Living Well Team Manager - Tameside

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Ashton-under-Lyne is looking for a passionate Team Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering mental health services. You'll support individuals, oversee team performance, and ensure high-quality care. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree, expertise in mental health, and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health services.
• Ability to manage a team effectively under pressure.
• Proven record in developing personalized care plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage Tameside Living Well MDT and provide clinical leadership.
• Support individuals in care planning and accessing services.
• Oversee staff workload and performance.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team management

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

Living well Tameside is looking for a Team manager who is passionate about delivering excellent mental health services and can support and enable the team to achieve their potential. The Living Well MDT offers an approach to supporting people with mental health conditions, widening the front door to support better access and ensuring closer working between primary and secondary care mental health services. The team works with individuals to co-ordinate access by identifying need and support introductions and will be a conduit between Primary Care and other agencies ensuring warm introductions and smooth seamless journeys. The national strategic direction within the structure of Primary Care Network is to employ a wider range of health professionals to manage the increasing demand. The role will include leading work to collaboratively connect across organisation, national and service boundaries to improve access to offers relevant to people\'s needs, ensuring support happens in the community and makes usage of people\'s local and personal resources.

Responsibilities

• Support the management of the Tameside Living Well MDT providing clinical leadership, supervision, support and consultation to all staff in line with relevant clinical pathways as outlined in the operational procedures.
• Providing clinical leadership and expertise to inform identification of people\'s needs and ensuring the co-production of personalised care plans to support the delivery of high quality, brief support.
• Supporting individuals to identify their needs and ensure they can access the support they need, when they need it.
• Provide support and care for individuals referred to the Tameside Living Well MDT and co-ordinate the assessment process.
• To work independently and autonomously and deputise for Senior Management when required.
• To manage the workload of the Tameside Living Well MDT, ensuring systems are in place to enable effective and efficient performance.
• Ensure implementation of the service working procedures as well as managerial and professional policies.
• To effectively manage staff and provide managerial supervision and annual personal development plan in accordance with trust policies.
• To provide effective leadership to the team within a high pressure environment, managing own emotions and those of others.
• To support the Senior Manager to work with and monitor performance indicators ensuring data quality is maintained.
• To ensure professional supervision systems are in place
• To participate in the recruitment and appointment of staff within agreed HR procedures.
• To manage disciplinary and grievance matters in line with trust policies and procedures.
• To chair MDT and team meetings, reviews, case conferences, planning meetings as required.
• To work in partnership with other statutory, independent sector and other agencies, in the effective discharge of the duties of the post.
• To monitor and review health and safety of staff, service users and to provide regular monitoring reports to line manager.
• To manage staff sickness through the Managing Attendance policy/procedures and to provide regular monitoring reports to the line manager.
• Establish quality standards relating to service user and carer experience and establish systems to monitor and audit these standards.
• To deal appropriately with clinical incidents and complaints in accordance with trust policies.

Please refer to job description and person spec for full details. Hints and tips for completing your application can be found here. We also offer virtual application support sessions each month, where you will learn some hints and tips to support you in completing your application form. To secure your place, and to find out more visit the jobs events page on our website. Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received? You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email. What happens if I am offered the position after interview? The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email. What pre-employment checks will I need to complete? By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are: Identity verification; Right to work check; Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role); Professional registration and/or qualification check; Occupational health assessment; Employment history and reference validation. All applicants external to the NHS will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks. If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence own your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn. What happens when pre-employment checks are complete? Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly. We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

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