Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-LD&F-101204
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Beacon, 26 King Harry Lane, St. Albans, AL3 4AU
- Town
- St. Albans
- Salary
- £51,657 - £58,785 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Team Leader
Band 7
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
The post holder will be required to provide comprehensive, professional, operational, effective leadership and managerial support to the unit whilst being supported by the Matron.
The Team Leader will have 24-hour operational responsibility and accountability for the provision and management of high quality nursing care; and for the treatment of service users within the inpatient service area. You will be required to clinically lead, develop the service and nursing team, support care delivery, work with service users and staff to ensure the provision of practices that respond effectively to both individual and service need. The post holder will provide effective clinical leadership to ensure all nursing staff receive the appropriate supervision and support in conjunction with an agreed professional development plan.
Main duties of the job
The Team Leader role is pivotal in delivering safe, effectiveness and service excellence within the team dynamic.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working as a Charge Nurse or in a similar role - who can join us to deliver safe and effective inpatient services that aim to embrace recovery by working in partnership with service users and their carers.
We would like to hear from you if you are interested to gain experience in managing a community rehabilitation unit. Our services aim to provide a high standard of treatment and care in a safe and therapeutic setting for service users at a vulnerable stage of their illness.
Furthermore, the post holder will be responsible for establishing and maintaining team systems and processes for effective operation of the team, and to ensure compliance with the achievement of Key Performance Indicators.
The successful candidate must display a considerable degree of initiative, possess mature judgement and maintain a calm, friendly and efficient manner when dealing with service users, their relatives, colleagues and visitors.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To ensure effective nursing assessment and provision of a high standard of care within the inpatient service area
- To act as a positive clinical lead and role model within the inpatient service area
- To manage and develop the inpatient service team who can meet the changing needs of the service user
- To set and monitor care standards for the inpatient service area
- To ensure the day to day running of the service area is maintained to a high standard.
The post holder will be required to work independently using initiative, and applying a high degree of confidentiality to all of their work. They must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills, manage competing demands and organise their own work in meeting deadlines in order for the smooth running of the ward area. Car driver essential, or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 2010).
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- RNMH/RNLD/RMN/BSc.OT/Social Worker or health related qualification
- Educated to Degree level in a healthcare related subject
- Degree with experience of post graduate level study or the equivalent experience
- ENB 998/Mentorship or equivalent Practice Placement Educator training
- Evidence of management or leadership development
- NMC/HCPC/other bodies
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in management
- Teaching/training experience.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Management of staff in a multiprofessional setting
- Minimum of three years post registration experience, two of which must be as a band 6
- Detailed awareness of issues in inpatient service areas – legislation, DoH guidance, NPSA, PEAT, CQC, NHSLA, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act including an understanding of standards
- Ability to provide clinical supervision, appraisal, preceptorship and staff support methods
- Good understanding of the Recovery Model and co-production
- Knowledge in current developments in mental health or learning disabilities care
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in other care settings
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication, modifying communication in response
- De escalation in managing verbal aggression of disturbed service users
- Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Demonstrate good verbal training and presentation skills
- Ability to chair meetings effectively
- Excellent communicator
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate good decision making skills
- Flexible and responsive approach to care
- Knowledge and ability to positively manage change
- Ability to identify and manage changes to clinical risks
- Ability to produce reports e.g. related to complaints, investigations, SIs, audits etc
- Able to manage a budget effectively
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Saqlain Shah
- Job title
- Moden Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07810 054231
- Additional information
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Colonnades
Hatfield
AL10 8YE
- Telephone
- 07484 987720
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