We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Team Leader who can bring energy into the team. You will have excellent assessment and care planning skills to support both the Nurses and Doctors in carrying out their roles.
As the successful candidate, you will have the ability to promote social inclusion and recovery principles in the team's work with service users and carers.
You will thrive in working with people from diverse backgrounds and be able to promote equality of access to services and outcomes.
You will be required to provide datasets, engage in closing and investigating complaints and serious untoward incidents.
You will be part of evaluating the service by reviewing, auditing, and providing breach reports.
To ensure the national targets for response times are met accordingly.
To be responsible for the day-to-day clinical leadership, management, operation, and performance of the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT), ensuring the service provided aligns with the Lambeth Alliance philosophy and objectives, and the Mental Health Strategy of Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
To ensure that the MHLT functions as an integral part of the borough services and for establishing and maintaining effective communication with all relevant personnel and agencies, both internally within the Trust and externally, particularly with St Thomas’ Hospital.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK, including substance misuse services. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.
We employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people, with over 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. We offer professional development and learning opportunities, working alongside world leaders in the field.
The core philosophy of the Core24 Mental Health Liaison team is:
* We take a professional, honest, caring, and open-minded approach.
* We encourage and support choice.
* We are prompt and take time to listen, work collaboratively, and keep our commitments.
* We respect differences.
This aligns with the trust’s core values:
* I will be caring, kind, and polite.
* I will be prompt and value your time.
* I will take time to listen to you.
* I will be honest and direct.
* I will do what I say I will do.
Additional responsibilities include:
* Providing a high-quality administrative service to the team.
* Ensuring effective use of information technology, financial control, and health & safety.
* Staffing the service appropriately through eRoster management, ensuring suitable skill mix.
* Collaborating with Clinical Service Lead, the Head of Clinical Pathway, and managers to meet legal and clinical standards such as the MHA 2007 and CPA.
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