Deputy Team Manager

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Witney; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Deputy Team Manager to support a team in mental health services. The role involves managerial and clinical responsibilities, offering an opportunity for growth in a supportive environment. Candidates must be registered mental health nurses with Band 7 experience. The position includes benefits like 27 days annual leave and excellent career progression.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Discounts

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health field with leadership roles.
• Strong managerial and clinical skills.
• Commitment to safeguarding and diversity.

Responsibilities

• Provide management and oversight to clinical staff.
• Conduct assessments and manage a small caseload.
• Act as Duty Manager during specified hours.

Skills

Leadership in mental health

Clinical assessment

Collaboration with stakeholders

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Band 7 experience

Job description

Role Overview

As Deputy Team Manager for the North & West AMHT (Witney), you will support the Consultant Psychiatrist (Clinical Lead) and Team Manager (Operational Lead) to provide clinical and leadership support to the wider team. You will also participate in the university teaching hospital context, with students occasionally accompanying professionals at appointments. We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Responsibilities

• Providing day‑to‑day management and clinical supervision to staff, and supporting the ongoing development and performance management of the team.
• Undertaking clinical duties, including duty shifts, conducting assessments and managing a small caseload.
• Liaison with other services and stakeholders as required, often acting as a link person for complex situations.
• Acting as Duty Manager on a rota that includes weekends and out of hours working (full shadowing support will be provided for those new to this responsibility).
• Deputising for the Team Manager as required.
• We are also part of a University teaching hospital and students may sometimes accompany professionals at appointments.

Requirements and Duties

• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust-wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We are advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people. We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. We actively support anti‑racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will have a conversation with you. We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce; we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under‑represented, which includes, amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Ideal Candidate

Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with experience in mental health? We are looking for someone with previous Band 7 experience to take on a clinical and operational leadership role in a friendly, supportive and dedicated service. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified and ambitious individual with experience in a mental health community to continue developing your managerial and leadership skills whilst continuing to undertake varied and more complex clinical work.

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team