If you are a highly motivated, compassionate, caring and aspiring to be a Team Manager with relevant Qualification in Nursing and you have a passion for delivering high quality expert care in Community Mental Health Services, then we want you to join our team in the heart of Harrow.
A busy Community Mental Health Hubs covering the borough of Harrow defined by Primary Care Network comprising a multidisciplinary team of Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, employment specialist, Housing officer, support workers Psychologists and Consultant Psychiatrists. The CMHH is based in Harrow Wealdstone, a diverse multi-cultural area situated within easy reach of central London.
If you are highly motivated and committed to improving our service users’ experience, possess excellent communication skills and want to be part of our successful team then complete our application form without delay!
The Post-holders must be a qualified Nurse and meet all essential person specification requirements for the post. You will need to have experience of managing a multi-disciplinary staff team, including line management, supervision responsibility and operational management of services at band 7 in a mental health setting.
Harrow CMHHs operate Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
We offer induction and tailored training will be given and encouraged. Clinical supervision and appraisal process are an integral part of our work.
To be the operational manager for the Community Mental Health Hubs, responsible for the workload of the team and ensuring that priorities are met.
To take a lead on the health services provision within Community Mental Health Hubs
To line manage Team Leaders from disciplines such as CPNs, Social Workers, OTs.
To ensure robust delivery of an intervention based model of care including group programmes, Trauma Informed approach and discipline specific treatment options for service users
To ensure systems for the delivery of Dialogue Plus Care Planning and recovery principles are in place and that they are made available to service users in the team
To work with in the relevant legislative frameworks |(e.g. Mental Health Act (1983) Mental Capacity Act (2005), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Care Act 2014 etc)
To promote a culture of service user choice and control within team members daily practice to be monitored and developed through supervision and appraisal
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
We are committed to offering you an environment to flourish which includes dedicated development opportunities as well as a healthier work life balance . We will offer you;
Free access to our Staff and Wellbeing service to ensure that you are always looking after yourself
Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities within the Trust
On-site shadowing opportunities including HTT, Psych Liaison and many more
An opportunity to work with a friendly, dynamic, passionate and diverse team who are committed to looking after each other as well as their patients
Excellent staff benefits : our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, blue light card, discounts at Nando’s and Superdrug, mobile phone contracts and much more!
Award-winning Staff Networks
Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies
To work in partnership with the consultant psychiatrists in the team to actively promote MDT working
To work closely with the Primary Care Network Leads and ensure effective communication
To work actively in partnership with service users and carers
To engage directly with service users to ensure effective consultation regarding service standards and development
To facilitate and enhance good team working and promote reflective practice
To ensure strong links are maintained with the assessment and inpatient teams to relieve bed pressures
To ensure that there is full discussion with all relevant parties before discharge, in line with the Department of Health Guidance and within the local Dialogue Plus Care planning framework
To ensure strong links are maintained with CNWL Step Down Facilities, residential establishments and housing/ homelessness support schemes and that needs of service users are fully assessed before discharge from the inpatient unit
To ensure the team maintains close liaison with all local agencies that support service users, including the Metropolitan Police Service, primary care and voluntary sector organisations
To maintain close liaison and address interface problems with CNWL and LBH services
To ensure good working links with any other agencies who may be involved in referring service users or providing services for them
To disseminate professional developments and changes in policy or legislation, information regarding services and community resources, to ensure that staff utilise these services or developments for the benefit of service users
To provide expert advice and consultation in professional matters relating to the postholder’s discipline, and to ensure that expert information and advice is available for the other disciplines in the team
To attend liaison meetings with other teams agencies, for example police, housing, learning disabilities, safeguarding, MAPPA Level 2 et

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