Team Manager Nurse

Band 7 Community Mental Health Team Manager -- Bury

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic nurse to be part of Bury’s Community Mental Health Management Team.

Mental health services are undergoing transformation, and this is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop the team by providing strong leadership to ensure safe and high-quality service provision.

The service has invested in a range of mental health professionals to support the transformation and the wider offer to patients in the Bury locality.

Pennine Care Foundation Trust is working with partner agencies to develop a new model of integration for CMHT and this appointment will be pivotal in delivering and supporting this new way of working.

Responsibilities

• The day-to-day management of the team.
• Supporting and developing the new model of working.
• Ensuring safe and effective service delivery within a framework of high-quality practice.
• To work in partnership with statutory, independent sector, and other agencies.
• To demonstrate sound clinical decision making.
• To monitor and achieve key performance indicators.
• Car owner/driver essential to the post.
• To provide strong leadership and vision to the team maintaining robust quality assurance to enable a safe high-quality service to be delivered.
• To direct staff and provide expert advice and guidance on the management of service users' care.
• To ensure that work allocated to staff is commensurate with their skill set and level of training.
• To manage and maintain systems for planning and allocation of work and for the setting and reviewing of targets, standards, and priorities for the team.
• To ensure professional supervision systems are in place.
• To participate in the recruitment and appointment of staff within agreed HR procedures.
• To hold regular team meetings and develop the team.
• To respond to enquiries and complaints within the framework of the complaints procedure.
• To effectively manage the referrals to the team ensuring capacity is maintained and urgent cases are responded to in a timely manner.
• To demonstrate the ability to make sound managerial and clinical decisions in relation to mental health and acute physical illness for this client group.
• To chair MDT meetings, reviews, case conferences, and planning meetings as required.
• To advise and make recommendations to the wider MDT regarding the clinical management of service users.

We are proud to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage, and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
• Access to Continued Professional Development.
• Involvement in improvement and research activities.
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure, and travel.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Donna Edgley Job title: Service Manager Email address: Donna.edgley@nhs.net Telephone number: 01612537997. If Donna is not available please ask for Zoe Lee Team Manager.