Job summary
37.5 hours per week. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Group Manager within the learning disability team.
This is a key role within the Learning Disabilities Team
and emphasis is placed on co-ordinated community based proactive and
preventative health interventions which are person centred and outcome
focussed, keeping healthy, safe and at home.
The Community Learning Disabilities Team comprises
of approximately 45 members of staff. Each Group manager provides line
management and caseload supervision (where appropriate) to approximately 15
members of staff each. The Group Manager role is responsible for the safe, effective and compliant execution of clinical
activity by those that they manage, ensuring compliance with legislation, best
practice and local policy.
You will provide support to the Service
Manager and take a leadership role in developing individual staff and areas of
service delivery. You will be a mentor and exemplar
of professional conduct, best practice, ensure governance and performance across the team.
You will take the lead in managing and
implementing an effective multi-disciplinary clinical process and will be
responsible for undertaking line management for a group of registered and
unregistered practitioners.
You will represent the Community
Learning Disability Team at Livewell wide meetings and events and also
represent the Service Manager at specified multi-agency and commissioning based
meetings.
Main duties of the job
Provide
leadership and consultation, to any of the team inrelation to
practice issues relating to key areas of service delivery such as
Mental capacity Act/Mental Health Act, Court of protections and other key
service directive
Deliver
thoughtful, lawful and person-centred practice to people with learning
disabilities in Plymouth. Maintaining highest standards of
practice and governance for both the team and individual practitioners
Deliver
high quality management and caseload supervision, audit and where appropriate practice supervision. Act as mentor support to staff, from mainly nursing, in a range of disciplines .
Create
a place of work that delivers a nurturing environment that promotes best practice and clinical outcomes, and a framework where staff are supported
to achieve and comply with contractual objectives, legal requirements
Lead
and develop key areas of service delivery and pathways in particular relation
to nursing, policy and protocols that apply to both the CLDT and other service
sectors within Livewell Southwest
Work
in collaboration with local practitioners, other LSW service leads, CLDT
Service Manager, Operational Board, Primary care Networks, ICB and other agencies
to reduce and eliminate health and social inequalities to people with learning
disabilities. Improve service delivery by Livewell Southwest, increase skill
base of the Livewell Southwest and partner agencies.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will comply with LSW policy
and maintain supervision and appraisals to ensure staff are supported and
have the opportunity to maintain registration, develop skills related to
the role they work. The post holder will support both unregistered and
registered staff to grow and develop, particularly those staff who have
ambition to access learning and career development through apprenticeship
schemes and other agreed learning pathways
- By delegation by the Service Manager, the
post holder will act as appointing officer for recruitment within their
area of management. They will follow recruitment procedure and through to
appointment and arrange corporate and local induction. Post induction, the
post holder will, where necessary monitor and support through induction
period. Within two weeks of appointment, the post holder will have carried
out a personal development plan for the employees first six months
- The post holder may deliver training
related to particular areas of clinical speciality or service delivery
- The post holder monitors and authorises
travel and other expenses related to the execution of duties of team.The post holder
shares responsibility for authorising and checking petty cash
- The post holder will authorise
replacement of equipment and purchase of equipment prescribed by
Occupational health or other assessments.
The post holder is responsible for organising a
complex and varied work schedule that encompasses service development and management
duties
The post holder is responsible for ensuring
clinical records, assessments and reviews are conducted and recorded in a
timely way.
The post holder will,
at times, be required to hold a small caseload or undertake specific
casework/support that is likely to involve other health and social care
professionals. At such times, it is likely that he post holder may hold
care-coordinator responsibility
Care/support will be
delivered in a range of settings (out-patient appointments from base, in GP
surgeries, in the persons home, in other community settings)
By delegation from
the Service Manager, the post holder will take a lead role in the development
of designated service/treatment pathways and develop policy to support other
service delivery areas in Livewell Southwest to meet the needs of people with
learning disabilities, mainly in relation to nursing.
The
post holder will be a point of contact for people who use our service and their
carers or families when the responsible practitioner or another member of the
core team is absent or the enquiry has been escalated to a manager. The post holder will
liaise with people who use the service in relation to the recruitment process
and consult with individuals or user groups in relation to consultation about service
developments
By delegation form the Service Manager, the post holder is responsible
to design, develop and implement change within their own work areas and
influence changes in other areas of service delivery within Livewell
By delegation from the Service Manager, the post holder will be part of
long term, strategic development within the organisation and wider TCP/STP
within areas specified by the Service Manager
The post holder will be responsible for reviewing service compliance
across a range of sources, (e.g. SystmOne, Risk register )as identified by the
Service Manager
The post holder will undertake service based audits, liaise with
external agencies in relation to educational and service development.
The post holder will be
available to provide and support to the staff of the CLDT
The post holder will have
contact with people with learning disabilities, their families and carers in
relation to providing support and responding to issues impacting on their
lives.
The post holder will
communicate with the Head of Service in relation to operational issues related
to the delivery of their service responsibility and in situations delegated by
the Service Manager
The post holder will communicate
with relevant LSW boards in relation to service developments within the
service, at the request of the service Manager
The post holder will
communicate with other service providers across the city and peninsula (including
Devon Partnership Trust)
The post holder will hold
delegated responsibility to represent the CLDT at ICB meetings.
The post holder will be
required to chair multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings that will
include service users, families and a range of stakeholders
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will comply with LSW policy
and maintain supervision and appraisals to ensure staff are supported and
have the opportunity to maintain registration, develop skills related to
the role they work. The post holder will support both unregistered and
registered staff to grow and develop, particularly those staff who have
ambition to access learning and career development through apprenticeship
schemes and other agreed learning pathways
- By delegation by the Service Manager, the
post holder will act as appointing officer for recruitment within their
area of management. They will follow recruitment procedure and through to
appointment and arrange corporate and local induction. Post induction, the
post holder will, where necessary monitor and support through induction
period. Within two weeks of appointment, the post holder will have carried
out a personal development plan for the employees first six months
- The post holder may deliver training
related to particular areas of clinical speciality or service delivery
- The post holder monitors and authorises
travel and other expenses related to the execution of duties of team.The post holder
shares responsibility for authorising and checking petty cash
- The post holder will authorise
replacement of equipment and purchase of equipment prescribed by
Occupational health or other assessments.
The post holder is responsible for organising a
complex and varied work schedule that encompasses service development and management
duties
The post holder is responsible for ensuring
clinical records, assessments and reviews are conducted and recorded in a
timely way.
The post holder will,
at times, be required to hold a small caseload or undertake specific
casework/support that is likely to involve other health and social care
professionals. At such times, it is likely that he post holder may hold
care-coordinator responsibility
Care/support will be
delivered in a range of settings (out-patient appointments from base, in GP
surgeries, in the persons home, in other community settings)
By delegation from
the Service Manager, the post holder will take a lead role in the development
of designated service/treatment pathways and develop policy to support other
service delivery areas in Livewell Southwest to meet the needs of people with
learning disabilities, mainly in relation to nursing.
The
post holder will be a point of contact for people who use our service and their
carers or families when the responsible practitioner or another member of the
core team is absent or the enquiry has been escalated to a manager. The post holder will
liaise with people who use the service in relation to the recruitment process
and consult with individuals or user groups in relation to consultation about service
developments
By delegation form the Service Manager, the post holder is responsible
to design, develop and implement change within their own work areas and
influence changes in other areas of service delivery within Livewell
By delegation from the Service Manager, the post holder will be part of
long term, strategic development within the organisation and wider TCP/STP
within areas specified by the Service Manager
The post holder will be responsible for reviewing service compliance
across a range of sources, (e.g. SystmOne, Risk register )as identified by the
Service Manager
The post holder will undertake service based audits, liaise with
external agencies in relation to educational and service development.
The post holder will be
available to provide and support to the staff of the CLDT
The post holder will have
contact with people with learning disabilities, their families and carers in
relation to providing support and responding to issues impacting on their
lives.
The post holder will
communicate with the Head of Service in relation to operational issues related
to the delivery of their service responsibility and in situations delegated by
the Service Manager
The post holder will communicate
with relevant LSW boards in relation to service developments within the
service, at the request of the service Manager
The post holder will
communicate with other service providers across the city and peninsula (including
Devon Partnership Trust)
The post holder will hold
delegated responsibility to represent the CLDT at ICB meetings.
The post holder will be
required to chair multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings that will
include service users, families and a range of stakeholders
Person Specification
Additional
Essential
- Flexible to respond to the needs of the staff team you support who may be required to work unsociable hours
- Ability to attend conferences/meetings involving overnight stays away from home
- Values: Kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious and responsible
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Post-graduate level or Registered nurse qualification with
- 3-5 years significant relevant experience
Desirable
- Management qualifications
- Leadership Training/qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Mentoring/supervising junior practitioners
- Providing clinical Supervision
- Demonstrable skills in supporting and understanding the needs of people with learning disabilities
Desirable
- Experience in managing teams
Knowledge
Essential
- A thorough understanding of:
- Mental Health Act and practice
- Mental Capacity Act and practice
- SystmOne
- Care Programme Approach
- Human Rights Act
- Adult Safeguarding policy
- Health funding and CHC
- Health Inequalities for people with a learning disability
- Court of protection
Desirable
- Continuing Healthcare criteria
- NHSE Learning Disabilities Standards
- NHSE Ten Year Plan
- LeDER Programme
- STOMP
- Transforming Care Partnership
- Format of Learning Disabilities delivery across Plymouth
Skills
Essential
- A thorough understanding of the purpose and function of management
- A thorough understanding of the function of leadership within a MDT
- Exceptional Communication skills
- Organisational Skills
- IT literacy
- Excellent Report writing
- Chairing meetings
- Audit skills
Desirable
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Demonstrable management skills
- Effectively managing people who have different skills sets/professions
- Policy writing
- Chairing contentious meetings
- Skills in undertaking research
- demonstrable skills in research methodology
Person Specification
Additional
Essential
- Flexible to respond to the needs of the staff team you support who may be required to work unsociable hours
- Ability to attend conferences/meetings involving overnight stays away from home
- Values: Kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious and responsible
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Post-graduate level or Registered nurse qualification with
- 3-5 years significant relevant experience
Desirable
- Management qualifications
- Leadership Training/qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Mentoring/supervising junior practitioners
- Providing clinical Supervision
- Demonstrable skills in supporting and understanding the needs of people with learning disabilities
Desirable
- Experience in managing teams
Knowledge
Essential
- A thorough understanding of:
- Mental Health Act and practice
- Mental Capacity Act and practice
- SystmOne
- Care Programme Approach
- Human Rights Act
- Adult Safeguarding policy
- Health funding and CHC
- Health Inequalities for people with a learning disability
- Court of protection
Desirable
- Continuing Healthcare criteria
- NHSE Learning Disabilities Standards
- NHSE Ten Year Plan
- LeDER Programme
- STOMP
- Transforming Care Partnership
- Format of Learning Disabilities delivery across Plymouth
Skills
Essential
- A thorough understanding of the purpose and function of management
- A thorough understanding of the function of leadership within a MDT
- Exceptional Communication skills
- Organisational Skills
- IT literacy
- Excellent Report writing
- Chairing meetings
- Audit skills
Desirable
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Demonstrable management skills
- Effectively managing people who have different skills sets/professions
- Policy writing
- Chairing contentious meetings
- Skills in undertaking research
- demonstrable skills in research methodology
Additional information
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).
