Job summary
East London Community Forensic Service (ELCFS) is an enhanced multidisciplinary service providing care, treatments and support to service users in the process of and following discharge from secure care services. ELCFS also provide a liaison and consultation service to secondary care mental health services. ELCFS serve/cover both ELFT(Newham, City and Hackney and Tower Hamlets) and NELFT(Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham forest)localities.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated band 7(or above) RMN or RNLD nurse to join our expanding service as a service manager.
This role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to work in and be part of the NHS England's innovative" specialist community forensic team model" that focuses on: 1) providing INREACH support to help service users move safely towards discharge, therefore reduce length of stay in secure care. 2) Providing enhanced support in the community and so promote sustained recovery and quality of life in the community, reducing recalls to hospital.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Banza Mulumba, Community Forensic Service Lead
0208 510 4960
Banza.mulumba@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
Provide operational line management and supervision to Forensic Community Psychiatric nurses and other allocated staff to derive efficiency within the service.
To hold overall management responsibility for the creation of effective and robust systems across the service.
To ensure that relevant staff have an annual performance appraisal, performance plan and personal development plan, and that they are linked to the Trust's strategy and objectives
To ensure the service works in line with agreed pathways, policies and guidelines, and is focused on delivery of outcomes including timely and safe handover of clinical care.
To participate and lead on Quality Improvement initiatives and projects within the Directorate and create the conditions conducive to promoting a culture of learning
To be responsible for the overall management of the financial resources of the service.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organizations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant clinical qualification: RMN or RNLD
- Registration with relevant clinical body
- Evidence of post qualification clinical training
- Evidence of post qualification managerial training
Experience
Essential
- Senior managerial experience of a community based MH service
- Significant experience of risk assessment and management of offenders
- Significant experience of clinical work with offenders
- Significant experience of inter-agency working with forensic mental health, probation and prison services
- Significant experience of staff management, development and leadership
- Experience of recruitment, selection and retention
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current mental health legislation and initiatives and of safeguarding legislation
- Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues relevant to offenders
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Knowledge of equal opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
- NHS policies and procedures
- Health & Safety
- Knowledge of relevant national guidance eg NICE guidelines Knowledge of the evidence base for desistance from offending
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a high level of expertise in the field forensic outreach
- Skills in risk assessment and management of personality-disordered offenders
- Skills and aptitudes to provide effective leadership and management of clinical and non-clinical staff working in a challenging, high profile frontline service
- Skills in service development
- Skills in good team-working
- High level of verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to co-ordinate and deliver services to a complex group
- Ability to plan and develop local policy and procedure
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant clinical qualification: RMN or RNLD
- Registration with relevant clinical body
- Evidence of post qualification clinical training
- Evidence of post qualification managerial training
Experience
Essential
- Senior managerial experience of a community based MH service
- Significant experience of risk assessment and management of offenders
- Significant experience of clinical work with offenders
- Significant experience of inter-agency working with forensic mental health, probation and prison services
- Significant experience of staff management, development and leadership
- Experience of recruitment, selection and retention
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current mental health legislation and initiatives and of safeguarding legislation
- Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues relevant to offenders
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Knowledge of equal opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
- NHS policies and procedures
- Health & Safety
- Knowledge of relevant national guidance eg NICE guidelines Knowledge of the evidence base for desistance from offending
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a high level of expertise in the field forensic outreach
- Skills in risk assessment and management of personality-disordered offenders
- Skills and aptitudes to provide effective leadership and management of clinical and non-clinical staff working in a challenging, high profile frontline service
- Skills in service development
- Skills in good team-working
- High level of verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to co-ordinate and deliver services to a complex group
- Ability to plan and develop local policy and procedure
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).
