About this role
Job summary
Clinical Team Manager - Birch Avenue Nursing Home
The postholder will oversee the performance of the team, ensuring supervision, appraisal and appropriate training and development are in place.
To be responsible for the implementation of quality initiative (benchmarking), evaluation, monitoring and clinical audit.
To oversee the ongoing development of the designated Nursing Home and influence Directorate strategic development in response to changing client, local community and national needs.
To ensure care delivery is of the highest standards and is based on evidence/research/best practice and Policies and Procedures.
To provide clinical leadership for the delivery of high-quality dementia and older adult care, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory standards and best practice frameworks. To support continuous quality improvement, service assurance activities and the maintenance of standards in preparation for internal and external inspection processes.
To manage and make best use of all resources.
To provide effective professional leadership to multidisciplinary team.
In support of providing a co-ordinated and integrated approach to ensure effective working relationships exist between all associated services and agencies.
To provide nursing clinical input into the service, leading in providing health promotional activities, education and training with patients, carers and staff.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will oversee the performance of the team, ensuring supervision, appraisal and appropriate training and development are in place.
To be responsible for the implementation of quality initiative (benchmarking), evaluation, monitoring and clinical audit.
To oversee the ongoing development of the designated Nursing Home and influence Directorate strategic development in response to changing client, local community and national needs.
To ensure care delivery is of the highest standards and is based on evidence/research/best practice and Policies and Procedures.
To provide clinical leadership for the delivery of high-quality dementia and older adult care, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory standards and best practice frameworks. To support continuous quality improvement, service assurance activities and the maintenance of standards in preparation for internal and external inspection processes.
To manage and make best use of all resources.
To provide effective professional leadership to multidisciplinary team.
In support of providing a co-ordinated and integrated approach to ensure effective working relationships exist between all associated services and agencies.
To provide nursing clinical input into the service, leading in providing health promotional activities, education and training with patients, carers and staff.
About us
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
Job description Job responsibilities
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Ensure that interventions meet local and national standards and are based on an individualised approach to care, aimed at maximizing an individuals potential and are based on effective engagement principles. Ensure that clear effective communication occurs, with the service user or person identified as the main carer or appropriate contact for each service user. To ensure the maintenance of a safe environment for service users, staff and visitors. To ensure the effective communication and liaison with other agencies. To meet all the above standards within own professional practice. Management, Leadership and Service Development
To ensure management of agreed targets. To ensure effective monitoring systems are in place for performance management. To provide effective leadership to the team ensuring team governance. To ensure robust quality assurance systems are in place to monitor standards of care, patient experience, safety, safeguarding and clinical outcomes.
To support the implementation and monitoring of actions arising from inspections, audits, complaints, incidents and service reviews.
To maintain effective relationships with families, carers, partner organisations and external stakeholders to promote person-centred care and continuous service improvement.
To effectively manage the allocated budget. To ensure effective systems are in place to monitor and review stock requirements. To positively manage sickness absence To proactively manage recruitment and retention of staff. To ensure appropriate skill mix of staff advising managers of changing needs. To make decisions affecting clients/carers, staff and visitors within the service ensuring effective communication with relevant others. To ensure effective systems are in place to manage annual leave/study. To ensure effective systems are in place to ensure data collection, evaluation, performance indicators. Clinical
Ensure the assessment and identification of risk and the necessary risk reduction/management measures. Provide effective planning and evaluation of cases Ensure that comprehensive assessment/treatment/interventions are carried out for all assigned service users and carers. Ensure that each service user has a comprehensive, clear and up to date management/treatment plan with specified objectives/treatments designed to meet the service users needs. Ensure the appropriate involvement of relatives/main carers/friends in the formulation and implementation of care plans, while respecting the wishes and autonomy of the service user. Ensure carers are offered an appropriate level of support. Provide expertise in the field of knowledge appropriate to the service and be able to communicate highly sensitive information to service users and carers offering empathy and reassurance. Provide clinical leadership in the care and treatment of older adults with complex mental health needs, frailty and dementia.
Support the development of evidence-based approaches to managing behaviours that challenge, promoting least restrictive practice and person-centred care.
Ensure staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to meet the needs of people living with dementia and other complex presentations.
Ensure risk issues for each service user are addressed through regular evaluation Contribute personal and professional skills, to ensure the development and the delivery of the therapeutic group work/interventions Education/Training/Development
To lead in the production of an active learning environment in order to maintain and develop high standards of professional and clinical practice. Promoting opportunities for self, colleagues and junior staff to access available education/training. To plan, prepare and facilitate learning presentations to colleagues, junior staff and other care professionals in health & social care settings. To encourage team members to share their experiences To encourage team members to share identified skills with colleagues, learners and junior staff, identify and lead formal and informal teaching as appropriate and ensure teaching takes place. To take responsibility for identifying personal and team development needs. To lead and participate in appraisal and clinical supervision with junior staff and ensure that this is disseminated and monitored. To ensure the collection and performance review of evidence/competency. To participate in appraisals mechanisms and supervision and receive regular clinical supervision. To participate in the ongoing development of the Directorate. Audit/Evaluation
To take the lead on the development and implementation of clinical audit, unit standards, operational policies and clinical guidelines for the team. To lead and participate in the identification and application of sound research-based evidence to practice. To oversee quality monitoring processes and use information from audits, incidents, safeguarding activity, patient feedback and quality metrics to drive service improvement.
To support the service in demonstrating compliance with applicable regulatory and professional standards.
To assist the Directorate and Trust in the identification of corporate planned developments. To lead and participate in the ongoing review and evaluation of the service. Safeguarding and Quality
To promote a culture of safety, openness and continuous improvement. To ensure safeguarding responsibilities are effectively discharged and that concerns are recognised, escalated and managed in accordance with Trust policy. To contribute to the monitoring of clinical quality indicators, medicines management, infection prevention and control, and patient safety arrangements. Duties & responsibilities
To work flexibly to Service requirements within contracted hours. To work to Professional Codes of Conduct and Trust/Care Directorate Policies and Procedures and ensure all junior staff comply with these standards. To ensure the maintenance of a safe environment in accordance with Health & Safety legislation. To ensure the appropriate delegation of key tasks to junior staff. Be personally responsible for maintaining professional registration with the NMC. Failure to produce evidence of periodic registration on time may lead to regrading/dismissal To ensure that a record is kept of professional nursing registration details of all registered nurses in the clinical area. The post holder may be required to undertake duties not specified in the job description, but which are commensurate with the role and/or band as required by service need. The post holder may be required to work in different locations as required by service need. There may be a requirement to change the job description in light of developing service needs.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse - Mental Health
Desirable
Relevant post graduate qualification Management degree or equivalent Diploma in Leadership and Management for Health & Social Care Level 5 or equivalent ( or willing to work towards)
Experience Essential
Experience and evidence of working with older people with mental health problems Demonstrable experience of ability to undertake the role Experience of Service Development & Team Governance Experience in working in partnership with others. Experience in working within MDT/multi professional Experience of working directly with people with Organic illnesses and their carers Knowledge & understanding of mental health issues specifically dementia
Desirable
Experience of managing a multi disciplinary staff team Participation in a Manager Development Programme Implementation of change management Conducting staff disciplinary Experience and evident application of budgetary management Management of staff through capability Experience of co-ordination of support service provision i.e. catering, cleansing, laundry
Other Essential
Self Awareness Risk Management Excellent communication skills Knowledge of and developing skills in implementing and evaluating Policies, Protocols and Procedures Maintain and develop an environment and culture that improves health, safety and security Ability to act as an education resource Ability to prioritise own workload and designated others Flexibility required to meet service needs Commitment to the needs of client and staff group High levels of motivation Desire to further ones personal development Commitment to continual service and self improvement
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Birch Avenue
67 Birch Avenue
Sheffield
S35 1RQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)