Team Manager

Job summary
Community Mental Health Team - Older adult service Manager - Coventry

Full time, permanent role based in Coventry

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic manager to co lead our Older Adult Community Mental Health Team.

The service has an overall CQC rating of Good and a rating of Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

You will be part of a management team including another team manager, Operational Manager, clinical leads and social care team managers. We provide excellent evidence based care to older adults across Coventry with secondary care mental health needs including patients requiring memory assessment or dementia care.

This team is proactive in embedding and utilising multidisciplinary roles to provide outcome focused interventions to service users, whilst meeting local and national targets.

As the successful candidate you must have a professional qualification i.e., nursing, occupational therapist or social worker, with substantial post registration experience as a qualified professional of which you will have recent experience working with clients within a secondary care mental health setting.

The working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. You may occasionally need to work flexibly outside regular office hours to respond to service user need.

Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the day to day management of the team and will have experience in the leadership and supervision of clinical staff and have excellent knowledge of health and social care policy relating to the delivery of mental health care.

As a Team Manager you will be expected to input into service evaluations and audits as well as carry out the managerial responsibilities of appraisals, managing sickness/absence and training for staff. Innovation and a creative approach are encouraged and being a positive role model is essential. The team consists of a number of professionals which include nurses, social workers, AMHPs, occupational therapists and psychologists some of whom you will be expected to line manage directly.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities
Detailed job description

The successful candidate will be an experienced mental health professional with strong knowledge, skills and experience in leadership and managing staff. You will be a team player committed to innovation and service development, have a positive, motivational and proactive manner. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their personal alignment with the Trusts Values. You will establish relationships and communication links with local neighbourhood services, VCSE services and primary care networks across Coventry.

This role requires the ability to multitask and prioritise - incorporating service development, operational and people management. Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential.

We encourage personal development through our regular supervision and appraisal process and value those who are keen to develop and progress.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered professional relevant to the post with significant post-qualification experience (RMN, Social Worker, AHP)
• Educated to a Masters level or demonstrable knowledge at the same level
• Evidence of other leadership training and commitment to personal development
• Working knowledge of the Health and Social Care system including Mental Health
• Extensive operational experience in a clinical setting

Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent communications skills, written and oral.
• Ability to facilitate a clinical MDT together and facilitate complex decision making for the best clinical outcome
• Understanding of local health inequity and its application to clinical service innovation

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable experience across mental health and/or related services
• Relevant experience of implementing operational planning with oversight of clinical effectiveness and outcomes
• Ability to deal with difficult and complex complaints, concerns and incidents

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).