Team Manager - OACMHT

Overview

A fantastic opportunity to become the Team Manager of the Salford Older Adult Community Mental Health Services. This is a well-staffed, integrated team comprising a wide variety of professionals, enabling effective and efficient delivery of high-quality services.

The post is to be responsible for the day-to-day operational management, leadership, and development of a multi-disciplinary Older Adult Community Mental Health Team (OACMHT). The team is integrated, flexible, user-focused, and recovery-oriented to deliver a safe, effective, and high-quality service to service users with mental health needs, ensuring delivery of the relevant clinical pathways (functional or organic) as outlined within the OACMHT standard operational procedure.

Participation as a member of the Community Services Management Team in the overall management of community-based secondary mental health services.

Participate in the service bronze on-site / on-call rota as required.

The Salford OACMHT is a great integrated team to work in; it thrives on caring and supporting each other. Every member of the team has equal value, the team works as one and respects individual roles within it. Salford OACMHT promotes the wider trust values of caring, compassion, valuing people, respecting one another, and practicing open and honest culture.

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. For information on the checks required, please visit the NHS Employers website; the Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout employment with GMMH.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities we serve and are committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups (e.g., BAME, Disabled, LGBT+). If you would like an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

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Sponsorship:
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals requiring sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. Review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government website. If offered a role requiring sponsorship, eligibility will be checked in line with Government guidance;

the offer could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible or right to work cannot be evidenced.

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Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability, or drug and alcohol services, either as a service user or a carer. We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff, delivering services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care across Greater Manchester and the north west of England and beyond. Our staff enjoy opportunities to learn and develop and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users. The Trust is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Pay enhancements, annual leave, pension, and other benefits: + Pay enhancements — 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays; 60% for Sundays and Bank Holidays. + 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years. + Excellent pension. + Cycle to work scheme. + Salary sacrifice car scheme. + Wellbeing programme.

+ Blue Light Card Discounts.