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Main area
Adult Learning Disability Inpatient
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
12 months (12 months fixed term however will be made permanent if funding becomes available)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5)
Job ref
346-TSL-030-24
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Bankfields Court
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/07/2024 23:59

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Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust logo

Deputy Team Manager

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a newly created Deputy Ward Manager post to work within our Adult Learning Disabilities Inpatient Service. The successful candidate would support the Ward Manager in the operational management of a large staff team working across five wards on a busy and acute hospital site. 

The Deputy Ward Manager would be  dynamic, enthusiastic and innovative to support the Ward Manager to take the teams through their clinical transformation journey and act up where required  in the absence of the Team Manager.


 

Main duties of the job

The post holder would support the Ward Manager and Clinical leadership team with an emphasis on supporting the performance management of the team and providing data, analysis and reports, as well as the management of sickness absence procedures, and effective roster management.

They would support the leadership of practice development and service development initiatives to ensure continual quality improvement as an integral part of the Trust’s Quality Improvement System, and have significant experience of report writing, chairing and minuting meeting, and undertaking basic statistical analysis. 

Experience of working in a non clinical administrative role would be beneficial due to the administrative/clerical aspects of this role and to support the admin staff within the staff team.

Working for our organisation

We are the Mental Health and Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care - our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believe in and cared for. 

 

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

This is a fixed term 12 month post however will be made permanent if funding is agreed.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject, or willingness to work towards within agreed timescales
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
  • Leadership or management qualification or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
  • Quality Improvement Systems for Leaders or willing to undertake within agreed timescale.
  • Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience of working in a service that works collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
  • Significant role in quality improvement activities.
  • Experience of safeguarding principles or commitment to developing this
Desirable criteria
  • Use of the Trust’s Quality Improvement system.
  • Administrative and/or clerical experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice.
  • Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
  • Detailed understanding of Clinical Risk.
Desirable criteria
  • Budget Management and Financial Standing Instructions.
  • HR policies and procedures.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
  • Write reports and policies.
  • Undertake basic statistical analysis.
Desirable criteria
  • Manage change effectively
  • Provide effective leadership

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rebecca Stonehouse
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07775786563
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