Deputy Team Manager - Psychiatric Liaison Service

Job overview

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 Fixed Term 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?

• Liaison Psychiatry as an area of clinical practice has extensive opportunities.
• Be part of an experienced leadership team.
• Work in a supportive environment.
• 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:

• Providing day to day management and supervision to clinicians.
• Supporting the ongoing development and performance management of the team.
• Deputising for the Team Manager as required.
• Contributing to monitoring team performance through clinical audit.
• Support the team clinically including ability to function autonomously and competently at Band 7 level when undertaking assessments.

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.