202342 Nurse Team Manager (LAM)

Band 7 (£48,788 - £56,747)

Nhs Lothian, Ladywell, West Lothian

Full time
Permanent

Posted today, 26 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Clinical, professional and managerial responsibility for area of responsibility on an ongoing basis including all clinical and staff governance issues. The post holder is responsible for maximising service provision, including the delivery of safe and effective clinical practice, ensuring that all local and national guidelines and targets are adhered to and met.

To lead the locality based older adult Community Mental Health Nursing Team (CMHT)
to deliver and develop local services in line with West Lothian HSCP Strategy and the agreed policies and procedures.
To be responsible for the resources allocated to the CMHT and directly provided care services at local level whilst ensuring these are effectively used
To work in partnership with other stakeholders across the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) to ensure the CMHT Service is effective and continues to develop to meet assessed needs.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Michael.Chitehwe@nhs.scot or .
A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the following link: https://services.nhslothian.scot/nursingandmidwifery/strategic-plan-2023-2028/
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.