Team Manager

Job Overview

An opportunity has risen for a Team Manager within MK Sp CAMHS - Liaison Intensive Support Team (LIST).

To operationally manage the Liaison and Intensive Support Team, working effectively within the multi-disciplinary setting, holding self and colleagues to account appropriately and demonstrating personal commitment to integrated (managerial/professional) leadership. To achieve an agreed set of health care performance targets. To contribute to system working and collaborating with systems and place partners across the Bedford Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Collaborative, East of England, Social Care, Education, Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs), Acute Hospitals and the wider CNWL Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will participate and lead positively on promoting and developing a consistent, safe and high-quality service and will actively input in the continuing development and delivery of this innovative and creative service. Excellent communication and motivation skills are essential, as is the ability to promote strong leadership. LIST has a strong track record of providing both external and internal training for our staff in line with the service development and need.

Applications are invited from professionals who fit the personal specification and believe they are ready for this challenging and exciting role.

Working for our organisation

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The effective implementation and leadership of a high-quality responsive crisis service to patients, their carers and referrers and be responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of the service.

To be operationally responsible for the effective management of the LIST

To develop the service to offer more crisis and home treatment opportunities, reducing the need for admissions. This will be enabled by additional crisis funding to look at a wider Multi Agency Team.

Ensure effective and safe management and monitoring of the CAMHS NHS 111 provision.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree/ diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
• Clinical/post graduate management qualification or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Post Graduate management training/qualification desirable
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing health/social care services.
• Experience of modernising services without additional resources.
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of project management and imaginative planning.
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Management of resources and good track record with change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans.
• Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance.
  
  

Other

Essential criteria

• An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and nonclinical risks.
• Resilient and self motivated with drive and vision that is able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas.
• Empathy towards the needs of people using mental health and related services, and a vision of how services can make step changes for improvement.
• Full driving license and use of a car for business purposes.
  
  

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential criteria

• Ability to present information clearly.
• An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and nonclinical risks
• Can use constructive criticism and openly seeks to review and reflect on own style and presentation.
• Resilient and self motivated with drive and vision that is able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas.
• Commitment to the aims and values of the NHS combined with high personal integrity.
• Empathy towards the needs of people using mental health and related services, and a vision of how services can make step changes for improvement.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to work
• Be able to work flexible hours
• Ability to travel across sites
• Be supportive to staff, colleagues and patients
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines