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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Team Manager within Warrington Community CYPMHS.
The successful applicant will work full-time hours, supporting a rapidly developing Warrington CYPMHS service. You will work as part of an MDT, consisting of Clinical Psychologists, Mental Health nurses, Psychological therapists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers and more.
As part of the Warrington CYPMHS leadership team, you will be supported to deliver an excellent service alongside a Deputy Team Manager, Clinical Lead, and Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry managerial responsibility for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and be responsible for the overall standards which will include referral management and access, assessment of need and delivery of care within the iTHRIVE model.
The post holder will operate as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team but be expected to be flexible in terms of travel to undertake duties.
The post-holder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, and the setting of standards of care within that team.
The post holder will be aligned to Community CAMHS Service but may be required to work flexibly across all divisional sites to provide response to the service needs of the physical and mental health clinical teams providing cover as directed by the Service Manager to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full description of responsibilities of the role as Clinical Team Manager
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (RMN)
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Degree qualification relevant to field of practice or demonstrable evidence of study at a higher level
* Willing to undertake a management qualification
* OR None Core Professional
* Must have qualification in at least one of the following areas:
* Individual or group Psychotherapy
* Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
* Person Centred Counselling
* Systemic Family Practice
* Webster Stratton Incredible years / parenting groups professional
* Must have professional qualification and registration with an appropriate accrediting body (i.e., HCPC / BACAP), or equivalent from the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) approved accredited register. Degree level equivalent
* Management Qualification
Knowledge/ Experience
* Specialist expertise underpinned by theory
* Working knowledge of current mental health legislation
* 3 years post registration experience in a senior role within Mental health
* Recent relevant experience of leading a team and providing care in a secure setting
* Line management responsibilities and experience
* Able to demonstrate a history of leading on clinical care improvement initiative
* Methodical approach to work with attention to detail
* Experience of staff performance managements
* To be able to travel around the area of work
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
* Excellent Interpersonal skills
* Emotional resilience
* Ability to prioritise workload, work at a fast pace and meet deadlines
* Ability to analyse problems, gather relevant information and exercise sound judgement in reaching the most appropriate conclusions
* Good organisational skills, experienced in applying and implementing systems to manage workload
* Able to manage and support staff through organisational change
* Ability to manage own time effectively produce detailed reports/written work to a high standard and on time
* Ability to organise and plan ahead effectively
* Ability to manage revenue budgets
* Ability to deal with difficult issues sensitively and diplomatically
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk ) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
FULFIL YOUR POTENTIAL AND SPREAD YOUR WINGS WITH MERSEY CARE
At Mersey Care, our commitment to ‘perfect care’ lies at the heart of everything we do, a person centred care that starts with you. It’s a pledge to create an environment and staff support that will enable you to do the best job you can possibly do, to be the best you can possibly be.
You’ll be joining one of the most innovative and progressive NHS trusts in the country. One that offers specialist inpatient and community services to support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. We are the founding member of the Zero Suicide Alliance, and one of only three Trusts in the country which delivers high secure mental health care.
You’ll be made to feel at home, joining an 11,000 strong Mersey Care family comprising doctors and nurses, as well as countless other roles from dieticians to dentists, from data analysts to physiotherapists. You'll find a full list of our roles in our A-Z list.
You’ll have a home in the North West of England where your work/life balance is respected and working from sites easily commutable from Liverpool, Manchester, North Wales and Cheshire with many roles operating a hybrid working system.
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