Mental Health Acute Liaison Team Manager

The Team Manager will work closely with our existing Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists and core members of our multi-disciplinary team. You will be working at the interface between physical and psychological health, bringing your knowledge and expertise to complex discussions and decision-making together with acute hospital colleagues., The Liaison Team provide on-site 24/7 accessible and supportive mental health services to UHNT. Referrals are received from A&E, wards and for patients of working age and older people. The Team Manger will be skilled at managing operational systems, whilst compassionately supporting and managing staff. The successful candidate will adopt a Monday - Friday working pattern. The post-holder will fulfil the role of primary contact for the Acute Trust and is required to build excellent relationships with UHNT and additional stakeholders. The appointable candidate will have good leadership skills and be motivated to develop the service, working together with the leadership team, to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients, providing the right care, in the right place, at the right time, by the right person. Daily roles include:

• Management of referrals to support effective, timely care delivery
• Performance monitoring & management of the service
• To ensure that the team functions in line with the core business of the Care Group
• To build trusting, close working & supportive relationships with partners
• To be instrumental in the further development of the urgent care pathway
This role is all about working with your peers to drive positive change and creating a working environment where others can thrive.

Do you value working positively, respectfully and collaboratively with partners in care across local health systems? We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced Team Manager (Band 7) to work within our Acute Hospital (Mental Health) Liaison Team, based at University Hospital of North Tees.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, careers, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health. We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.