Job Description

Services for Older Adults in North London Foundation Trust (NLFT) are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation. This includes the development of an Older Adults Home Treatment Team for the NLFT north boroughs. The post holder will manage the Older Adult Home Treatment Team covering the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.



You will be leading and managing a multidisciplinary team and working with other Older Adult Home Treatment Team and Adult Crisis Team managers to make sure that home treatment services are innovative and high-quality services which have the service users best interest at its heart.



The post holder will lead on governance and audit within the team, ensuring that team members are supported and developed to their potential and that new team members are comprehensively inducted and successfully integrated into the team.



To take operational day to day management responsibility at team level using performance management systems to ensure the effective delivery of contract activity.



Work with the Service Lead to deliver Integrated Governance requirements and be responsible for delivering governance within the team. This may include contributing to the writing of policy and procedure documents relating to clinical practice.



To oversee the provision of expert, autonomous and highly specialist clinical practice within the MDT



To ensure clinical staff maintain accurate and up to date records.



North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.



With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all



We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.



We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.



In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.



Provide leadership and line management to the MDT to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe clinical services.



To promote a culture that fosters staff involvement and a progressive attitude to service improvement.



To work with the Service Lead to deliver a culture and style of leadership that develops, empowers people, recognising achievement and promoting continuous development of staff and teams.



To ensure that all duties within the role are delivered in accordance with trust policy and professional registration practice. Ensuring that professional registration requirements of staff are met.



To be managed by and receive supervision from a nominated line manager, including annual review of performance as part of the appraisal system