Perinatal Community Team Manager

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

JOB OVERVIEW

Our county-wide Norfolk & Waveney Perinatal Community Mental Health service are excited to be continuing to expand and are looking to recruit an additional Perinatal Community Team Manager for our East Norfolk patch. This is an opportunity to work within a specialist multi-disciplinary setting, which offers a wide range of MDT clinical specialisms. We are looking for someone who has excellent clinical skills, experience in clinical and operational leadership and a passion for mental health. It is an exciting time to be working in the perinatal world as the services are rapidly expanding, there are opportunities for additional training/ development.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of Consultant Psychiatrists, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Therapies team, Case Managers, Social Workers, Peer Support Workers, Nursery Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Community Team Managers, and a Service Manager specialising in perinatal mental health.
In this role you will provide operational leadership to the team. You will also work closely with our Clinical Nurse Specialist and provide clinical support for the team as needed.
The Community Team Manager will collaborate with key partners and stakeholders across health, maternity, social care and other sectors to support and drive service development participating in various NHS East of England Perinatal Clinical Network activities, ensuring that key performance targets and national standards are met.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service

Knowledge of Perinatal mental health conditions and related services is desirable but not essential.

• To provide daily leadership to the team and ensure the provision of high quality.
• To ensure high quality individualised person centre standards of care are delivered to all patients.
• Ensure the effective supervision and development of staff.
• To lead promoting respect and advocacy for all service users.
• To be an active participant in the multidisciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments.
• Liaise effectively with MDT to assess and manage risks identified through assessment of patients.
• To regularly review risk factors and work in conjunction with the MDT to modify care plans as appropriate.
• To ensure that clinical practice is evidenced based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and the organisations policies and procedures.
• To undertake management supervision to further develop competence and clinical practice.
• To liaise effectively with all stakeholders in the care process, including carers and relatives, aspiring to provide an effective, seamless and integrated service to our service users.
• Lead and manage allocated resources effectively through efficient resource allocation, skill mixes, and utilisation of equipment and authorisation of bank/agency staff as designated by senior management team.
• Participating in clinical audit, clinical risk and quality issues, including the management and reporting of incidents.
• Deputise for the service manager as and when required

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

This is an opportunity to work within a specialist multi-disciplinary setting, which offers a wide range of MDT clinical assessments and treatments, specific specialist perinatal therapeutic individual and group interventions. We promote a strong service user led participation culture as well as supporting partners and families.
The successful candidate will support individual staff with developing their performance in their clinical work, as well as supporting with safeguarding and quality assurance. This post requires a dynamic individual with excellent leadership skills to work innovatively and confidently.
This post offers an opportunity to work as a senior member of the leadership team, working within our multi-disciplinary team (MDT) which include psychology, social work, occupational therapy, parent-infant psychotherapists, nursery nurses, peer support workers and other key disciplines.
We have a culture of continuous learning, and we have regular protected Continuous Professional Development (CPD) days which includes a variety of training, reflection, supervision and service development - these are facilitated by our senior clinical and management team.
We offer a comprehensive induction programme that includes a review of the Perinatal research and literature, specific training, shadowing with colleagues and other initiatives. We believe that staff, who feel valued by their employers and are truly engaged, can provide better outcomes for our service users.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Knowledge of Perinatal mental health conditions and related services is desirable but not essential.

• To provide daily leadership to the team and ensure the provision of high quality.
• To ensure high quality individualised person centre standards of care are delivered to all patients.
• Ensure the effective supervision and development of staff.
• To lead promoting respect and advocacy for all service users.
• To be an active participant in the multidisciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments.
• Liaise effectively with MDT to assess and manage risks identified through assessment of patients.
• To regularly review risk factors and work in conjunction with the MDT to modify care plans as appropriate.
• To ensure that clinical practice is evidenced based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and the organisations policies and procedures.
• To undertake management supervision to further develop competence and clinical practice.
• To liaise effectively with all stakeholders in the care process, including carers and relatives, aspiring to provide an effective, seamless and integrated service to our service users.
• Lead and manage allocated resources effectively through efficient resource allocation, skill mixes, and utilisation of equipment and authorisation of bank/agency staff as designated by senior management team.
• Participating in clinical audit, clinical risk and quality issues, including the management and reporting of incidents.
• Deputise for the service manager as and when required.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.