Gateshead Memory Hub Team Manager

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust seeks a highly motivated Team Manager to lead the Older Persons Specialist Memory Hub in Gateshead, improving diagnostic times and post-diagnostic support for dementia patients. You will oversee a well-established Memory Hub, driving high-quality, safe, compassionate care for older adults with dementia.

The role requires Registered Mental Health Nurses with extensive experience in Older Persons Mental Health and a track record of service improvement and

Qualifications

• Registered on the NMC register, Mental Health.
• Mentor qualification / ENB 998 or equivalent/ Completed Mentorship Course.
• Mentorship/Teaching & assessing qualification.
• Leadership Qualification (Desirable)

Responsibilities

• Provide management to the team with accountability and responsibility for the safe delivery of all aspects of patient care.
• Support the Clinical Operational Manager in continuous service improvements and the delivery of transformational projects within areas of accountability.
• Monitor the performance and quality of the service the team delivers and ensuring local and national targets are met.
• Ensure the experience of our patients and their families is understood within the teams.
• Ensure the highest standard of holistic safe and effective care is delivered through the use of evidence based professional practice, in line with agreed local and national standards.
• Responsible for the effective and efficient operational management of the Memory Hub.
• Support and continually developing staff to ensure they have the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/speciality requirements

Skills

Clinical leadership

IT literacy

Communication

Time management

Delegation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

NMC mental health registration

Mentor qualification

Mentorship/teaching qualification

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly motivated, innovative & confident clinical Team Manager to lead the Older Persons Specialist Memory Hub in Gateshead. This is an exciting leadership post that will support the ongoing transformation of the Organic Pathway, supporting improved diagnostic times and post diagnostic support for patients with Dementia. The successful candidate will operationally lead the well-established Memory Hub service and contribute to the delivery of high-quality, safe and compassionate care for older adults with Dementia. This post will also play an integral part in leading ongoing service improvement work across Older Persons Memory services in Gateshead. Applicants should be a Registered Mental Health Nurse with relevant experience working with patients and carers with a dementia diagnosis, and extensive clinical experience in Older Persons Mental Health.

Main duties of the job

Providing management to the team with accountability and responsibility for the safe delivery of all aspects of patient care. Supporting the Clinical Operational Manager in continuous service improvements and the delivery of transformational projects within areas of accountability.

• Monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers and ensuring local and national targets are met.
• Ensuring the experience of our patients and their families is understood within the teams.
• Ensuring the highest standard of holistic safe and effective care is delivered through the use of evidence based professional practice, in line with agreed local and national standards.
• Responsible for the effective and efficient operational management of the Memory Hub.
• Supporting and continually developing staff to ensure they have the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/speciality requirements

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead. Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients. We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region. Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement. We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks. The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide high quality and safe care for patients, staff and visitors. They will provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity and who can role model the trust values at all times. They must have broad evidence of continuous professional development. The post holder will have operational responsibility for all aspects of clinical standards, professional practice, manage and co-ordinate staff, budget, resources and the environment. Demonstrate effective leadership, being visible and accessible to patients, families and carers which ensure efficient, effective and caring services. Accountability for the delivery of all performance indicators, essential standards and quality outcomes. Develop and where appropriate deliver training packages to enhance the knowledge and skills of the workforce and students.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered on the NMC register, Mental Health
• Mentor qualification / ENB 998 or equivalent/ Completed Mentorship Course
• Mentorship/Teaching & assessing qualification

Desirable

• Leadership Qualification

Skills

Essential

• Skills in developing and changing clinical practice
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing including IT literacy
• Ability to build and maintain high standards of professional links and communication channels with a variety of personnel and agencies
• Ability to manage own time effectively and to produce pieces of work on time and to a high standard.
• Ability to delegate appropriately

Desirable

• Ability to present complex information to various audiences
• Ability to manage change and improvement

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of Managing Clinical Practice at Band 6 / equivalent leve
• Budget and resource management understanding.
• Experience of providing management supervision and appraisal
• First line management & leadership experience.
• Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including some staff management /supervision experience
• Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development

Desirable

• Experience of implementing significant changes in working practices

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.

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).