Clinical Team Manager - FIRST SEE

The post holder will be responsible to the Service Manager of Older Adult Community Mental Health, Dementia & Frailty (Mid & South Essex). The post holder will be responsible for the management of the FIRST (Functional Intensive Support and Response Team) admission avoidance, crisis and home treatment pathways, providing Leadership, supporting staff and working collaboratively with Consultants Psychiatrist in Mid & South Essex, other grades of Doctors, Allied Health Professionals and Social work Practitioners to provide and deliver a high quality and safe care.
FIRST is a service working from three localities South West Essex (Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock), Mid Essex and South East Essex (Castle Point, Rochford and Southend. Each locality has a clinical team manager, with the wider service is supported by the MSE Pathway lead, all working together for strong clinical management and decision making across MSE ICS.
FIRST will align with DIST (Dementia Intensive Support Team) in South East Essex and the post holder will provide management support to DIST as the alignment progresses.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process, including joint working with the Multi-Disciplinary Team to meet the needs of the patients, and carers to ensure that they are working to EPUT Clinical Policies and Procedures, Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Practice and Standards. In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and as requested in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7-day a week, 24-hour a day service for 365 days a year., To work collaboratively with Inpatient and Community (Mental and Physical Health) services in order to aid the Patient's recovery and Well-being plans in the community.
To ensure safe Clinical Practice takes place and maintained to Care Quality Commission standards at all times and in line with the NHS Constitution.
To work in conjunction with the Consultant Psychiatrists, to ensure that patients are supported in the most appropriate clinical practice environment from a Multi-disciplinary perspective
To create appropriate pathways within sphere of responsibility and work closely with the Assessment and Treatment units to provide a seamless service when an admission is warranted.
To manage and deliver effective and safe services which support the key elements of Clinical/Practice governance. The post holder will focus on leading the teams to introduce ways of continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence will flourish.
!Important Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
+ We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
+ We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".
Our Values
+ We Care
+ We Learn
+ We Empower
Our strategic objectives
+ We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
+ We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
+ We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
+ We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
+ Mental Health Services
+ Community Health Services
+ Learning Disabilities Services
+ Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory., The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Covid Vaccination
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [email protected].

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
+ Season Ticket Loans
+ NHS discounts for staff
+ Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
+ Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
+ The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
+ Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
+ Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
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What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.