Team Manager

Job overview

You will provide clinical leadership to the team in evaluation and monitoring of the service, provide specialist assessment as per the service users, and carer’s requirement.

You will lead with other senior colleagues the continuing development of a high quality service that is underpinned by evidence based practice and care pathways / packages and NICE guidance and DH guidance; leading on service development and policy in conjunction with the other Advanced Practitioners, senior clinicians, Clinical Manager and Operational Services Manager.

You will work with the Area Chief Nurse/Consultant Social Worker to ensure that the nursing/Social Care service is contemporary, evidence based and in line with practice standards, providing day-to-day nursing, clinical leadership, evaluation and monitoring of the service.

You will also have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within your team as required by your manager, this may include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes.

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a Monday – Friday (0900 -1700)  for 365 days a year working shifts where appropriate and operationally required.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected on a rotation basis to support the work of the Clinical Manager in managing the performance of the service. This will include financial and resource management, operational planning, clinical governance, scheduling the delivery of the service and workforce planning.

You will be expected to support and plan new service delivery initiatives taking a lead management role in these initiatives as requested by clinical manager or operational service manager.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Conduct, supervise and oversee risk assessments of the individual highly complex cases and the potential hazards in the service user’s environment
• Provide professional clinical leadership at multi-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business, professional or safeguarding meetings
• Report and document incidents as required and act upon findings as appropriate
• Assess and review care and support and supervise lower banded staff  in this process
• Responsible for teams administration of medications, assessment of side effects, review concordance and clinical effectiveness of medication regime in line with Trust policy including: Safe transportation and storage of medicines, checking receipt, storage of medicines in medicine cupboard Providing education around the medication prescribed, side effects, actions and aids to compliance
• Safe transportation and storage of medicines, checking receipt, storage of medicines in medicine cupboard
• Providing education around the medication prescribed, side effects, actions and aids to compliance
• Provide education and support to develop service user’s understanding of mental illness and training packages for staff
• Provide psycho-social intervention, education and support to develop service users understanding of mental illness with aim to prevent relapse and admission
• Provide practical support, guidance and education for services users, carers and other professionals as required
• Undertake, supervise and sign off nursing needs assessments
• Undertake carers assessment in line with Trust key performance indicator
• Manage and oversee management and care of service users with highly complex needs.
• Produce accurate and timely documentation, conduct and manage the maintenance of accurate and timely documentation / records on all service users in line with your Professional Code of Conduct and Trust policy
• Conduct and supervise assessment and observation to ensure appropriate and timely feedback to the team