Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Some flexible working to cover service provision from 8am-8pm)
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0031-A
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Oaks
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum base rate
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Team Manager – Older Adults HTT
NHS AfC: Band 7
Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
Services for Older Adults in North London Foundation Trust (NLFT) are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation. This includes the development of an Older Adults Home Treatment Team for the NLFT north boroughs. The post holder will manage the Older Adult Home Treatment Team covering the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
You will be leading and managing a multidisciplinary team and working with other Older Adult Home Treatment Team and Adult Crisis Team managers to make sure that home treatment services are innovative and high-quality services which have the service users best interest at its heart.
The post holder will lead on governance and audit within the team, ensuring that team members are supported and developed to their potential and that new team members are comprehensively inducted and successfully integrated into the team.
Main duties of the job
To take operational day to day management responsibility at team level using performance management systems to ensure the effective delivery of contract activity.
Work with the Service Lead to deliver Integrated Governance requirements and be responsible for delivering governance within the team. This may include contributing to the writing of policy and procedure documents relating to clinical practice.
To oversee the provision of expert, autonomous and highly specialist clinical practice within the MDT
To ensure clinical staff maintain accurate and up to date records.
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide leadership and line management to the MDT to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe clinical services.
To promote a culture that fosters staff involvement and a progressive attitude to service improvement.
To work with the Service Lead to deliver a culture and style of leadership that develops, empowers people, recognising achievement and promoting continuous development of staff and teams.
To ensure that all duties within the role are delivered in accordance with trust policy and professional registration practice. Ensuring that professional registration requirements of staff are met.
To be managed by and receive supervision from a nominated line manager, including annual review of performance as part of the appraisal system
Person specification
Qualification and Registration
Essential criteria
- Diploma or degree leading to professional Registered qualification in Mental Health or equivalent qualification.
- Current registration with a professional body
- Evidence of recent and on-going academic study and/or CPD
Desirable criteria
- Current Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults certificates
- Master’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate both in verbal and written form at a high level in a range of complex areas
- Well-developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve team members
- Evidence of effective workforce development and of using systems to ensure effective staff management (supervision, appraisal and ongoing performance management)
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant management experience in mental health service delivery
- To demonstrate an extensive and sound knowledge base in the provision of mental health services and preferred treatment methods
- Demonstrate a clear professional understanding and practical experience of the Mental Health Act and its application / use in practice.
Personal Qualities/Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Compassionate leader – approachable, visible, and open to learn
- Full driving license and access to own vehicle
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
- Lydia Luutu
- Job title
- Older Adults Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087025423
- Additional information
To provide leadership to the clinical governance agenda for the service, delegating and managing those undertaking development work including audit.
Monitor the work of staff in assessing and managing of service user care needs through reviewing initial data collection; monitoring of their progress; feedback; discussion and reports at care reviews or Dialog+ reviews with the clinical team.
To ensure that the physical health care needs of service users is assessed by team members and / or that on-going physical health monitoring / review of patients / service users takes place.
At all times to act in accordance with trust policies in relation to risk assessment - including adult protection and child protection issues; being aware of the necessity to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times when working with patients / service users.
To have detailed knowledge, understanding and experience of Mental Health Law, including the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007), the Community treatment legislation, the Care Programme Approach (1995), the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and national service frameworks relevant to practice.
To be aware of personal accountability and responsibility in respect of ensuring that cleanliness standards and practices are maintained in the clinical environment and that these are compliant with PEAT, The Hygiene Code, CQC requirements and Trust Infection Control protocols and procedures.
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