Deputy Team Manager

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Winwick; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Deputy Manager to support the Clinical Team Manager on Austen Ward (Hollins Park) and Bridge Ward (Brooker Centre). The role involves balancing managerial and clinical duties within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, safe and effective care.

The post holder will demonstrate resilience, problem-solving and strong interpersonal skills, with a focus on coaching leadership, continuous quality improvement and patient-centred planning

Qualifications

• Lead and support the ward under the Clinical Team Manager and maintain professional standards.
• Provide high-quality clinical and managerial support to the team members.
• Coach leadership style and promote quality improvement across services.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to balance managerial and clinical activity.
• Ensure safe, person-centred care and active involvement of service users and carers.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering high quality safe and effective care on Austen Ward/Bridge Ward.
• Promote and implement integrated care pathways and appropriate service user referrals.
• Ensure accurate record keeping in line with Trust standards and policies.
• Support the Clinical Team Manager with supervision and professional development of staff.
• Contribute to service transformation and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Job description

Two exciting opportunities have arisen one in Austen Ward, Hollins Park and one in Bridge Ward, Brooker Centre for a Band 6 Deputy Manager to support the Clinical Team Manager and ward to deliver high quality safe and effective care.

This is a demanding and challenging role where, as a successful candidate, you will be required to demonstrate high levels of resilience, excellent problem solving and inter-personal skills as well as the ability to provide sound clinical and managerial support to team members.

The post holder will also demonstrate a passion for coaching leadership style, quality improvement and attitude which respects and values service users' choice and works alongside them and their carers to ensure they are at the centre of care planning.

The post holder will assist the Clinical Team Manager in carrying continuing Professional and managerial responsibility for the ward.

The post holder will operate as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a balance of Managerial and Clinical activity. They will ensure continuity of care for service users on their journey through the acute service.

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.

Implement case load supervision to monitor the standards of service user care and ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.

Participate in regular clinical supervision as per Trust policy

Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.

Provide information, education and support for family members, carers and other relevant professionals.

Give/receive regular managerial/clinical supervision as per Trust policy.

Ensure the clinical environment is conducive to promote service users health, safety and well-being, thereby preserving and respecting each service user's personal dignity, privacy, religious and cultural beliefs.

Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.

Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and Trust Medicines Code.

Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the Multi-disciplinary team.

Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.

Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings.