent patient care.

In this varied role you will have the opportunity to really work within and for our community in partnership with the Early Intervention Service, Specialist Personality Disorder Service, Mental Health Rapid Response Service, Assertive Outreach Team, Group Treatment Service, In-patient services, GP surgeries, and the ever-growing primary care services and third sector organisations.

We offer an established supervision structure and great training opportunities to help you develop your skills in leadership and management as well as other areas of professional development that interest you. We really enjoy working in this team and we want you to as well. We would welcome and encourage you to make contact with us to discuss the role, and/or to come and visit us prior to applying for the position.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Were looking for someone who enjoys working creatively and flexibly, and who thrives in a fast paced role. If youre a confident team leader or wishing to develop your skills further in this area, passionate about working with people and shaping the development of mental health services for the community you work in, this could be the job for you. Were committed to providing care that really suits the needs of the individual person we are working with and we would love to work with someone who shares that same enthusiasm for excellent patient care.

In this varied role you will have the opportunity to really work within and for our community in partnership with the Early Intervention Service, Specialist Personality Disorder Service, Mental Health Rapid Response Service, Assertive Outreach Team, Group Treatment Service, In-patient services, GP surgeries, and the ever-growing primary care services and third sector organisations.

We offer an established supervision structure and great training opportunities to help you develop your skills in leadership and management as well as other areas of professional development that interest you. We really enjoy working in this team and we want you to as well. We would welcome and encourage you to make contact with us to discuss the role, and/or to come and visit us prior to applying for the position.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of CPD

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
  • Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
  • Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
  • Experience of managing staff
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of CPD

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
  • Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
  • Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
  • Experience of managing staff

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mill View Hospital

Nevill Avenue

Hove

BN3 7HY


Employer's website

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mill View Hospital

Nevill Avenue

Hove

BN3 7HY


Employer's website

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Almas Channon

almas.channon@spft.nhs.uk

07738756954

Date posted

08 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AB-20594

Job locations

Mill View Hospital

Nevill Avenue

Hove

BN3 7HY


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