Talking Therapies Team Manager | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Oldham, OL1 1RU |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6206416/311-O504-24-B |
Summary
You will provide managerial and leadership support to a range of therapists across both steps, 2, 3 and 3.5.
The service provides a range of treatments including, Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy, Psychological Wellbeing Therapy, Clinical Psychology and Psychosocial
Interventions. These are offered across step 2 and 3 for clients with common mental health
problems. The service also offers through the intermediate therapy element interventions to
clients who have greater complexity and chronicity of common mental health problems
The post holder will be expected to maintain and develop relationships with the Access Team
and participate in the daily triage of referrals through an agreed process
Oldham Talking Therapies (previously known as Healthy Minds) provides a range of evidenced based interventions for people requiring a psychological intervention utilising a stepped care model. The post is within a busy IAPT service on a permanent basis.
Staff welfare and professional development is of great importance within our service. To reflect this we offer regular clinical supervision individually as well as peer supervision every month. We provide monthly in house CPD and we provide the opportunity to access external training wherever possible and as identified in your yearly development plan.
We also offer flexible working opportunities in line with the Trust Policy.
We strive to provide high quality care and support to our clients and have developed a variety of innovative and effective pathways which provides the client access to a range of different treatment modalities and interventions. These pathways support us in meeting the diverse needs of our clients. We encourage staff to be actively involved in the development as well as the provision of these pathways.
The service provides a supportive environment in which staff are valued and encouraged to develop. The interviews below were undertaken at this years service away day.
Interview 1 - YouTube
Interview 2 - YouTube
Interview 3 - YouTube
To attend regular ‘Senior Staff meetings’ with the Operational Manager, Clinical Lead,
Performance and Information Manager, Admin Co-ordinator and other senior staff to
ensure consistency of approach across the service.
To ensure comprehensive risk and suicide risk assessments and care planning is
delivered by all clinicians.
To support staff working in local borough SPOE and to act as interface leader in the case
of disputes or negotiations with secondary care colleagues and psychiatrists.
Establish and maintain effective communication with colleagues within the service, and
other mental health professionals both within and outside the organisation.
Ensure therapists maintain a caseload of defined ‘therapeutic hours’ whether this be 1:1
therapy or group work, and ensure this is adequately supervised both managerially and
clinically by an appropriately qualified person.
Encourage effective, innovative and creative use of time, with particular emphasis on
reducing lost time due to DNAs and CNAs.
AFC 26/07/17 Healthy Minds Team Manager Band 7
Ensure staff work collaboratively with colleagues within primary care, plus other primary,
secondary and third sector colleagues such as MIND and drug and alcohol services, in
the provision of an efficient and effective seamless mental health service for the borough.
Ensure appropriateness of referrals to the teams using specific clinical decision making
criteria.
Attendance at Allocation Meetings for all teams when required.
Establish and sustain individual working relationships with all staff within the designated
team.
Provide regular case management supervision for staff.
Engage with both Operational Manager and Clinical Lead to ensure strategic direction of
primary mental health care.
Ensure all staff maintain professional standards as outlined by their professional codes
e.g. BABCP, BACP.
Ensure all therapists work to brief therapy models, or if longer therapy is needed, this is
done in consultation with post holder. Provide, when requested, advice and guidance to
colleagues within the service regarding the psychological services, ensuring the
appropriateness of referrals and effective management of clients.
Ensure all staff are compliant and timely in delivering performance management statistical
information to Performance & Information Manager on clinical activity e.g. number of
clients seen, DNA rate, waiting list numbers, discharge numbers.
In collaboration with the Operational Service Manager and Clinical Lead provide
training/professional development for staff in terms of general and specialist knowledge of
a range of subjects relevant to in house primary mental health services.
Ensure each member of the team has a training and personal and professional
development plan in place.
Ensure safe working environments for self and all staff, liaising with Practise / Clinic
managers and other room providers in the event of problems which cannot be rectified by
staff.
Ensure safe provision of mentoring / supervision to trainees, volunteers, students, and
pre-registration staff by self or other appropriately trained therapists.
To act up for Operational Service Manager if requested and attend meetings or represent
the service when required
Manage requests for study leave, TOIL, annual leave, travelling and other expense claims
in line with departmental specifications.
Ensure staff provide statistical and audit information, plus evaluation of clinical activity
and other information necessary for monitoring the service.
Ensure the service provides diversity sensitive therapies to the local community and
works with BME Community Development Workers to deliver health promotion activities
and develop innovative practise.
Ensure all areas outlined in IAPT 4 Year plan e.g. long term conditions, older people, SMI
(serious mental illness) are given sufficient work planning in consultation with Service
manager and Clinical lead
This advert closes on Friday 19 Apr 2024