Job summary
Employer heading
Shift Coordinator
Band 7
Job overview
Working as part of multi-disciplinary team, the Shift Manager role will provide clinical leadership, clinical input and day to day operational support to the Crisis resolution home treatment team.
The post holder will be responsible for triangulating the quality of the service standards, patient experience and compassionate care, patient safety, risk and reporting quality assurance.
Main duties of the job
The Forward Thinking Birmingham partnership multi - disciplinary Service is offered across Birmingham. The age range is 0-25 years for individuals referred to the service with emotional, behavioural and mental health problems.
The post holder will be a member of the Multi-disciplinary Team and will work alongside colleagues in handling, triaging and accepting referrals from a wide range of professionals and agencies. They will support in helping to manage crisis calls and supporting young people when they are in an acute crisis. Where appropriate, they will be required to liaise with the Psychiatric Liaison Team, Criminal Justice Recovery Service and other specialist services across a range of providers.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current professional qualification (RMN, Mental health Nursing)
- Post registration training in a treatment modality to diploma/degree standard as a minimum such as CBT.
- Willingness to undertake further training as required.
Desirable criteria
- Management Training
- CPN Diploma
- Degree in relevant subject
- Training in Research
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Qualified for a minimum of 5 years
- Previous experience in mental health
- Experience of inpatient work with adolescents or young adults
- Experience of Mental Health work in the community with adults or adolescents
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Previous experience with urgent / crisis care
- Experience of research
- Experience of working in a home treatment team, day hospital or outreach service
- Experience of leading and managing a team
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of supervising junior staff
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
- Gurpreet Kaur
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Urgent Care (Interim)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768067347
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