Band 6 Deputy Team Leader - HMP Birmingham, Substance Misuse Service

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in mental health care is seeking a Band 6 Deputy Team Leader to oversee a dynamic team at HMP Birmingham. This role provides an opportunity to enhance leadership skills while addressing substance misuse issues among prisoners. Ideal candidates will have recent nursing experience and a passion for compassionate care.

Benefits

Environmental allowance of £1,542 per annum

Qualifications

• 12-18 months experience at Band 5 required.
• Experience in secure and offender healthcare is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management in a challenging healthcare environment.
• Supervise staff and manage rotas.
• Ensure effective communication and support for prisoners.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Empathy

Self-awareness

Compassion

Critical self-reflection

Education

Registered Nurse

RMN/RGN Qualification

Job description

Band 6 Deputy Team Leader - HMP Birmingham, Substance Misuse Service

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Deputy Team Leader) within HMP Birmingham to join Birmingham Recovery Team. We are looking to recruit highly motivated individuals who are passionate about providing high quality and compassionate care within a unique environment.

Birmingham Recovery Team provides the clinical substance misuse service at HMP Birmingham and the role involves assessing, planning, and treating prisoners who come into custody with substance/addictions related issues.

As an integrated healthcare service, we work collaboratively with the Psychosocial team, Primary Care and Mental Health teams. It is an exciting time for the team here and we need a dynamic and eager person to join the team, bringing fresh ideas and a willingness to evolve the service.

This role will provide the candidate with the opportunity to gain experience at leadership and management level- including staff supervision and support. As you may know this is a very busy time of change within the prison, an opportunity for us to maximise on those changes to make our own. This is an opportunity to be a part of those changes at a management level.

The successful candidates will need excellent communication and organisational skills and setting their own work agenda in line with the job role and Trust and local HMPPS policies.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be a Registered Nurse who are able to work in a challenging, dynamic and recovery focused environment.

You will need to demonstrate a range of skills including the following:

• Effective leadership and management
• Staff supervision and appraisals
• Rota management
• Effective communication, empathy, self-awareness, compassion and critical self-reflection

This role requires a minimum of 12-18 months experience at Band 5.

Experience working within secure and offender healthcare is desirable.

As part of the recruitment process and offer of employment, HMPPS security enhanced level 1 clearance is required.

The post includes an environmental allowance of £1,542 per annum,

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main job responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Nursing Experience

• Qualified RMN/ RGN
• Minimum of 12-18 months experience
• Supporting statement
• Evidence of knowledge: leadership & management
• Secure and offender healthcare experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum, pro rata