[ref. s81230321] Team Leader - NHS
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below.When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
Are you an experienced Team Leader?
Would you like to work for an Outstanding Trust?
Come and work in our friendly Enhanced Primary Mental Health Service (EPMHS) which is based in The Orchards, Hemel Hempstead! The team delivers psychologically informed interventions and other support interventions for those who fall into the gap between Community Mental Health Teams and NHS Talking Therapies Teams.
You will work in collaboration with Primary Care Mental Health Services Manager and other Team Leader colleagues, to ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery for our service users.
We are looking for a team leader to provide daily leadership and support the team’s ongoing development. You will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills through the East of England Leadership Academy - training is actively promoted.You will have a registered profession such as nursing, occupational therapy or social work. The team is fun to work with, fresh and enthusiastic – this is a great time to join them!
This is a great opportunity for someone seeking to develop their leadership skills.
For an informal chat, please contact Corrin Smith on 07814 352281 or Adrienne Coward 07814 353426
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- provide day to day operational management, leadership, and supervision to Primary Care Mental Health Services Staff
- manage primary care mental health staff which may include EPMHS staff and GP+ staff
- maintain a clinical leadership role and/ or a caseload dependent on sector need
- contribute at a local level to the development and implementation of policies and procedures
- work with the Service Manager, to undertake the timely recruitment selection, appointment and induction of team members
- manage all aspects of the team’s time i.e. Rota, Time worked, Annual Leave via the E Roster system.
In return, we can offer you:
- leadership and management training
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
- Employee Assistance Programme
Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match.
We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Ensure the provision of appropriate triage and advice to individuals with severe mental illness and complex needs, presenting in primary care
- Ensure the liaison with other services or agencies to support the primary care network response to mental health needs in primary care.
- Participate in risk assessment and risk management activities appropriate to primary care.
- Maintain service activities in line with the agreed referral and triage criteria.
- To provide a flexible service, responsive to Service User need and Stakeholder feedback.
- To develop the service in line with Trust strategy
- Maintain an effective skill/ professional personnel mix to provide a multi-professional team approach.
- Put in place systems to investigate and access a wide range of services designed to meet occupational, recreational, social and health needs in primary care.
- To provide information for service development and evaluation through the use of outcome measurements, audit and annual service policy review.
- Implement risk assessment procedures related to the working environment, tasks and client management.
For a more detailed person and Job Description please read the attached before applying
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- RMN/DipSW/CQSW/OT qualification.
- Evidence of current registration with the NMC, GSCC or HPC.
- Cert or Dip. in management.
Experience
Essential criteria- Extensive post qualifying experience of working with people with mental health problems in the community.
- Experience of working within or with primary care services
- Experience of providing clinical and management supervision.
- Involvement in the development of a new service or of change management.
- Experience of working within or with primary care services
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”.This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority.
Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
Visa and Immigration
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.Those who are on a visa will be issued with Fixed Term Contract in line with your visa end date.