Bury and HMR Older Peoples Community Liaison Team Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide strong leadership to a dynamic and friendly Older Adult Bury and HMR Community Liaison Team based in the center of Bury at the Ribchester Centre

We are looking for a motivated individual who has the ability to lead the day to day operation of the Older Adult Community Liaison Team, providing management and supervision to the integrated health and social care team.

If you are passionate about making a genuine difference to the lives of Older Adults by providing a comprehensive and specialist mental health service to people with both functional and organic illnesses within a community setting and have a focus on providing safe, effective high quality care then we would be delighted to receive your application.

Applicants should be a Registered Mental Health Practitioner (RMN) with current registration with substantial experience as a Band 6.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibility for the management and supervision of the Bury and HMR Older Adult Community Mental Health Team based at Ribchester Centre Bury.

You will provide strong leadership to the team to ensure it performs in the most efficient and effective way ensuring all key performance indicators are met whilst providing a safe and high quality service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To oversee the management of the Bury and HMR Older Adults Community Liaison caseload, leading the nursing team and co-ordinating the clinical and therapeutic care within  community, on a day to day basis: • To take full responsibility for managing the quality of care provided to clients in the community and to ensure that appropriate supervised care is provided at all times. • To chair clinical meetings as required  • To set and monitor standards of care with the team to review care and treatment of patients and to ensure appropriate standards are maintained. • To participate in the development of care pathways to ensure the best possible service to clients. • To ensure evidence based tools and interventions are used as appropriate. • To support colleagues with complex clients management and joint work where required.
• To provide clinical leadership and robust decision making to ensure that  appropriate care pathways are identified for service users. • To ensure all appropriate client records are maintained to the required Trust standard. • To liaise with all agencies, and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the needs of the client are met. • To provide management and supervision of specialist practitioners and  practitioners. • To manage productivity within the service. • To lead the development of service standards and clinical audit • To lead the development and implementation of new initiatives, incorporating researched based practices / evidence based practice.

This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.