Hospital Team Manager

Job title:

Hospital Team Manager

Company

Hertfordshire County Council

Job description

Job Title: Hospital Team Manager
Starting Salary: £52,138 opportunity to progress to £57,652 plus 5% operational enhancement*
Hours: 37.0
Location: Watford
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services*please note the operational enhancement is a non-contractual payment subject to a 3 yearly reviewAbout the teamDo you love working in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment? Are you motivated and passionate about upholding people’s rights? Then this is the job for you!You will lead, motivate, and empower a team of qualified and unqualified team members, to safely discharge Hertfordshire citizens from hospital, on the right Discharge to assess pathway.Our Watford General Hospital Team is an integral part of the Herts Valley Integrated Discharge Service, operating across the South & West Hertfordshire. Working in partnership with key stakeholders, the team will work with Hertfordshire citizens and their carers to implement a safe and sustainable discharge from hospital. Implementing the Home first agenda, where possible, citizens will leave hospital with short-term services that support their recovery, meet their outcomes, and help them to live healthy, independent lives.To improve outcomes for service users, the Integrated Hospital Discharge Service supports a 7 day Hospital Discharge service. The post will be asked to be part of the service-wide rota to provide cover on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays once every eight weeks and will receive days off during the weeks before and after covering weekends. There will be opportunities for you to discuss this at interview if your application is successful.About the roleAs Team Manager, you will report to the Service Manager and be responsible for daily management and performance of the team, along with management, control and accountability of financial budgets . Overseeing referrals into the team from hospitals, ensuring that they are recorded on our database, and allocated to a worker upon receipt.The role requires you to demonstrate in practice, your knowledge and application of legislation and statutory guidance, including but not limited to the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights Act 1988 and the Hospital Discharge and community Support Guidance. You will lead by example, sharing good practice, and learning, particularly when we don’t get things right through complaints, investigation, and response.Key activities in this role include;

• Work cross-organisationally as a leader of the Transfer of Care Hub.

• Shape services, through participation of projects, and workstreams.
• Support and develop staff to reach their potential. As well as your own.
• Be an integral part of a service that champions Human Rights, and advocacy.
• Make a difference to individuals and carers lives.
• recruit and support staff who share the Hertfordshire County Council’s values and behaviours.
• Manage budgets, and shape resources.
• Lead and showcase your skills

About youEssential

• Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England. However, we would invite applications from Occupational Therapists or Registered Nurses.
• Drive or have access to a vehicle for the purposes of work, as the role requires travel to other locations Including but not limited to Hospitals, individuals’ homes, Council and NHS Offices, Care Homes within and outside of the Hertfordshire’s Boundaries. You will need to have a valid and clean drivers’ licence as a requirement of this post.
• Ability to write reports to court standard, case notes to the required professional standards defined within your professional registration standards and Hertfordshire County Council’s policy on record keeping.
• Have knowledge of and be able to demonstrate application in practice of the Care Act 2014, Social Work Models, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Community, Human Rights Act 1988, and the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Be part of a weekend rota. 1 weekend in 8, on consecutive Saturdays & Sundays.
• Be part of the Bank Holiday management rota to ensure the service is covered 364 days a year.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC13 job profile. Please locate this via:To hear more about this opportunity please contact Beth Appleton (Service Manager)07812 322920 orfor an informal discussion about the role.Interview Date: 30 April 2025How to applyAs part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.Additional informationDisability Confident
We are proud to be a and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required).

Expected salary

Location

Watford, Hertfordshire

Job date

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 05:47:45 GMT

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