Interim Team Leader

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to move into their first management role or for an experienced manager who wishes to take a change in direction and who can take the service forward with enthusiasm and a passion for continuous quality improvement.

You will be an experienced Registered Nurse with excellent assessment and risk management skills who is able to embrace and drive change and innovation.

We are looking for a skilled and intuitive communicator with experience of providing leadership. You will work directly with the Operational Manager and Clinical Matron who will provide support, development and direction alongside other leadership colleagues.

You will know the importance of providing high quality supervision and of working together with staff and the wider management team in providing supportive, effective and coordinated leadership to the team in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for service users and carers.,

• RN/RNLD/ RNA


• Current registration with NMC


• Evidence of management or leadership training


• Minimum 3 years post registration experience


Desirable criteria


• Teaching/ training expereience


Knowledge and communication skills

Essential criteria


• Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication, modifying communication in response


• Ability to chair meetings effectively.


• Demonstrate the ability to produce reports e.g., related to complaints, investigations, SIs, audits etc., Ability to manage complex situations.


• Demonstrate the ability to problem solve and critically analyze data, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.


Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional