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About the job
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Team Lead to join our newly established Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) in Hillingdon.
This is a key leadership role within a transformational model of care, designed to support individuals with severe mental illness who are at risk of disengagement and require intensive, proactive community-based support.
This is a high-impact, community-focused role, where you will lead a team delivering care directly to patients in their homes and local communities, ensuring no one is lost to follow-up.
The Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) role is fundamentally a patient-facing position, focused on engaging and managing individuals who are often reluctant to engage with services. Given the nature of this work, requiring proactive outreach, direct contact, and consistent face-to-face intervention, the role is not suitable for remote or hybrid working arrangements.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary outreach team
Ensure delivery of high-intensity, assertive engagement, including home visits and community-based care
Lead on risk management, safety planning and complex clinical decision-making for a high-risk cohort
Deliver and embed a model based on:
Persistent engagement
No discharge due to non-attendance
Proactive, flexible contact with patients
Provide line management, supervision and support to team members
Oversee team performance, caseloads and quality of care delivery
Work collaboratively with CMHT/CMHH, Crisis Teams, inpatient services and partner agencies to ensure coordinated care pathways
Going out to patients
Maintaining engagement when others disengage
Providing practical support that prevents crisis
Not clinic based
About us
The Team is committed to delivering safe, compassionate and high-quality care across all services.
The Assertive Outreach Team is a new and developing service, offering:
The opportunity to shape and lead a new model of care
A strong focus on patient safety, engagement and outcomes
A supportive multidisciplinary environment with clear leadership oversight
Opportunities for professional development within a growing Trust-wide model
Job responsibilities
Essential
Registered mental health professional (e.g. RMN, OT, Social Worker)
Experience working with complex mental health needs and high-risk patients
Experience of clinical leadership, supervision and team management
Strong skills in risk assessment, care planning and crisis management
Experience of community-based or outreach working
Driving licence and access to a vehicle for work
Desirable
Experience in assertive outreach, crisis or urgent care services
Experience of service development or transformation
Job description
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