Team Leader
London, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 5 days ago
Clinical Team Leader -Community
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a team leader in Dulwich Community Mental Health Team. We are looking for a highly experienced and enthusiastic senior clinician who has a real passion for mental health and who promotes the highest standards of care in their practice.
The post holder will lead a community based multidisciplinary mental health team that provideson-going holistic assessments, treatment and support to service users with diagnosis of a severe mental illness. Crucially enabling staff to provide a high quality service for service users and carers.
You will need to be able to provide effective managerial and clinical leadership in the team and will coordinate and lead on internal and external referrals.
In exchange, you will be supported through regular supervision and appraisal. We are committed to helping to develop the people that come to work with us.
The Post-holder Will
Have overall management responsibility for the delivery of care within the Dulwich Community mental health team, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
Lead a team of professional and support staff in the delivery of high quality evidence-based practice, ensuring that regular supervision and appraisal take place.
Manage administrative and operational resources in a cost-effective manner, evaluating the standard of service delivered.
Co-ordinate multidisciplinary working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members, and other services within the Trust, to ensure effective interface and continuity of care between disciplines and services.
Ensure that all referrals to the service are screened, that, where necessary, service users are provided with a full assessment of health and social needs and that aftercare is provided from the most appropriate service.
Carry out clinical and managerial procedures to a standard that ensures safe and effective care, and complies with the relevant Code of Professional Conduct. There is an expectation that the post holder will place the needs of service users at the centre of care delivery.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Morgan Putnam Job title: Service Manager Email address: Morgan.Putnam@slam.nhs.uk
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a team leader in Dulwich Community Mental Health Team. We are looking for a highly experienced and enthusiastic senior clinician who has a real passion for mental health and who promotes the highest standards of care in their practice.
The post holder will lead a community based multidisciplinary mental health team that provideson-going holistic assessments, treatment and support to service users with diagnosis of a severe mental illness. Crucially enabling staff to provide a high quality service for service users and carers.
You will need to be able to provide effective managerial and clinical leadership in the team and will coordinate and lead on internal and external referrals.
In exchange, you will be supported through regular supervision and appraisal. We are committed to helping to develop the people that come to work with us.
The Post-holder Will
Have overall management responsibility for the delivery of care within the Dulwich Community mental health team, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
Lead a team of professional and support staff in the delivery of high quality evidence-based practice, ensuring that regular supervision and appraisal take place.
Manage administrative and operational resources in a cost-effective manner, evaluating the standard of service delivered.
Co-ordinate multidisciplinary working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members, and other services within the Trust, to ensure effective interface and continuity of care between disciplines and services.
Ensure that all referrals to the service are screened, that, where necessary, service users are provided with a full assessment of health and social needs and that aftercare is provided from the most appropriate service.
Carry out clinical and managerial procedures to a standard that ensures safe and effective care, and complies with the relevant Code of Professional Conduct. There is an expectation that the post holder will place the needs of service users at the centre of care delivery.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Morgan Putnam Job title: Service Manager Email address: Morgan.Putnam@slam.nhs.uk
