Team Leader - Manchester Short- Term Holding Facility

Spectrum Community Health CIC; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to NHS Pension

Time for you (additional day off)

Refer a friend scheme

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Health and Wellbeing programmes

Up to 33 days annual leave

Job summary

Spectrum Community Health CIC is seeking a Team Leader for the Manchester Short-Term Holding Facility. You will provide clinical leadership to the nursing team, oversee shift planning, staffing adjustments, and workload prioritisation to meet patient needs while delivering evidence-based care within a multidisciplinary team.

Role requires registration as a General Nurse, ongoing CPD, and a management qualification or equivalent experience.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team in a complex environment.
• Demonstrated governance-focused approach to improve patient care.
• Autonomy and accountability in clinical leadership roles.
• Ability to develop positive working relationships and maintain professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations and staffing for the team, ensuring safe, evidence-based care.
• Plan shifts and adjust staffing according to patient need and service demand.
• Collaborate with colleagues to deliver holistic care and evaluate health interventions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Autonomy

Team coordination

Clinical governance

Record keeping

Microsoft Office

Education

Registered General Nurse Level 1

Non-Medical Prescriber qualification

Management qualification

RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Team Leader - Manchester Short- Term Holding Facility

The post holder will take responsibility for the daily management, co-ordination and delivery of evidence-based care and provide strong clinical leadership to the nursingteam. This includes being involved with shift planning, taking appropriate action to adjust staffing levels and to prioritise the workload in accordance with patient need, service demand and the availability and skills of staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be involved with providing and supervising the holistic care for the patients delivered by the team and working in collaboration with other professionals to ensure that the best care is optimised at all times. The role involves assessing, providing advice, and administering evidence-based care as appropriate to patientswithin Health & Justice. This includes leading physical health services as part of a multi-disciplinary team to plan, provide and evaluate a range of health interventions to meet patient healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of healthcare services.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Time for you (additional day off)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people's lives, regardless of circumstances.

Job responsibilities

Refer to Job Description and person specification for job details. For any further information please contact Kelly Warrington. CTC and enhanced DBS is required for this role.

Skills and Abilities

• Openness to explore and lead alternative working practices.
• Able to communicate efficiently and effectively.
• Demonstrate a high level of personal and professional autonomy and an understanding of professional accountability
• Openness to explore and lead alternative working practices.
• Able to develop and maintain positive working relationships.
• Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse Level 1
• Evidence of ongoing CPD and delivery of evidence based care
• Independent Nurse /Supplementary/ NonMedical Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake
• Appropriate management qualification of equivalent experience
• RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC qualification

Experience

• Significant experience of working in a complex environment with multidisciplinary professionals demonstrating effective communication and leadership skills
• Be able to demonstrate experience of clinical governance used to improve patient care
• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
• Experience of leading a team and effectively using policy and procedures to improve clinical and professional standards
• Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
• Understanding and application of confidentiality
• Experience of working within Health & Justice
• Experience of working in primary care/substance misuse/acute care
• Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
• Research experience

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.

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata