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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Manager to join our team at Birch Avenue Nursing Home. Birch Avenue is a residential nursing home for people living with Dementia who have complex needs that require nursing care. We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

Internal secondments may be considered

Main duties of the job
For all the main duties of the job please refer to JD and PS attached for full details.

If you any queries please don't hesitate to contact us.

About us
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

Details
Date posted: 16 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pa
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 457-26-8304173-A
Closing date: 30 October 2026

Job responsibilities

Ensure that interventions meet local and national standards and are based on an individualised approach to care, aimed at maximizing an individuals potential and are based on effective engagement principles.
To ensure the maintenance of a safe environment for service users, staff and visitors.
To ensure the effective communication and liaison with other agencies.
To meet all the above standards within own professional practice.
To ensure management of agreed targets.
To ensure effective monitoring systems are in place for performance management.
To effectively manage the allocated budget.
To ensure effective systems are in place to monitor and review stock requirements.
To positively manage sickness absence.
To proactively manage recruitment and retention of staff.
To ensure appropriate skill mix of staff advising managers of changing needs.
To make decisions affecting clients/carers, staff and visitors within the service ensuring effective communication with relevant others.
To ensure effective systems are in place to manage annual leave/study.
To ensure effective systems are in place to ensure data collection, evaluation, performance indicators.
Ensure the assessment and identification of risk and the necessary risk reduction/management measures.
Provide effective planning and evaluation of cases.
Ensure that comprehensive assessment/treatment/interventions are carried out for all assigned service users and carers.
Provide expertise in the field of knowledge appropriate to the service and be able to communicate highly sensitive information to service users and carers offering empathy and reassurance.
Ensure staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to meet the needs of people living with dementia and other complex presentations.
Ensure risk issues for each service user are addressed through regular evaluation.
Contribute personal and professional skills, to ensure the development and the delivery of the therapeutic group work/interventions.
To lead in the production of an active learning environment in order to maintain and develop high standards of professional and clinical practice. Promoting opportunities for self, colleagues and junior staff to access available education/training.
To lead and participate in appraisal and clinical supervision with junior staff and ensure that this is disseminated and monitored.
To ensure the collection and performance review of evidence/competency.
To participate in appraisals mechanisms and supervision and receive regular clinical supervision.
To participate in the ongoing development of the Directorate.
To take the lead on the development and implementation of clinical audit, unit standards, operational policies and clinical guidelines for the team.
To lead and participate in the identification and application of sound research-based evidence to practice.
To oversee quality monitoring processes and use information from audits, incidents, safeguarding activity, patient feedback and quality metrics to drive service improvement.
To support the service in demonstrating compliance with applicable regulatory and professional standard.
To promote a culture of safety, openness and continuous improvement.
To ensure safeguarding responsibilities are effectively discharged and that concerns are recognised, escalated and managed in accordance with Trust policy.
To contribute to the monitoring of clinical quality indicators, medicines management, infection prevention and control, and patient safety arrangements.
To work flexibly to Service requirements within contracted hours.
To work to Professional Codes of Conduct and Trust/Care Directorate Policies and Procedures and ensure all junior staff comply with these standards.
To ensure the maintenance of a safe environment in accordance with Health & Safety legislation.
To ensure the appropriate delegation of key tasks to junior staff.
Be personally responsible for maintaining professional registration with the NMC. Failure to produce evidence of periodic registration on time may lead to regrading/dismissal.
To ensure that a record is kept of professional nursing registration details of all registered nurses in the clinical area.
The post holder may be required to undertake duties not specified in the job description, but which are commensurate with the role and/or band as required by service need.
The post holder may be required to work in different locations as required by service need.
There may be a requirement to change the job description in light of developing service needs.

Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential:

Registered Nurse - Mental Health

Desirable:

Relevant post graduate qualification
Management degree or equivalent
Diploma in Leadership and Management for Health & Social Care Level 5 or equivalent (or willing to work towards)

Experience
Essential:

Experience and evidence of working with older people with mental health problems
Demonstrable experience of ability to undertake the role
Experience of Service Development & Team Governance
Experience in working in partnership with others.
Experience in working within MDT/multi professional
Experience of working directly with people with Organic illnesses and their carers
Knowledge & understanding of mental health issues specifically dementia

Desirable:

Experience of managing a multi disciplinary staff team
Participation in a Manager Development Programme
Implementation of change management
Conducting staff disciplinary
Experience and evident application of budgetary management
Management of staff through capability
Experience of co-ordination of support service provision i.e. catering, cleansing, laundry

Other
Essential:

Self Awareness
Risk Management
Excellent communication skills
Knowledge of and developing skills in implementing and evaluating Policies, Protocols and Procedures
Maintain and develop an environment and culture that improves health, safety and security
Ability to act as an education resource
Ability to prioritise own workload and designated others
Flexibility required to meet service needs
Commitment to the needs of client and staff group
High levels of motivation
Desire to further ones personal development
Commitment to continual service and self improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Birch Avenue, 67 Birch Avenue, Sheffield, S35 1RQ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:
Registered Nurse Manager, Claire Vessey, Claire.Vessey@sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk, 01142716903

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