Westminster Home Treatment Team Manager

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated leader with significant recent experience of a leadership role in an Urgent Care setting (for example Psychiatric Liaison, Home Treatment Team, Rapid Response Team) to lead our Westminster Home Treatment Team. The Team are accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists which is a reflection of the high standards and quality of care that the team upholds.
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified mental health professional interested and committed to delivering care within a safe, secure and therapeutic environment. Successful applicants must be able to work in a challenging and dynamic environment. You will need to demonstrate a range of skills including effective communication, empathy, self-awareness, and critical self-reflection skills.
The team are currently part of a Peer Open Dialogue pilot . This is an exciting time to be at the forefront of the roll out of this approach across community, crisis and older adult service in Westminster.
You will need to be a registered Health or social care professional with significant experience at band 7 or above to be eligible to apply for this opportunity, with recent relevant experience in crisis care.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leadership and development, be an effective role model, self-motivated with the commitment, drive and adaptability to thrive in this demanding post.
You will possess excellent communication skills, be visible and accessible with quality and high standards at the core of your professional profile. You will need to be flexible and resilient in order to cope with the demands of the role. In addition, you must be able to influence and negotiate in order to improve the service your team provides for their patients. Evidence of continuing professional development is essential. You will work closely with the full range of the multi-disciplinary teams in Psychiatric Liaison , Inpatient services, Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service and Community services.
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
In return for your enthusiasm, commitment and hard work we can offer you a supportive work environment, a range of training opportunities, personal development and the opportunity to collaborative working within a well-established multidisciplinary team.
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.
The post-holder is required to provide professional leadership and management of the Westminster Home Treatment Team.
The post holder will be involved in the recruitment of the team, devising the operational policy, other protocols and arranging staff induction and training.
The post-holder will provide the diverse workforce of the teams with clear
leadership, supervision, support, and developmental opportunities to ensure effective use of resources at all times

Please refer the Job description for details