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Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

About
We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.
Contact
- Address
- Swandean
- Arundel Road
- Worthing
- West Sussex
- BN13 3EP
- Contact Number
- 01903 843000
Team Leader
Accepting applications until: 16-Jun-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 16-Jun-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Swandean
- Address
- Arundel Road
- Town
- Worthing
- Postcode
- BN133EP
- Major / Minor Region
- West Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AFC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- RMN
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Band 7 Team leader Community Rehabilitation Team.
Mental Health Rehabilitation offers: a whole systems approach to recovery from mental illness that maximises an individual’s quality of life and social inclusion by encouraging their skills, promoting independence and autonomy in order to give them hope for the future and leads to successful community living through appropriate support.
The Sussex Community Rehabilitation Pathway provides high quality, safe and effective rehabilitation for adults with psychosis and complex mental disorder across Sussex. The team works collaboratively with patients who meet NICE guidance service criteria to deliver personalised rehabilitation in their local area to:
· Support a personally meaningful recovery
· Improve subjective quality of life
· Enable social inclusion and participation in the wider community to achieve personal recovery goals
The Sussex Community Rehabilitation Service operates both short and long-term pathways, with short-term pathways offering temporary community rehabilitation input to people for up to 16-weeks and longer-term pathways which offer input to people for an expected minimum of 3 years.
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Key Duties
· To be responsible and provide effective leadership for a clinical team providing a high-quality service within the resources available within a defined area, and specifically to deliver on the following key areas:
· To coordinate and lead team functioning with particular focus on;
- Management of referrals including delivery of care
- Performance monitoring and management
- Line Management and supervision of staff.
· To deliver a service within the agreed financial envelope ensuring maximum value in terms of clinical and cost effectiveness.
· Ensure that a culture of effective risk management is present in the team
· To carry a clinical caseload as agreed with service manager and to take a lead on management of complex cases and supporting staff in management of such cases.
· To ensure that the team functions in line with the care group core business.
· To coordinate recruitment and selection of staff within the team, leading on decisions as designated by the service manager.
· To respond to SUIs as appropriate and support any subsequent investigation
· To respond to SVAs as appropriate
· To respond to complaints
· To respond to communications regarding team issues
· To ensure equality and diversity is considered in all aspects of the team's business.
Working for our organisation
The team is currently based in the Chanctonbury Building on the Swandean site in Worthing but will be moving to the Worthing Integrated Care Centre in Worthing.
The team consists of Medics, Nurses, Social Workers, psychologist ,OT's, Dual Diagnosis worker, Admin , Peer support worker and support workers. The area covered geographically by the team is Adur, Arun and Worthing.
The team offers a supportive atmosphere and work well collaboratively together.
The Team Leader receives support and managerial supervision from the Service Manager and regular contact and support from the wider leadership Team and other community Rehab hubs in North West Sussex and Bognor.
Monthly leadership meetings take place and regular continuing professional development days.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· The post holder is responsible for leading and coordinating a team within a service area, delivered by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Where an agreement with Local Authority Partners is in place (section 75 agreement) this will include relating to both organisations. In such instances the post holder is accountable to both organisations and may assume a lead role in Safeguarding Vulnerable Adult investigations.
· To ensure recommendations from Serious Untoward Incidents (SUIs), near misses, complaints and other incidents are implemented across all disciplines within the team.
· Ensure feedback loops with the organization through team brief and other communication routes within the care group.
· To participate in working groups or service development forums to develop policies, protocols or guidelines relevant to multidisciplinary / multi agency clinical team and to ensure any such development is shared across relevant care groups or identified staff groups.
· Ensure quantitative and qualitative vital signs measures (relevant to your care group) are produced, monitored and reviewed with the team, ensuring staff involvement.
· Lead on designated projects as required
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
- Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
- Experience of managing staff
Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the key drivers behind Care group Policy
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders
- Ability to present information clearly.
- An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives
- Able to hold professionals and peers to account.
- An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non- clinical risks
- Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
- Ability to travel across sites
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Cramp
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03003040060
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