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Location

Burnley, Lancashire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Lancashire & South Cumbria Care NHS Foundation Trust is an exciting place to work, we have sound professional structures embedded to lead, inspire and support our workforce and teams and are committed to delivering the right care, at the right time, in the right place.

The Memory Assessment Service aim to offer a comprehensive assessment, timely diagnosis and early access to treatment, we aim to work closely with individual service users, their families, carers and other health/social care professionals in order to offer specialist care for an individual’s mental health care needs at a number of levels the role of the team lead is integral to the service.

We are looking to appoint a confident, dynamic and committed leader who will have proven experience and skill for managing teams in a similar role. The successful candidate will take a lead on ensuring local and operational directives for service delivery are sustained at the current standards expected, and work closely with service manager and other senior colleagues.

It is an advantage if you have previous/current experience in managing teams and be able to demonstrate a resilient approach, be skilled in delivering and supporting current key performance indicators and be confident in dealing with complex issues attributed to those living with dementia.
• To lead and promote in the clinical supervision process existing within the team and to deliver supervision and guidance to colleagues involved to deliver an effective service.
• To participate in auditing activity, promoting best practice
• To engage in MAS best practice group meetings as scheduled.
• As Band 7, the successful candidate will support investigations and managing complaints.
• To be able to demonstrate an approach which is aligned with the Trust values. They will be innovative, proactive and be able to work autonomously, with enthusiasm and a “can do” attitude to support the service achieve its vision

The post is offered for a 11 month fixed Term period - this will be at Band 7 Level.

Experience of working within a similar role or within the older adult field would be beneficial although applicants at band 6 level with a passion for leadership will be considered

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Friday 23 Feb 2024

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