Health Team Lead (Learning Disability Services) | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum , pro rata ( Incl of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 July 2024 |
| Location: | Slough, SL1 2EL |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6400674/371-CFS265 |
Summary
Interview will be held on 2nd July 2024
You will be an enthusiastic and dedicated clinician with excellent experience working with people with learning disabilities. You will be able to demonstrate a strong track record in ensuring the delivery of high quality, effective and personalised services to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities.
A commitment to supporting effective team working, with an excellent value base will be crucial to your success in this role. You should be self-motivated with excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritize your workload.
A key strength will be your ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form with the people we support and their families/carers, our staff teams, the multi-disciplinary team and other wider stakeholders.
You will understand that service users and their carers are our number one focus and will want to work to provide the best level of care possible.
The post holder will work as Health Team Lead for Slough CTPLD. Primarily you will support the Slough CTPLD team, however there may be occasions when you will be required to provide trust wide cover which may involve the need to travel across Berkshire on occasion.
The successful candidate will continue to develop Slough Health CTPLD to ensure the provision of specialist psychological and behavioural assessments of people referred to the Community services. Strong clinical skills will supportdetermining the correct care pathways, whilst contributing to assessment and treatment options with your own discipline related training, to over all care and team risk management, promoting least restrictive options.
Excellent communication skills that must be adaptable to support engagement with clients and carers accessing our service, the multi-disciplinary team and representation to external agencies and services.
This role requires continued personal development and training, empowering the team to continue with their learning, development, and supervision.
A good working knowledge of legislation, organisational policies and trust expectations is required. Competency in auditing and service development, working closely with the service manager for assurance in service efficiency and general day-to-day management of team sickness, annual leave and ensuring team well being and stability will be pivotal to this role.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
· You should be self-motivated with excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritize your workload.
· A key strength will be your ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form with the people we support and their families/carers’, our staff teams, the multi-disciplinary team, and other wider stakeholders.
· A driving license and access to a car are essential to this post.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Lisa Hollis, Service Manager, 07929185186, who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Jun 2024
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