Job summary
An exciting opportunity for the post of AMHP Service Team Leader has become available within AMHP Services.
You will provide leadership in the daily management and provision of the AMHP service county-wide. You will work alongside the AMHP Service Manager to continue to develop and improve this essential service.
For an informal chat, please contact Ferrial Abu-Rabi on ferrial.abu-rabi1@nhs.net
We welcome an AMHPs from any background whether it's social work or nursing.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- be accountable for the allocation, deployment, prioritisation and delivery of AMHP services
- work with the Service Manager to implement and review systems, policies, standards and procedures
- provide overall leadership for AMHP Practitioners to ensure their services are integrated with and responsive to, other local service needs
- ensure that practice within the teams meets relevant standards, is appropriate, timely, safe and follows agreed professional practice
- be responsible for the daily management of the AMHP Duty Hub.
In return, we can offer you:
- leadership and management training opportunities
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a maximum £2,011 per annum)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trustare one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibility for the operational leadership and provision of the AMHP service county-wide. To work alongside the AMHP Service Manager to continue to develop and improve this essential service.The post holder is accountable for the allocation, deployment, prioritisation and delivery of AMHP services and for working with the Service Development Manager to implement and review systems, policies, standards and procedures that ensure the provision of high quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust and Hertfordshire County Council.
For a More in-depth Person and Job Description please read attached before applying
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibility for the operational leadership and provision of the AMHP service county-wide. To work alongside the AMHP Service Manager to continue to develop and improve this essential service.The post holder is accountable for the allocation, deployment, prioritisation and delivery of AMHP services and for working with the Service Development Manager to implement and review systems, policies, standards and procedures that ensure the provision of high quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust and Hertfordshire County Council.
For a More in-depth Person and Job Description please read attached before applying
Person Specification
Qualifications / Experience
Essential
- Professional qualification in relevant area of health or social care
- Postgraduate qualification or formal Management training
- Strong AMHP Approval and practice
- Demonstrable success at managing change and development
- Demonstrable success in quality improvement
- Proven ability in making a significant contribution to the achievement of organisational objectives
- Proven ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines
- Experience of working with Service Users and Carers
- Experience of work involving Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of and ability to use contemporary management and management information techniques
Desirable
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential
- Sound knowledge of Department of Health Policy, especially regarding health and social care policies for Mental Health in both primary and secondary and specialist areas
- Sensitivity to the needs of service users and carers
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi- agency working
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Understanding and knowledge of 1983 Mental Health Act
- Ability to organise and prioritise a complex workload
- Ability to recruit, lead and develop, first line managers in accordance with policy
- Ability to direct and advise front line staff managers and staff in identifying and taking appropriate action relating to risk assessments
- Ability to produce clear, written, statistical and financial reports
- Ability to take the lead in implementing equal opportunities and anti- discriminatory practice.
- Ability to ensure that the service is responsive to the needs of the local community
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, written and oral
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of involvement including Service Users and Carers
- Ability to build effective working relationships at all levels across the Trust and partner agencies in the statutory and voluntary sector
- Ability to work collaboratively with peers and partner agencies
- Ability to present complex concepts and data
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to engage with and adopt change and deliver challenging targets
- Ability to work with a high degree of individual responsibility and initiative
- Ability to manage conflict
- Car driver or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by Equality Act 2010)
Person Specification
Qualifications / Experience
Essential
- Professional qualification in relevant area of health or social care
- Postgraduate qualification or formal Management training
- Strong AMHP Approval and practice
- Demonstrable success at managing change and development
- Demonstrable success in quality improvement
- Proven ability in making a significant contribution to the achievement of organisational objectives
- Proven ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines
- Experience of working with Service Users and Carers
- Experience of work involving Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of and ability to use contemporary management and management information techniques
Desirable
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential
- Sound knowledge of Department of Health Policy, especially regarding health and social care policies for Mental Health in both primary and secondary and specialist areas
- Sensitivity to the needs of service users and carers
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi- agency working
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Understanding and knowledge of 1983 Mental Health Act
- Ability to organise and prioritise a complex workload
- Ability to recruit, lead and develop, first line managers in accordance with policy
- Ability to direct and advise front line staff managers and staff in identifying and taking appropriate action relating to risk assessments
- Ability to produce clear, written, statistical and financial reports
- Ability to take the lead in implementing equal opportunities and anti- discriminatory practice.
- Ability to ensure that the service is responsive to the needs of the local community
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, written and oral
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of involvement including Service Users and Carers
- Ability to build effective working relationships at all levels across the Trust and partner agencies in the statutory and voluntary sector
- Ability to work collaboratively with peers and partner agencies
- Ability to present complex concepts and data
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to engage with and adopt change and deliver challenging targets
- Ability to work with a high degree of individual responsibility and initiative
- Ability to manage conflict
- Car driver or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by Equality Act 2010)
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).
