Job summary
Employer heading
Suffolk Community Perinatal Mental Health Team Manager
Band 7
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
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YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Community Team Manager Band 7 (Mental Health Nurse B7) to join the Specialist Perinatal Community Mental Health Team in Suffolk on a part time basis (22.5 hrs contract.)
As an integral part of the leadership team, you will be responsible for supporting the Deputy Service Manager and leadership team in ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.
The team are committed in keeping the family at the centre of care and normalising the experience of pregnancy and being a mum. We have a philosophy of early intervention and ensure that we capture the babies voice in the work that we do.
Our aim is to reduce barriers to access services and aim to empower and build confidence for mums to be the best mothers they can be and enhance their experience of being a mother.
Our Multi-disciplinary team are made up of Nursery Nurses, Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Parent/Infant therapist and peer workers, the teamwork in a variety of environments and alongside our Acute trust colleagues and the voluntary and charity sector. We are committed to inclusion and equality within the service.
You will receive regular supervision, be involved in reflective practice and there will be opportunities to be involved in continuous practice development.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to appoint a Band 7 Community Team Manager (Mental Health Nurse)
You will be joining the service at a very exciting time and will play a key role in helping the service to deliver on the NHS long-term plan and our continued expansion. Ideally the post would suit somebody with experience of perinatal mental health and/or working with families, although we would welcome interest from staff with experience in other areas who can demonstrate that they share our passion and values. Ideally the successful candidate would also have experience in leadership and management. There will be developmental opportunities and comprehensive induction for the successful candidates.
The post holder in conjunction with the Deputy Service Manager and clinical leads will be expected to provide strong clinical leadership and expertise in the MDT to ensure effective care and clinical governance, as well as supporting staff through supervision.
As part of the role, you will be expected to maintain existing, and build strong links with both primary and secondary care.
You will be expected to also hold a small caseload.
The team operate across Suffolk, and we work from patients own homes, community hubs, as well as having identified basis in both West Suffolk (West Suffolk Hospital ) and Ipswich (Grange Lodge, Kesgrave, Ipswich).
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Role Summary:
- The Community Team Manager role is responsible for the operational management of a range of aspects of service delivery within the team and for clinical/managerial supervision of professional staff according to the trust values.
- To ensure safe caring, responsive, high quality service is provided to service users, their families and carers within the clinical environment by ensuring compliance with Statutory and Regulatory requirements and Trust Policies, pathways, standard operating procedures and protocols.
- They will allocate work accordingly within the team to ensure effective and efficient use of resources to ensure service users and carers needs are met, and monitor the team’s contribution and performance to the overall objectives of the Trust.
- The Community Team Manager will provide professional governance and leadership within their area
Please see attached Job Description. This will list the types of duties expected from this post.
**Previous Applicants Need Not Apply**
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent, or HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
- Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
- Post basic teaching qualification
- ILM certificate in management or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management/supervisi on experience.
- Experience of working within a multi disciplinary team
- Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel independently
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
- Kevin Moran
- Job title
- Deputy Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07785 716513
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