Team Leader (at home support)

Nottingham CityCare are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Team Leader with sound knowledge and experience of working within a Healthcare setting to join our Reablement and Urgent Community Response (UCR) service working across Nottingham City. We are a short-term intensive Rehabilitation and Urgent Community Response team. Our multi-disciplinary team (MDT) comprises of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, registered general and mental health nurses, a pharmacy technician, assistant practitioners, rehabilitation support workers (RSWs) and administrative support.

The aim of the MDT is to promote independence through rehabilitation and crisis management with citizens in their own home or within a short-term care setting to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support timely hospital discharges. As Team Leader, you would be working alongside the MDT and the Team Managers.

The role includes the delivery of efficient and effective services in line with local, national and professional agendas and the day to day management and supervision of your RSW staff.,

• To ensure the delivery of an efficient and effective service in line with local, national and professional agendas and governance.


• The post holder will have day to day responsibility for the operational management of the service under the supervision of the Team Manager.


• You will be working closely with Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Nurses as well as GPs, District Nurses, and a range of Health and Social Care Professionals.


• The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the operational effectiveness and adherence to quality standards and key performance indicators for all external contracts/ internal service level agreements as well as marketing and ongoing development of the service.


• The post holder will be responsible for performance managing team members in line with service objectives and organisational policy.


• The post holder will also lead on partnership initiatives with Health and Social Care colleagues and third sector organisations.


• The post holder is responsible for service delivery and the operational management of the Rehabilitation Support Workers (RSWs) within the service.


• An understanding of Health and Social care provision and ability to work closely with partner organisations and other stakeholders is essential.
  
  We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.


CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.