Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Community Team Manager
The closing date is 17 November 2025
With the support of their leadership team the successful candidate will develop their team to improve the lives of Older People by minimising the impact of their condition through effective leadership, management and support.
The team operates from bases in Acomb and Selby to provide secondary care interventions to Older People with Mental Health needs and Dementia.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering excellent mental health services and can support and enable the team to continue to achieve their potential.
Key responsibilities will include supervision and appraisal for the team, performance, recruitment and management of staff, ensuring that people have timely access to our services and receive treatment in line with our pathways.
You will need to have excellent relationship building and engagement skills and be capable of managing varied work demands based on the changing needs of the service.
You will understand and embrace the challenge of delivering a service which is both high in quality, efficient and sustainable.
In addition, nurses in this role will have opportunity to broaden their leadership experience by working as a duty nurse coordinator within the hospital as part of a rota.
About us
The Trust as a whole advocate collective leadership, and the post holder will be operationally supporting a multi-disciplinary team that shares these principles of collective leadership.
Your Leadership team includes a Clinical Specialist Nurse, Clinical Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrists.
This role is part of a wide supportive network of Team and Ward Managers who work together to ensure whole system working in order to support the patients.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
* Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work or relevant professional clinical qualification (ie PWP/CWP in IAPT/Getting Help services)
* Be Educated to Master's level in leadership or a subject area relevant to the area of practice OR Have equivalent clinical experience to that of masters level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience - which also includes significant experience of managing people (see below under experience), together with evidence of CPD
* Significant experience of managing people
* Significant experience of working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field
* Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
* Evidence of delivering supervision
* Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
* Developing, maintaining and auditing standards of practiceEvidence of training in Quality Improvement methodology or coaching, and/or using.
* Inter-agency and partnership working
* Be trained in Clinical Supervision and Providing Clinical Supervision
* Be a Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor
Knowledge
* Working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation
Skills
* Able to work collaboratively with staff, service users and partners
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.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
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