Royal Borough of Greenwich
Job title:
Multi-Disciplinary Team Manager
Company
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Job description
Multi Disciplinary Team Manager, Joint Emergency Team (JET)Salary: Band 8A / PO8Employment Type: Permanent – Full TimeAt Royal Greenwich, we are proud to be a borough synonymous with first class modern services alongside our Maritime history, Greenwich Mean Time and Royal Status. A world heritage site, our communities are vibrant and diverse, and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potential of the borough whilst responding to our financial challenges.Growth, progress and innovation are critical, but we remain completely focused on ensuring that we meet the needs of our communities by working closely with residents, partners and businesses. Securing the very best outcomes for our children and young people and providing high quality housing remain our top priorities.The RoleAre you a dynamic leader passionate about delivering swift impactful care? Do you want to make a real difference and drive the future of integrated responsive health and social care?We are seeking an experienced Operational Manager to lead our innovative service which includes our urgent community response (UCR), falls pick up services, seven day social care and virtual ward.JET is a seven-day service that operates from 08:00 to 20:30, including bank holidays. The staff team consists of qualified health and social care professionals and a range of support staff in order to support the needs of our Greenwich residents.This is an integrated role working across both health and social care that is jointly funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and is accountable to both organisations.The Royal Borough of Greenwich and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust are dedicated to providing high-quality, responsive, and compassionate care to our community.The Joint Emergency Team provides a crucial role in delivering timely interventions that prevent hospital admission and support individuals to stay in their own homes providing a home first response. Alongside this we facilitate early discharges from hospital and function as a gateway to the integrated community services within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.We are part of the South East London Urgent Community Response, delivering a rapid response within 2 hours to proactively prevent hospital admission and meet the needs of patients in the community. We are also currently piloting a service working in partnership with the London Ambulance Service community response car.We also provide support, treatment, and monitoring on our virtual ward for up to fourteen days and the team are using digital health care monitoring.The team provides a multi-professional assessment of health and social care needs to support the immediate crisis, identifying specialist assessment and rehabilitation requirements and providing necessary equipment to maintain patients / clients in their own homes. The post holder will also be responsible for an on call rota that is delivering and managing the Royal Greenwich Adult social Care Emergency Duty Team which operates from 17.00 to 09.00 seven days a week.Benefits of working for usAs the home of the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time, the Unesco World Heritage Site, becoming Council of the Year 2013, the first new Royal Borough for more than 80 years along with having brand-new offices based in the heart of Woolwich, Royal Greenwich is a great place to live and work.Royal Greenwich is a great place to live and work. Benefiting from excellent transport links ranging from Crossrail to the Elizabeth line to the Uber boat, we’re one of the easiest boroughs to get to and navigate your way around.Employee benefits include:
- A range of flexible working arrangements
- Excellent pension scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential, including excellent apprenticeship opportunities at all levels
- Vibrant staff support networks
- GreenwichCard which entitles you to discounts at local businesses
- Payroll giving scheme
- Generous leave entitlement, starting at 29 days per year (plus bank holidays)
- Employee Assistance Scheme including external counselling service
For more information about the role, please read the attached job documents. When completing your application form, please detail how you meet the essential requirements in the Person Specification.As part of the selection process, you will need to explain how you meet the key requirements for this role listed in the advert. When explaining how you meet each of the requirements, please give examples that clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience. When writing your examples give a brief description of the situation or task but focus on the actions you took and the result of your actions.This role requires a Enhanced DBS CheckTo apply for this job please follow the “Apply for this job” link.Additional InformationRoyal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Rani Kalsi; [email protected] .If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact or call 020-8921-8977Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at [email protected].As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.Related informationPlease read any attached documents before applying for this jobFile size: 349.49 KBFile size: 120.13 KBExternal linkExternal linkExternal linkExternal linkAt the Royal Borough of Greenwich we believe children should enjoy their childhoods, and we are determined to apply child-centred best practice in everything that we do.We have opportunities for Social Workers to join our Permanence and Safeguarding Service, including our MASH team (Multi- Agency and Safeguarding Hub).Social Work – Health & Adult ServicesOur people are important to us. We believe in a 21st century adult health and social care that makes the best use of people’s strengths and resources to ensure our residents, and our workforce, thrive.
Expected salary
£60468 – 63879 per year
Location
Greenwich, South East London
Job date
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 23:16:10 GMT
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