Safe Staffing & Bed Capacity Clinical Team Leader

Islet Systems; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Clinical Team Leader to join their Safe Staffing and Bed Capacity team in Exeter. This role is pivotal in delivering high-quality care and supporting the management of staffing resources. The ideal candidate will demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and a commitment to teamwork in a dynamic environment. You will oversee compliance with national requirements and provide holistic care to patients. Join a passionate team dedicated to promoting mental health and wellbeing while fostering a culture of coproduction and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing complex inpatient admissions and discharges.
• Qualified RMN or Allied Mental Health professional with safeguarding experience.

Responsibilities

• Support management and expenditure of temporary staffing throughout the Trust.
• Collaborate with senior clinicians to identify resource needs and establish timescales.

Skills

Management of complex inpatient admissions/discharges

Staff management

Change management

IT competence

Education

Qualified RMN or Allied Mental Health professional

Safeguarding Adults Level 3

NMC/Professional registration

Project management at master’s level or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Leader to join the Safe Staffing and Bed Capacity team based at Wonford House in Exeter.

We are seeking a Clinical Team Leader who is passionate about caring and committed to delivering the highest quality of care. The ideal candidate will demonstrate commitment, innovation, and a positive attitude, with the ability to engage service users and carers in all aspects of their care. To succeed in this role, resilience, motivation, and adaptability in an ever-changing environment are essential.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their approach to carrying out the role and their commitment to team working. They should be able to work under pressure and offer holistic care. For further details, please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Main duties of the job

1. Support the management and expenditure of all temporary staffing throughout the Trust, including bank and agency staffing, excluding Medical Staffing.
2. Collaborate with senior clinicians and managers to identify resource needs, establish timescales, and review establishment.
3. Support the bed management process across all adult and older persons inpatient units, including Out of Area beds when necessary.
4. Ensure compliance with national requirements, internal governance, and improvement plans.
5. Act as deputy in the absence of the Corporate Services Manager.
6. Perform the role of clinical in-reach for patients placed in Devon beds outside their locality without an allocated recovery coordinator, until one is assigned or the patient is discharged.
7. Ensure robust support for all patients placed out of area or locality, including their carers and families.
8. Assist in the movement and transfer of patients to appropriate localities.
9. Support and facilitate the discharge of patients within other localities to their areas of residence.
10. Provide supervision and guidance to Band 6 repatriation officers.

About Us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, along with specialist & secure services for the wider southwest region and nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing. We aim to utilize our internal expertise and resources, as well as our partnerships, to deliver high-quality, safe, and recovery-focused services.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families, and carers in all our activities.

Our values

We recruit based on qualifications and experience, as well as on behaviors that reflect our core values: commitment to quality care, improving lives, respect, dignity, and compassion. We embody these values daily through kindness, time for individuals, challenge, and openness to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. Applications from all community sections are encouraged, regardless of protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. We support part-time and flexible working where possible. We especially welcome applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity, or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Additional Details

Date posted: 01 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 per year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number: C9369-25-0810-5

Job locations: Wonford House, Dryden Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5AF

Job Responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification attached for detailed information.

Person Specification

Experience

• Essential: Extensive experience managing complex inpatient admissions/discharges; management level experience; staff management experience.
• Desirable: Operational or ward management experience; managing complex systems; IT competence.

Qualifications

• Essential: Qualified RMN or Allied Mental Health professional; Safeguarding Adults Level 3; NMC/Professional registration.
• Desirable: Project management at master’s level or equivalent; postgraduate or management qualification; IT skills.

Knowledge

• Essential: Change management; inpatient ward operations; managing rotas; local protocols; social care options; delivering on targets.

All applicants must undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check and hold current UK professional registration.