Overview
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We are seeking a full-time Clinical Team Manager to join our Mood, Emotions & Relationships (MERs) pathway within Children and Family Health Devon. This role is offered on a fixed-term basis of one year. This pathway supports children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health and emotional difficulties, including depression, anxiety, trauma, self-harm, emotional dysregulation and complex relational challenges.
This pathway supports children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health and emotional difficulties, including depression, anxiety, trauma, self-harm, emotional dysregulation and complex relational challenges.
As a Clinical Team Manager, you will combine leadership responsibilities with your professional expertise, overseeing a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care. You will provide day-to-day operational management, professional supervision and support for staff, while contributing to service development, workforce planning and quality improvement. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership career while continuing to use your clinical skills to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people.
Responsibilities
* Provide day-to-day leadership and management for a multi-disciplinary MERs team
* Supervise, support and develop staff through compassionate and inclusive leadership
* Contribute clinical expertise to assessments, formulations and care planning as required
* Monitor performance, demand and capacity, ensuring safe and effective service delivery
* Work closely with the Operations Manager and clinical leads to develop pathways and drive improvements
* Build strong working relationships with families, schools, social care and partner agencies
About Us
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon. CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework. CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training. Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our children and young people say, “We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.”
Details
* Date posted: 03 October 2025
* Band: 7
* Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year
* Contract: Fixed term (1 year)
* Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
* Locations: South Devon Healthcare, 187 Newton Road, Torquay, Torbay; Lescare Offices, Shinner\'s Bridge, Totnes, Totnes
Job Description and Person Specification
Job responsibilities: Further information on the role and the full person specification can be found on the attached Job Description.
Essential Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* A professional mental health qualification e.g. RMN, Social Work Degree, BSc/Diploma in OT, or equivalent.
* Postgraduate diploma level or equivalent in supervision and/or leadership skills.
* Professional registration/accreditation with a recognised body (NMC, HCPC, Social Work England, UKCP, BABCP).
* Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
* Specialist communication skills to convey highly complex clinical information to children, young people, families and professionals; able to adapt approach to audience.
* Ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation and work autonomously with sound decision-making under pressure.
* Ability to review, analyse and report on information related to team performance, capacity or activity.
* Ability to develop and implement systems to manage capacity and demand – patient flow, staff workloads.
Essential Experience
* Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies.
* Experience delivering clinical practice within the area of specialty for children with complex health conditions.
* Experience supervising others and developing supervisory relationships with healthcare professionals.
* Experience managing HR and recruitment processes including staff appraisals, performance and sickness management.
* Experience delivering healthcare within an equality and human rights framework.
* Experience initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings to tailor treatment packages to individual needs.
* Experience involving service users as active partners in delivery or design of services.
* Experience in service development and quality improvement.
* Experience using data to improve services.
Privacy and Compliance
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a DBS check will be required. UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer
Devon Partnership NHS Trust, South Devon Healthcare, 187 Newton Road, Torquay, TQ2 7BA. Website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
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