Community Mental Health Team Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will provide strong leadership to the team to ensure it performs in the most efficient and effective way ensuring all key performance indicators are met whilst providing a safe and high quality service.

managerial

To provide strong leadership and vision to the team maintaining robust quality assurance to enable a safe high quality service to be delivered.

To direct staff and provide expert advice and guidance on the management of service users care.

To ensure that work allocated to staff is commensurate with their skill set and level of training.

To manage and maintain systems for planning and allocation of work and for the setting and reviewing of targets, standards and priorities to the team.

To ensure professional supervision systems are in place.

To participate in the recruitment and appointment of staff within agreed HR procedures.

To hold regular team meetings and develop the team.

clinical

To respond to enquiries and complaints within the framework of the complaints procedure.

To work in partnership with other statutory, independent sector and other agencies, in the effective discharge of the duties of the post.

To manage staff sickness through the agreed sickness management policy/ procedures and to provide regular monitoring reports to the line manager.

To deal appropriately with clinical incidents and complaints in accordance with trust policies.

Ensure all staff are appropriately trained to meet the requirements of their role and any issues with performance are addressed.

To work with and monitor performance indicators to achieve key performance indicators.

To ensure all resources are used effectively and efficiently and within budget.

To be signatory for the team and ensure all financial procedures are administered according to the Trust Standing Financial Instructions.

To contribute to audits as required, providing relevant data as required in line with performance monitoring targets.

Clinical

To effectively manage the referrals to the team ensuring capacity is maintained and urgent cases are responded to in a timely manner.

To demonstrate the ability to make sound managerial and clinical decisions in relation to mental health and acute physical illness for this client group.

To chair MDT meetings, reviews, case conferences, planning meetings as required.

To advise and make recommendations to the wider MDT with regard to the clinical management of service users.

To provide advice and managerial direction in line with Safeguarding Adults processes and procedures to the team ensuring appropriate referrals to the Local Authority are made.

To effectively liaise and collaborate with other professions, statutory and independent agencies.

To be responsible for recording and systematically evaluating outcomes.

To maintain accurate and clinical records on all service user contacts are maintained using approved systems and processes, including local authority systems.

To provide information and resources to non-mental health professionals in relation to the safe and effective management of service users with mental health / psychological problems.

To observe and practice within the legal requirements of the Mental Health

Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act and act as a resource on this matter to the team.

Person Specification

shortlisting

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) , Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with current registration or other professional registered qualification in a health or social care with current registration with Professional body.
• Substantial experience as a senior mental health practitioner at Band 6 or equivalent level in a CMHT or similar service with clients with severe/ enduring mental health issues. This should include o Experience of working with multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures. o Experience of working to objectives, within a performance management framework. o Experience of providing day-to-day clinical leadership and operational management. Providing clinical and management supervision. o Experience of joint working with outside agencies. o Experience of commissioning care and local authority procedures, eligibility criteria, personalisation etc. o Experience of managing budgets. o Experience of working to objectives, within a performance management framework. o Experience in chairing professionals meetings o Experience of managing / triaging referrals o Application Form o Interview AFC 18/07/18 JME-294-18 Community Mental Health Team Manager Band 7 Knowledge o Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and CPA o Knowledge of key guidance, screening and assessment processes related to CMHT client group o Knowledge of NICE guidance and best practice guidelines with regards to this client group. o Knowledge of risk management issues o Knowledge of
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and CPA o Knowledge of key guidance, screening and assessment processes related to CMHT client group o Knowledge of NICE guidance and best practice guidelines with regards to this client group. o Knowledge of risk management issues
• Ability to function and make decisions in a fast paced, dynamic environment o Ability to represent mental health services and build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders. o Evidence of well-developed comprehensive mental health assessment skills. o leadErship and management skills; Evidence of the ability to lead, motivate and manage a group of skilled staff o Ability to manage own emotions and deal with others in highly charged situations o Experience of governance processes, including responding to complaints and completing investigations following incidents o Ability to manage the performance of staff in a o Ability to provide education and training to different grades of professional staff both informal and by formal presentation. o Evidence of effective change management skills o Ability to produce written reports that are clear, unambiguous and produced with agreed timescales.
• Work Related Circumstances o Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs o Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies

Desirable

• Educated to degree level or working towards o Formal teaching qualification o Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher / Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete
• Experience of managing budgets. o Experience of working to objectives, within a performance management framework. o Experience in chairing professionals meetings o Experience of managing / triaging referrals
• Knowledge of the Care Act
• Ability to provide education and training to different grades of professional staff both informal and by formal presentation. o Evidence of effective change management skills

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Pennine Care NHS FT

Address

The Meadows

Owens Farm Drive

Offerton

SK2 5EQ

Employer's website

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