Early Intervention Psychosis Team Leader

NHS; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare provider in Bradford is seeking an experienced Team Leader for the Early Intervention in Psychosis Assessment Team. This full-time position involves leading a multidisciplinary team, providing supervision, and ensuring high care standards. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant professional qualification and have extensive experience in mental health coordination. Benefits include flexible working arrangements and health support packages.

Benefits

Increased mileage rates for > 3500

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a senior care coordinator role with adults, young people and/or children with serious mental health problems.
• Knowledge of psychosocial interventions (PSI) and experience of applying psychosocial principles in practice.
• Commitment to undertake PSI (or equivalent) training to degree/diploma standard.

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing a multidisciplinary team.
• Providing clinical supervision and operational oversight.
• Supporting service development and maintaining high standards of care.

Skills

Assessment

Risk management

Education

Professional qualification in mental health nursing, social work, occupational therapy or clinical psychology

Degree level education

Job description

Team Leader - Early Intervention in Psychosis Assessment Team

Band: Band 7

Location: Culture Fusion, Bradford City Centre

Hours: Full-time Position 37.5 Hours

Bradford Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP) Service is a nationally recognised, high-performing service delivering specialist care across Bradford and Districts through locality-based teams. We are seeking an innovative, motivated, and enthusiastic Team Leader to join our EIP Assessment Team, providing leadership and clinical oversight in a dynamic and supportive environment.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a well-established team of experienced mental health professionals. The Assessment Team focuses on individuals presenting with a possible first episode psychosis or those identified as being at risk (At Risk Mental States). You will be responsible for:

• Leading and managing a multidisciplinary team
• Providing clinical supervision and operational oversight
• Networking with key stakeholders across Bradford, Aire and Wharfe
• Supporting service development and maintaining high standards of care

Main duties of the job

The team focus is on specialist assessment for individuals presenting with a possible first episode psychosis and those at risk of developing psychosis (At Risk Mental States). The successful applicant will provide leadership, managerial and supervisory responsibility. Given the nature of the work, the role involves close networking with key stakeholders across the Bradford, Aire and Wharfe localities.

Priority areas for this post will be agreed annually via the appraisal process.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

• We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• Professional qualification in mental health nursing, social work, occupational therapy or clinical psychology.

Desirable:

• Degree level education
• PSI qualification
• AMHP qualification
• ENB 603
• CBT qualification
• Dual diagnosis qualification

Experience

Essential:

• Extensive experience in a senior care coordinator role with adults, young people and/or children with serious mental health problems.

Desirable:

• Experience of a leadership role in Early intervention
• Experience of working in a specialist psychosis service
• Experience of providing training in PSI (etc.)

Knowledge

Essential:

• Knowledge of psychosocial interventions (PSI) and experience of applying psychosocial principles in practice
• Commitment to undertake PSI (or equivalent) training to degree/diploma standard.
• Knowledge and understanding of the full range of professional groups in mental health

Skills

Essential:

• Assessment
• Risk management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.