Team Manager - Mental Health Hub

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization is looking for a Team Manager to oversee Primary Care Mental Health Hubs. This leadership role requires effective communication and management of mental health practitioners to ensure high-quality mental health services across Buckinghamshire. The successful candidate will lead a supportive environment for staff and service users, driving excellence in patient care.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Access to tailored learning and development

NHS Discount

Competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Qualifications

• Current professional registration as a Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist is essential.
• High level of community mental health experience required.
• Management training and team management skills are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and strategic vision for Mental Health practitioners.
• Ensure high-quality, integrated mental health services.
• Manage operations of Primary Care Mental Health Hubs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Occupational Therapist

Clinical or Leadership Qualification

Job description

Are you looking to take a step up into a leadership position? Or, are you a leader who's wanting a change of clinical scene?

We are looking for a dynamic, creative, enthusiastic clinician to take on a role ofTeam Managerto lead thePrimary Care Mental Health Hubs. You will be responsible for overseeing the Primary Care Mental Health practitioners working across various PCNs in Buckinghamshire managing the daily operations of the hub; ensuring the delivery of high-quality mental health services, fostering a supportive & collaborative environment for both staff and service users.

As the Team Manager you will need to have effective leadership, excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work across the system. You should be enthusiastic about improving the patient journey, experience and care. For this role you will need to be able to work flexibly with our services in Mental Health, Primary Care, the Voluntary Sector and Social Care.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clear, visible leadership and strategic vision to ensure a safe, efficient, and evidence-based user experience.
• Manage and support Mental Health Practitioners (MHPs) in Primary Care Networks within the Bucks locality.
• Lead and support the delivery of an integrated Mental Health Primary Care pathway for Adults and Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI).
• Ensure delivery of a high-quality, innovative, integrated service that breaks down barriers to care and supports healthy living in communities.
• Offer line management and support to staff working within the Hubs.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are:“Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number or HCPC registration in order to be considered for this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist

Desirable criteria

• Recognised Post Graduate clinical or leadership qualification relevant to the role
• Management Training undertaken

Experience

Essential criteria

• High level standard of working, knowledge/skills and community work as a senior clinician
• Community experience in mental health services for adults and older age adults with severe / significant mental illness
• High level experience of team management and performance management skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Advanced understanding of the mental health needs of adults/OA.

All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.

Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.

We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.

Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.

We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing