MHLD Team Leader in London

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special. As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job Overview

The team lead will have overall responsibility for the delivery of care within the MHLD community services delivered in Southwark in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. The team lead will also lead a team of multi-professional staff in the delivery of high-quality evidence based practice, ensuring that regular supervision and appraisals take place.

The postholder will co-ordinate multi professional working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members and other services within the Trust to ensure the most effective interface and continuity of care between all disciplines and services. The post holder will have overall managerial responsibility for Southwark MHLD community team. He/she will hold responsibility for the co-ordination, management, strategic development and delivery of the service. The post holder will also establish and maintain partner agencies, Social Care, service users and their families. The team lead will contribute to the planning, organisation and delivery of a high quality and accessible mental health care deciding on service priorities and allocating resources accordingly. The team lead will also provide managerial and clinical supervision to the team and engage in the process of evidence-based care and clinical effectiveness.

Main Duties of the Job

• To ensure that all nursing practice is developed using up to date evidence-based practice, as well as that all nursing staff have the appropriate skill base and supporting mechanisms to access training to work with the service user group.
• To ensure that all staff receive regular supervision and appraisal and are offered essential and developmental training in accordance with their personal development plans, and the needs of the service.
• To ensure that all service users are made aware of, encouraged, and assisted to use all services available to them, in particular, those in the community.
• To implement NHS health care policies and strategies into nursing practice, including targets outlined from the NHS Improvement Standards for Learning Disability (2018) & the NHS Long Term Plan (2019).
• To be able to critically evaluate interventions with a view to improving outcomes relating to the physical and mental well-being of service users.
• Acts as a role model demonstrating high standards of care and providing clinical leadership to others.
• Provides specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care.
• Promotes the philosophy of person-centred care, co-creating care with people with a learning disability.

Working for Our Organisation

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. SLaM is one of few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training. SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, we provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By joining SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. With access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014; providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels.