Team Leader | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Cosham, PO6 3TL |
| Company: | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6180153/195-24-062-SLR |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for staff looking to progress their career and become a Team Leader in the South East of area of SCAS.
The Team Leader role is a pivotal position in the support, management, and development of the area’s existing operational staff of all grades and visiting students. You will become a key player as part of the area management team that will help to demonstrate and champion the behaviours linked to the key values of: Team Working, Caring, Innovation and Professionalism.
We are seeking two candidates to be based at North Harbour Resource Centre in preparation for the new rota. This role is full time.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of professionals using your leadership competencies and behaviours. To be successful as a Team Leader, you will need to demonstrate that you can support your team fully and enable them to provide outstanding patient care within the urgent and emergency care setting.
The Team Leader will, under the direction of the COM, be responsible for the management of their designated team, working closely with their Clinical Team Educator to fulfill the strategic aims of the Trust.
You must be a team player, accept responsibility, demonstrate accountability and be a confident decision maker. You will possess good interpersonal skills and communications skills. You will need to be competent in basic IT skills and capable of logical thinking, practical problem-solving, objective assessment skills and report writing.
The Team Leader will support the Head of Operations (HOO) and Clinical Operations Manager (COM) in the realisation of the Trust’s Strategies, Vision, Behaviours and Values, supporting the delivery of high-quality patient focused care, in a safe and sustainable way, within the wider organisation.
The Team leader will be responsible to ensure that the immediate welfare of staff remains at the forefront of all their daily service delivery, and as such will supply immediate support to the staff within the wider operational teams.
We believe and encourage commitment to your own ongoing personal and professional development is essential and should be demonstrated in your application.
Benefits we offer:
• Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team.
• Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
• Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS.
• Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
• NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
About Us
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.
The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex.
We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Full details of the role can be found in the attached job description and person specification.
All applicants for this position will be required to undergo a competitive selection process involving a clinical assessment followed by a panel interview.
Please see the job description and person specification for further details. (Note: you will need to meet the essential criteria as a minimum in order for your application to be shortlisted). You must also have completed your Consolidation of Learning portfolio and have demonstrable experience of working as a Paramedic.
If you registered with HCPC after Sept 2016 we will be requesting evidence that you have practiced operationally and completed the 2 year NHS NQP programme.This evidence will be requested during the recruitment process should your application be successful.
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Apr 2024
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