Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Harrow Home Treatment team at Northwick Park Hospital, Mental Health Centre.
The post holder will work to ensure people being cared for by the Harrow Home Treatment team experience high quality care. The successful candidate will be a forward thinking highly visible leader, with a commitment to the development of services.
You will need to be a registered Health or social care professional with significant experience at band 7 or above to be eligible to apply for this opportunity.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leadership and development, be an effective role model, self-motivated with the commitment, drive and adaptability to thrive in this demanding post.
You will possess excellent communication skills, be visible and accessible with quality and high standards at the core of your professional profile. You will need to be flexible and resilient in order to cope with the demands of the role.
In addition, you must be able to influence and negotiate in order to improve the service your team provides for their patients. Evidence of continuing professional development is essential. You will work closely with the full range of the multi-disciplinary team both at the Centre and also in the community.
Main duties of the job
Ensure the involvement of service users, carers, diverse communityorganisations and other key stakeholders in the delivery of these services.
Demonstrate a commitment to culturally sensitive practice through creative engagement with service users and carers from black and minority ethnic groups in Harrow, ensuring this practice is reflected within the team.Ensure that the designated services are of high quality and meet the diverse needs of the local population.
Be pivotal within the team, establishing its ethos and ensuring close liaison between the Harrow Home Treatment Team, the inpatient unit, theCommunity Mental Health Teams and other parts of Harrow Mental Health Services.
Ensure that services meet the quality monitoring, and performancemanagement requirements of Best Value, Clinical Governance and corporate standards.
In return for your enthusiasm, commitment and hard work we can offer you a supportive work environment, a range of training opportunities, personal development and the opportunity to collaborative working within a well-established multidisciplinary team.
About us
CNWL provides NHS servicesthroughout a person's life, in physical and mental health and everything inbetween, at GPs and hospitals to the community and in their own home.
The majority of our services are provided in the community, which means treating people in their homes or from clinics close to home. In this sense we are a very modern part of the NHS, something the new Long Term Plan wants to see more of, with better integration and coordination of care, delivered as close to home as possible
Where community care is not possible we offer a number of facilities to treat people in hospital or residential environments. We also provide healthcare in prisons in London and the surrounding areas.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder is required to provide professional leadership and management of the Harrow Home Treatment Team.
The post holder will be involved in the recruitment of the team, devising the operational policy, other protocols and arranging staff induction and training.
The post-holder will provide the diverse workforce of the teams with clear leadership, supervision, support, and developmental opportunities to ensure effective use of resources at all times
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder is required to provide professional leadership and management of the Harrow Home Treatment Team.
The post holder will be involved in the recruitment of the team, devising the operational policy, other protocols and arranging staff induction and training.
The post-holder will provide the diverse workforce of the teams with clear leadership, supervision, support, and developmental opportunities to ensure effective use of resources at all times
Person Specification
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Recognised professional qualification in mental health, e.g. RMN,
Desirable
- Academic qualification in health, business, or management disciplines
- Certificate or Diploma in management/Leadership studies.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing a multi-disciplinary mental health team including medical staff.
- Experience of supervising staff and conducting appraisals of staff.
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration at senior level, including partnership working with other agencies on a wide range of service user care issues.
- Experience of developing operational policies/procedures.
- Experience of dealing with complaints
- Experience of managing budgets
- Experience of writing reports and delivering presentations to a high standard and to senior staff.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an integrated mental health service.
- Demonstrate evidence of setting up a new service or project management of a mental health service.
- Experience of working in community mental health service.
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the Safeguarding Policies and procedures. For both vulnerable adults and children.
- Excellent interpersonal relationship skills and appropriate diplomacy skills.
- Ability to develop & maintaining positive working relationships with staff and the wider professional groups or individuals.
- Demonstrate a commitment to working with people suffering from severe and enduring mental illness, a significant proportion of whom are from black and minority ethnic communities.
- Ability to treat service users and carers with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person.
Desirable
- Commitment to promoting the rights of vulnerable adults.
- Ability to provide high quality nursing advice.
Other
Essential
- Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to CNWL: to be checked at interview.
Person Specification
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Recognised professional qualification in mental health, e.g. RMN,
Desirable
- Academic qualification in health, business, or management disciplines
- Certificate or Diploma in management/Leadership studies.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing a multi-disciplinary mental health team including medical staff.
- Experience of supervising staff and conducting appraisals of staff.
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration at senior level, including partnership working with other agencies on a wide range of service user care issues.
- Experience of developing operational policies/procedures.
- Experience of dealing with complaints
- Experience of managing budgets
- Experience of writing reports and delivering presentations to a high standard and to senior staff.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an integrated mental health service.
- Demonstrate evidence of setting up a new service or project management of a mental health service.
- Experience of working in community mental health service.
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the Safeguarding Policies and procedures. For both vulnerable adults and children.
- Excellent interpersonal relationship skills and appropriate diplomacy skills.
- Ability to develop & maintaining positive working relationships with staff and the wider professional groups or individuals.
- Demonstrate a commitment to working with people suffering from severe and enduring mental illness, a significant proportion of whom are from black and minority ethnic communities.
- Ability to treat service users and carers with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person.
Desirable
- Commitment to promoting the rights of vulnerable adults.
- Ability to provide high quality nursing advice.
Other
Essential
- Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to CNWL: to be checked at interview.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northwick Park Hospital
Mental health Centre, Watford Road, Harrow,HA1 3UJ
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
