Deputy Team Manager - Crisis Team South

Oxford Health NHS Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Deputy Team Manager for its Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team in High Wycombe. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a clinical background in mental health, aiming to advance in management. Responsibilities include leading the team, conducting complex assessments, and developing recovery-focused interventions. This role offers opportunities for career development and a supportive environment with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

NHS Discount across various retailers

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in community mental health services, including crisis intervention.
• Proven ability to lead and supervise multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and operational management to the team.
• Conduct complex assessments and develop care plans.
• Engage patients in goal-setting and care planning.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Crisis intervention

Mental health care

Communication skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

Post-basic qualification in community care

Job description

Are you looking for a new leadership role with a growing and developing service? Or looking to take your first step into clinical management?

The Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team in Buckinghamshire Mental Health Services are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and skilled Deputy Team Manager to join their team. This is an opportunity for a clinician who wants to further develop and gain their managerial skills within the urgent and crisis care pathway.

To be successful, you should hold a clinical qualification in Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing or Social Work.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will take a lead on the development of recovery focused interventions providing expertise and training for the team, coordinating the work of the clinicians and maintaining a close working relationship with colleagues and other third sector services that work alongside the team to deliver a crisis response to all patients on our caseload.

• Provide first-line clinical leadership and operational management to the CRHTT multi-disciplinary team, ensuring safe delivery of assessments, care planning, and crisis interventions tailored to patient and carer needs.
• Conduct highly complex assessments, including risk evaluation, identify needs, and develop evidence-based care plans in collaboration with patients and carers.
• Communicate effectively with staff, patients, families, and carers using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools.
• Deliver interventions outlined in care plans, monitor their effectiveness, and guide/support others in implementing these interventions.
• Engage patients in goal-setting and care planning, obtain valid informed consent, and work within legal frameworks for patients lacking capacity.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• 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

Job responsibilities

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.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience in community mental health services, including crisis intervention and recovery-focused care.
• Proven ability to lead and supervise multidisciplinary teams, providing both clinical and managerial supervision.
• Previous work experience of working in Mental Health Crisis Teams.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualification: Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist.
• Post-basic qualification in community care, leadership/management, or advanced clinical skills (e.g., AMHP, CBT, DBT).

Personal Qualities

• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and support staff in a high-pressure environment.
• Adaptable, proactive, and able to manage stressful or emotional situations empathetically, maintaining professionalism
• Flexible Approach to Staff

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.