Team Leader, Radcliffe Admission Avoidance - Bury, United Kingdom - Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Bury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Service Lead to join our new Admission Avoidance Service in Radcliffe, Bury for people with a learning disability with or without autism who are experiencing a period of crisis.

Our new service will offer specialist targeted support to avoid admission to acute care across Greater Manchester.

Working closely with stakeholders from across Greater Manchester this service will provide an additional option wherever less restrictive options providing a therapeutic environment and intervention plan are been considered.

The new service consists of a 4 bedroom model, will be operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and providing e a range of specialised therapeutic interventions within a care setting with a tailored design.


Working closely with a specialist clinical team the post holder will support in the coordination and support of care delivered by specialist support workers.

We are looking for a deputy team leader who is innovative and a creative thinker, who can support leading a team in response to sometimes challenging situations, is an effective communicator and has clinical expertise.

We need you to help mobilise the new service and embed our learning disability and autism operational standards and to further develop quality improvements.

To provide strong and effective leadership to the Radcliffe Admission Avoidance Service.

To lead and motivate the team to provide person centred support to children and adults with learning disabilities and associated health care needs and/or challenging behaviour.

To provide high quality person centred support to people with learning disabilities.

To promote at all times the key principles of 'Valuing People 2001' - Rights, Inclusion, Choice and Independence, Valuing People Now 2005.

To empower the support teams to translate these aspirations into the everyday lives of the people who access Pennine Care's Learning Disability Residential Service.


We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.


Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.

We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

  • Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
  • Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
  • Access to Continued Professional Development
  • Involvement in improvement and research activities
  • Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
  • Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

Please see job description and personal specification

Responsibility for client care

At all times to work in accordance with Pennine Care policies & protocols.

  • To lead the Radcliffe Admission Avoidance in the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of support, and contribute to the setting of a high standard of care to clients, embracing the values of 'Valuing People 2001'.
  • To fully involve clients, family members and persons acting as advocates in the development of the above plans.
  • To adopt a multidisciplinary approach to the development of programmes of care.
  • To embrace public health role, promoting health and well being and, where possible, prevent ill health.
  • To take on the role of Named Nurse for a number of identified clients.
To initiate and participate in Vulnerable Adult/Child Protection investigations.

  • To maintain accurate and up to date records in line with Pennine Care and NMC guidelines.
  • To administer medication ensuring that legal requirements are observed in line with Pennine Care policy and procedures and NMC guidelines.
  • To communicate effectively with a range stakeholders and services including GPs, The Learning Disability Team and Adult Care Services as required.
  • To operate as the leading member of the staff team, facilitating Team Meetings, Staff Development and Training.
  • To provide cover across the rota as required and work flexibly across all shift patterns.
Responsibility for Human Resources

  • To ensure adequate and appropriate deployment of staff within the team.
  • Provide day to day formal and informal supervision for members of the support team.
  • Receive formal and informal supervision from the Service Manager.
  • To lead in the professional development of the support workers including NVQ/competency framework.
  • To facilitate student placements.
  • To complete the appraisals
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