PSS Team Manager - North | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Peterborough, PE1 1HJ |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6108564/310-MASMH-6108564 |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible individual with strong leadership qualities, excellent communication skills and the motivation to progress and gain further experience. If this is so, you might be ideal for our Team Manager post to join the Psychological Skill Service (PSS) North Team.
This post is part of a leadership and management team that oversees and delivers the clinical, professional, and strategic aims of the service. You'll be joining a supportive leadership team that aims to enable high-quality services, provide development opportunities, and support staff to reach their potential.
This is an exciting career opportunity for experienced mental health professionals such as nurses, Clinical Psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists to broaden their knowledge base and gain managerial experience. Our services focus on supervision and reflection and we operate with a full team approach to treatment. We are looking for dynamic team players who have a demonstrable commitment and enthusiasm for working with individuals who have mental health difficulties and understand the impact it can have on their quality of life.
The Team Manager will oversee the North Psychological Skills Service and support the delivery/review and development of the care pathways. The post will be based in the north area covering the Peterborough area.
You will be working closely with the senior clinical leadership, including the Consultant and Principal Psychologists and to think with those team leaders how we can make processes smoother and eliminate repetition and delays in the service user journey.
A key part of your role will be to lead a team of Psychologists, Therapists, OTs, CAPS, Assistant Psychologists and Support Workers who will be delivering psychoeducational groups and structured short-term interventions.
The post holder will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the operational aspects of the service ensuring clinical governance arrangements are in place providing clinical leadership for the service and supporting the day-to-day functioning of the team.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
For a full exhaustive list of these - please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024