Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-38273568-AP
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Living Well Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Centre Lead/Team Leader
NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are recruiting for the Lambeth North Living Well Centre which is based at 332 Brixton Road in Brixton.
The Short Term Support services offer assessments and brief interventions to residents in the Borough of Lambeth aged 18 and over regardless of diagnosis. We are a part of the Lambeth Alliance, and we have a close interface with a variety of SLaM services, other statutory organisations (inc. social care) and voluntary sector.
The Lambeth Living Well Network (LWN) Alliance brings together Certitude, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, Lambeth Council, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Thames Reach organisations to deliver an innovative way of providing mental health support for those who need it in the Lambeth Borough; a fully integrated and coordinated mental health system which focuses on people’s strengths and supports their whole health and wellbeing.
As part of our journey, to realising a fully integrated system, we have set up 3 Living Well Centres in Lambeth.
We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic candidates, with strong leadership skills and a commitment to delivering high standards of care
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support their line manager in operating and developing the Living Well Centre, to include:
- Leading and managing safe and effective delivery of the care and support for people accessing the centre, within the parameters of delegated responsibility provided by the Alliance partnership organisations.
- Ensuring the centre workforce adheres to the principles, values and outcomes of the Living Well Network Alliance
- Effectively meeting all delegated statutory and regulated duties - with advice and support from relevant partner organisations.
- Improve quality, maintaining safety and leading innovative practice.
To apply for this post you must be a registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Staff restaurants
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Qualification/Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health/Learning Disability) or other professional registration e.g. Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Psychology
- Mentorship Course (or other relevant teaching/assessment course)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Management course
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of managing clinical practice in a mental health service
- Experience of providing clinical and managerial supervision
- Specialist clinical knowledge relevant to the service, including evidence-based practice.
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with different client groups and of using a variety of models and approaches to care
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in developing and changing clinical practice
- Ability to build and maintain high standards of professional links and communications channels with a variety of personnel and agencies
- Ability to enthuse others, co-ordinate and motivate a team
Desirable criteria
- Proven ability to maintain a balance between strategic and operational management
- Ability to support, manage and advise the team through difficult and challenging situations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mary James
- Job title
- Centre Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07596892660
- Additional information
Mary James - Clinical Service Lead/Centre Lead (North)
[email protected] / 07596892660
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