Job summary
Employer heading
Team Lead - Enfield Memory Service
NHS AfC: Band 7
Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen within Enfield's Older Adults Mental Health Community Services. We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate nurse or occupational therapist to lead Enfield Memory Service.
This is an exciting time to be joining the team as we will be extending the service to offer post diagnosis support to service users who are diagnosed. This will involve development and re-design of the service to optimise the use of resources to introduce an effective and innovative service. We will therefore need a team leader with a clear vision of how the service will develop and the skills to support staff in adapting to change.
Main duties of the job
You will provide day-to-day management of Enfield Memory Service as well as working with other services in the wider Trust as we work towards extending the post-diagnostic offer in Enfield.
You will work with the team to ensure compliance with national and local targets and provide assurance around the quality of the service offered.
You will work closely with colleagues in Enfield older adult services to ensure that service users are receiving care from the right service and that transfer between services is seamless.
You will work closely with the Enfield Older Adults Community Service Lead address areas that require improvement using QI methodology.
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
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We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
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We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
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NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
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Excellent internal staff network
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To have managerial accountability for the delivery of care to service users referred for assessment and treatment of cognitive problems.
• Assume line management for memory service practitioners and administrative staff working within the Enfield Memory Service.
• Be responsible for effective clinical and managerial communication systems to, from and within the Enfield Memory Service including communication with the wider MDT and medical cover for the service.
• Provide expert clinical leadership, advice, support and liaison, education and training to other staff and agencies.
• Work in close collaboration with the Directorate, service users and community services to ensure best use of resources and management of the caseload.
- Work in collaboration with Barnet, Camden, Islington and Haringey Memory Services around the development of services across the Trust.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification; occupational therapy, RMN part III or other professional registration
- Must be currently registered with appropriate professional body
- Minimum of four years post registration experience including mental health and older people
- Minimum of two years’ experience working with people with dementia and their carers at Band 6 level
Desirable criteria
- Management and Leadership training
- Further study in the field of Dementia care
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of multi agency/professional working
- Monitoring and managing a caseload
- Experience of supervising and appraisal of junior staff/learners
Desirable criteria
- Working experience in a community mental health setting
- Experience of managing a service
- Experience of managing other professions
- Knowledge of the role of Memory Services in supporting people with dementia and their carers
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly according to client/service needs.
- Receptive to changing environments and an ability to promote positive approaches to implementing changes according to service and client need.
- Experienced and passionate about service user involvement and co-production.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to think and work flexibly to adapt to different approaches
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
- Sarah French
- Job title
- Community Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087023576
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