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Team Manager - Working Age Universal Crisis Team
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
263-CL23-239-MG-C
Employer
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Nicholas Hospital, Ashgrove
Town
Gosforth
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/05/2024 23:59

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Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust logo

Team Manager

Band 7

Hello!

We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).

We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’  We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.

Opportunities for you

Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.

We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.

  • Cultural diversity staff network
  • Disabled staff network
  • LGBT+ staff network

We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:

  • Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
  • Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
  • Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group

We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.

Always improving

CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?

Job overview

Exciting opportunity for a Full Time Team Manager position within the Working Age Pathway at the Newcastle and Gateshead Universal Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, based at St Nicholas Hospital.

This is a Full Time role with flexibility to support candidates with condensed working hours, for example, 4 x 8am-6pm shifts, across Monday to Sunday, alongside service need. Alternatively, working hours would ordinarily be across Monday to Friday normal working hours (9-5pm) should condensed hours not be required.

If you would like to know more about what the wider Crisis Multi-Disciplinary Team offer and support day to day, please view a short video by copying and pasting the below link into your URL:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBTd6jRCsVo

The Team Manager is responsible and accountable for providing safe, effective care and an efficient service, to patients and their carers who live within the community.

Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. Alongside clinical leadership and effective day-to-day management of the team, commitment to promoting recovery and maximising independence and fulfilling wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation. We are seeking an individual who has experience and knowledge of supporting individuals in crisis.

For any initial queries/informal discussion, please contact–

Daniella Herbertz on: Mobile: 07890388009 Alternatively/

Email: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

Provide day-to-day management of the team, hold excellent communication skills and ability to form positive working relationships with Systems Partners

Support with recruitment, retention and induction of staff

Conducting clinical and managerial Supervision, Appraisals and oversight of individuals development

Managing performance and absence/staff wellbeing

Ensure statutory and mandatory training is completed

Support implementation and development of patient and carer experience

Oversight of a support with Informal and Standard Complaints process

Engagement within Interface Meetings

Dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases

Motivate, engage and develop the team within a multi-disciplinary team environment

Lead and coordinate team communication, including holding regular team meetings, communicating and consulting on service changes (which may be contentious), and acting as a conduit of information

Support Team following Serious Incidents and with Debriefs, Local and After Action Review Process and Serious Incident Panels

Working for our organisation

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return, we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

There are opportunities for further professional development within scope of the successful candidates experience and development needs, alongside service need.

Flexibility with working hours is available and can be discussed informally with Daniella Herbertz.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note to apply for this role you must have the right to work in the UK. CNTW NHS Foundation Trust will not provide sponsorship for this role.

1 x Full Time Vacancy for a Team Manager within the Working Age Pathway, Newcastle and Gateshead Universal Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHT).

We are looking for a dynamic person, who is able to work well under pressure, is resourceful and has a keen interest in an operational role, to support the development and wellbeing of the workforce within Crisis Team. In addition to being an excellent role model, we are seeking an individual who has experience and knowledge of supporting individuals in crisis.

Patient and carer involvement is a pivotal part of this role, in promoting collaborative partnerships to maximise individuals experience and recovery.

As Team Manager, you should be adept in establishing effective working relationships with colleagues, and wider organisations, supporting engagement with interface meetings, whilst promoting collaborative working relationships.

Provide clinical leadership for all cases, providing competent clinical and caseload supervision and ensuring quality of the supervision structures within the team.

Make complex, sensitive decisions based on professional judgement in relation to service users and their families, being aware of the safe guarding children and adult procedures, adhering to local guidelines and policies. Ensure effective clinical supervision structure is in place for all staff including JDR process. Chair safeguarding meetings this would require the courage to voice concerns about practise and service delivery. Promote, implement and manage clinical standards and good practises within their area of responsibility and across the care pathway ensuring appropriate record keeping is maintained.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 17th April 2024

Closing date : 8th May 2024

We welcome your application.

Daniella Herbertz encourages any applicants to please make contact on: 07890388009 for any informal discussions, or to attend base for an informal catch up and to meet the team. 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent first level qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of coordinating and managing staff resources.
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of human resource issues and budget management. Undertaking Joint Development Reviews.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate leadership skills/delegation. Excellent communication skills Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and conflict management
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of RiO data systems and IT skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

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
Daniella Herbertz
Job title
Clinical Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07890388009