Clinical Team Manager
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Job overview
This role is a hybrid role with both clinical and managerial responsibilities, applicants must have experience of line managing staff, up to date knowledge on community mental health framework and a passion to lead and transform services in line with community transformation.This includes leading on the liaison with the primary care networks and GP surgeries and the management of the primary care mental health team, as well as playing a key role in supporting the clinical leadership of parts of the CMHT and leading the team through transformation.
This role is to support the Primary Care Mental health team across Warrington & Halton and your role will bring together the interface working between Mersey Care and Primary Care.
This is a crucial leadership role which involves working with GP practices and local Primary Care networks to support the delivery of high quality service offered by Mersey Care staff.
To be successful you will need to be able to develop and maintain strong and supportive relationships with our primary care stakeholders and also within our own Mersey care services to support the transformation work within the community mental health division.
You would be joining an established and experienced team, whose roles are evolving, you will provide clinical leadership which is compassionate and supportive as well as line management support to the nursing team.
Applicants should be well organised, with strong communication skills.
Main duties of the job
You will provide management to a primary care mental health team who hold clinics within Primary care networks, developing and delivering strong communications to support and maintain our relationships with our key stakeholders along side offering clinical leader ship under the CMHT.
You will ensure the team are managed and supported effectively and compassionately and in line with trust policies.
You will support the wider transformation within the trust.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CLINICAL/MANAGERIAL:
To provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership to all staff.
To support staff in assessment and developing plans to meet patient needs and to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard.
Liaise with family members, carers and significant others with regards to the assessment and treatment of service users.
To be the first point of contact for service users and carers that have concerns regarding their care and make every effort to resolve their concerns sensitively and promptly.
To direct and supervise all staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
To ensure that team resources are managed appropriately to maximise care and efficient work patterns. This will include tasks such as management of attendance, annual leave and the use of extra resources.
To use skills gained through qualification and experience to communicate with members of your team in the implementation of change and in the interest of good, cohesive team working.
Support staff as we embed the Community Transformation national agenda within the division.
To liaise with other professionals offering services within the service to ensure good communication and high standards of service user care.
Liaise with other professionals with a multi-disciplinary approach to ensure a high quality of service delivery.
To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service users care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health care record. Supervise and monitor the entries made by team members through performance management and audit.
Provide reports and statistical returns to a variety of Trust departments as requested.
To co-ordinate the provision of teaching sessions in order to pass on knowledge and skills.
To assist in the implementation of change or new systems within the area.
Ensure that all incidents are documented as per trust policy and that any follow-up action is taken.
PROFESSIONAL:
To be responsible for maintaining your own professional registration
To develop effective working relationships with other professionals outside of the Trust in order to enhance the delivery of care to service users
To participate as a supervisor and supervisee in the services performance management framework. Work towards and help others work towards goals and objectives as agreed in personal development plans.
Take responsibility for maintaining and developing your knowledge and skills within your area of work.
To attend, as appropriate courses and conferences and to feedback and share knowledge gained from attendance.
To be professionally accountable for your actions as a registered nurse.
To act, at all times, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, ensuring that all team members are adhering to policy and procedure.
To undertake mandatory training as stipulated by the Trust and ensure that all actions are in line with training. To monitor that all team members take up mandatory training annually.
To keep up to date with developments in clinical practice and make recommendations for change as appropriate.
To co-ordinate projects to look at specific clinical practices and ensure findings are implemented within the team.
To take an active role in the reporting of adverse incidents as per trust policy. Ensure that team members follow the policy and appropriately report all incidents.
To organise the local induction of new staff.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained), on the appropriate part of the NMC register and hold a current NMC registration
- Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained), on the appropriate part of the NMC register and hold a current NMC registration
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working in an acute environment.
- Experience of mentorship, supervision and co-ordination of staff.
- Experience of working as a Nurse in Charge/Shift Co-ordinator
- Experience of Care Planning process
- Working in a multiagency framework
- Demonstrate a contribution to change management process
- Experience in positive leadership of a team
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Recovery Model
- Mental Health Act (1983)
- Effective Care Coordination
- Relevant National policies and guidance
- Evidence based and reflective practice
- Mental Capacity Act
- Vulnerable Adults Procedure and Child Protection.
- Safety, Privacy and Dignity Guidelines
- An overview of the Trust’s objectives
Skills
Essential criteria- Demonstrate sound leadership qualities and an understanding of management styles
- Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
- Ability to delegate and coordinate
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to utilise Assessment skills and tools effectively
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Ability to maintain accurate and up to date clinical records
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Effective time & workload management
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to identify and minimise risk effectively
- IT skills
- Ability to travel in the course of performing duties.
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Community transformation
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