Job overview
Please note that this is an internal only role and therefore only current employees of Oxford Health are eligible to apply.
Are you looking to grow your career into a management role? Or are you seeking a change of pace in your clinical work?
We're recruiting in our Psychiatric Liaison Service a 12-month Secondment for the Deputy Team Manager position to cover Maternity Leave.
The Psychiatric Liaison Service is dynamic and dedicated service, committed to providing a high standard of clinical care to individuals in the local hospital trust with acute psychiatric presentations.
We are looking for someone to join the team who is able to provide strong leadership and clinical oversight, guidance and support to the wider team.
This is an opportunity suitable for someone looking to further develop their career and leadership skills or someone looking to utilise existing skills and experience in a new team.
Why Choose Us?
1. Liaison Psychiatry as an area of clinical practice has extensive opportunities.
2. Be part of an experienced leadership team.
3. Work in a supportive environment.
4. Work in a team with a range of different clinical experience
Main duties of the job
As Deputy Team Manager, you will provide clinical oversight and leadership to the team working closely with the team manager, consultant psychiatrists and clinical lead for older adults.
The responsibilities of the job include:
5. Providing day to day management and supervision to clinicians.
6. Supporting the ongoing development and performance management of the team.
7. Deputising for the Team Manager as required.
8. Contributing to monitoring team performance through clinical audit.
9. Support the team clinically including ability to function autonomously and competently at Band 7 level when undertaking assessments.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
10. Relevant Professional Qualification (RMN/SW/OT).
Desirable
Desirable criteria
11. To hold a psycho-social intervention qualification or an advanced professional/clinical qualification (AMHP, CBT, DBT, NMP)
Desirable
Desirable criteria
12. Experience of doing formal and informal teaching
Essential
Essential criteria
13. Minimum 3 years’ experience at band 6 or above.
Essential
Essential criteria
14. Specialist knowledge and clinical expertise in working within acute mental health, assessment, clinical risk assessment and management
Desirable
Desirable criteria
15. Experience of undertaking complaint or incident investigations
16. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
17. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
18. We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
19. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
20. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
21. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
22. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
23. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing