Team Manager
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
Do you have excellent partnership working skills and managerial experience?
Are you flexible and adaptable to change and able to adjust services and delivery over time and in response to feedback?
Are you able to lead, inspire and motivate others to work with you?
If so, we would like to hear from you.
YMM in Gloucestershire continues to develop Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) working with over 140 primary and secondary schools. To increase access to mental health interventions for children and young people aged 5-18 years. New investment has seen the service expand and an exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for a Team Manager role.
This is a stimulating and challenging role with opportunity to be part of the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Gloucestershire and join the national programme transforming the way children and young people access mental health support and interventions.
MHST’s are multi agency teams lead by a Team Manager and comprising of qualified Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioners (SMHP), TiC+ Counsellors (a local charity) and Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP).This Team Manager role will oversee one of the localities, Cheltenham and Tewksbury, working closely with the other team managers.
Main duties of the job- Be responsible and lead the day-to-day management and line management to practitioners within MHST’s which will include trainee band 4 and Band 5 EMHP’s and Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioners
- Be responsible and ensure the effective co-ordination of a range of operational processes within the team such as referral and case allocation, caseload management, regular review and proactive monitoring of intervention within the MHST’s including consideration to safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicated.
- Demonstrate commitment to ensuring routine outcome monitoring is embedded within the development of the MHST’s in order to demonstrate improvements in outcomes for children, young people and parents/carers.
- Be able to plan and deliver against key milestones.
- Provide day to day operational management and leadership to the Mental Health Support Teams.
- Demonstrate enhanced competence in operational decision making.
- Collect and collate data and information effectively for the purpose of audit, and service performance.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Team Manager role requires working closely and effectively with a number of stakeholders.
This role is to be responsible and lead the day to day management and line management of staff, communicate effectively with a number of stakeholders across multiple education sites and contribute to the development and evaluation of this new service.As well as, supporting the Operational lead and Clinical Lead to ensure the successful mobilisation and implementation of MHST’s alongside colleagues in the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), education, the voluntary sector, specialist mental health services and Exeter University.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria- NMC registration or Equivalent
- Valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use
essential
Desirable criteria- Mental health experience with children and young people
- Management experience
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
- Free car parking at many of our sites
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
- A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
- Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
- Recognition and long service awards
- Fast Track physiotherapy
- Our Wellbeing line
- Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.