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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
351-CEN964-EJ-A
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
L7F9 L6081 CMHT South Ribble
Town
Preston
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Deputy Team Leader

Band 6

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

  • Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
  • Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
  • Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, Psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information about  Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

We have a captivating opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to come and join in our South Ribble Community mental health team, based at Pathways, as a Deputy Team Lead.

This will be to support and assist the Team manager in the smooth day to day running of the team. We are looking for an exceptional Band 6’ practitioner who is able to demonstrate good leadership skills, has the ability and experience to support with and manage change within the clinical practice and processes.

The successful candidate should demonstrate the ability to independently make sound clinical and leadership judgements, and would regularly supervise the workload of junior colleagues. Extensive clinical experience in managing different mental health conditions, to support motivation and improve patient experience and care is essential. You would be expected to manage a reduced caseload of complex patients. The successful candidate will be a role model daily demonstrating the LSCFT core values in all aspects of their work.

Please see job description and personal specification attached before submitting an application and ensure you meet the criteria provided.

 

 

 

 

Main duties of the job

To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct. 

To provide nurse leadership within the team and to act as a key member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team ensuring the effective assessment, planning, clinical treatment, monitoring and evaluation of care given to service users with severe and enduring mental illness under a Case Management process.           

To ensure that stable secondary care patients are provided with the support they require, including the support needed to meet their physical health needs, as they step down into primary care.

To provide nursing activity in the delivery of pharmacological treatments and subsequent patient monitoring for desired outcomes and unwanted side effects.  Such treatments include depot medications and also the Physical Health monitoring associated with this.

To deliver a service which enhances service users’ experience of a personalised service that is under pinned by the effective delivery of case management requirements and promotes enhanced physical health and treatment outcome monitoring.

To ensure an effective link between delivery and client outcomes that responds quickly at times of highlighted client concerns.

To act as a source of information within the other teams and support to other team members engaged in clinical treatments.

 

 

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. 

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. 

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. 

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professionally Registered Mental Health Nurse Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN/Dip SW) Equivalent professional registered Allied Health Care Professional.
Desirable criteria
  • Degree/ diploma in RMHN/ RMN/ Allied Health Care. Leadership/management training

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Mental health awareness. Physical health awareness. Awareness of understanding of the importance of service users and carers being central to the process of planning and delivering services. Knowledge of issues with regard to informed consent to treatment. Risk assessment. Dual Diagnosis. Pharmacology and associated biological factors. Good communication skills in a variety of formats. Computer literate. Report writing skills.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience at Band 6 level. Inter-agency working. Under standing of policy / procedures Ability to work as a team member. Enthusiasm for working with the client group and service type.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Margaret Marshall
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01772 676068