# 8B Neighbourhood Locality General Manager South West > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/8b-neighbourhood-locality-general-manager-south-west/9061ad69-afb2-494c-9099-363dfefdea2f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/8b-neighbourhood-locality-general-manager-south-west/9061ad69-afb2-494c-9099-363dfefdea2f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Salary:** £66582.00 to £77368.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9 to 5 (Monday to Friday)) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-26T16:00:56.122Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8204065 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8204065?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sabp.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As the General Manager: Neighbourhood Team ( Guildford, Waverley & Surrey Heath) , you will provide strategic and operational leadership for integrated adult mental health services within a neighbourhood-based model of care. You will be responsible for ensuring services are safe, effective, person-centred and aligned with local and national priorities, while driving service improvement, performance, quality and innovation. Working closely with clinical leaders, GPs, social care partners, people with lived experience and wider stakeholders, you will lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality mental health care, develop strong partnerships across the system and support the ongoing transformation of services. The role requires an experienced, values-driven leader with a strong background in adult mental health, change management, workforce leadership and financial stewardship. You will play a key role in shaping and evaluating new models of care, improving outcomes for local communities, reducing health inequalities and ensuring that services remain accessible, inclusive and responsive to the needs of the people they serve. If you are invited for the interview, as part of the interview process there are psychometric assessments to be completed before the interview (remotely). On the day, you will complete an in-tray exercise before the interview. To discuss this role, please contact Rama Shrestha. ### Main duties of the job Key Responsibilities: 1. Operational Oversight: Responsibility for the operational management of the adult mental health teams, ensuring alignment with the local PCN/neighbourhood sites. Responsibility for the functioning of the teams, ensuring that it delivers high-quality mental health care in line with organisational, ICB and national NHSE standards. - Performance Management and Productivity: Oversee the teams operational performance, ensuring adherence to clinical, financial, and operational targets. This includes monitoring case load and ensuring the team meets key performance indicators (KPIs). Provide monthly assurance reports to senior management, detailing teams performance, any variance in deliverables, and a clear action plan for addressing discrepancies. Proactively identify any risks and implement mitigation strategies. - Collaboration with the Professional Leads: Work closely with professionals to ensure safe, effective, and person-centred care delivery within the teams. Regularly working together to assess team performance and implement strategies to improve efficiency. Collaborate to review care pathways and identify opportunities for service improvement, ensuring that operational targets and clinical standards are met. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant relevant experience of operating effectively as a senior leader in a health or social care environment - Experience of working in adult mental health services - Proven ability to successfully manage Change and Service Redesign - Experience of working closely with people with lived experience and Carer representative to co-design improvements to system level service delivery ### Qualifications **Essential** - HCPC or RMN registration NMC, SWE or HCPC - Professional qualification at Diploma/Degree level i.e. RMN, HCPC, SWE - Leadership/management qualification or relevant training and experience - Evidence of continuing professional development ## Documents - [vacancy links (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2727) - [job description (pdf, 432.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10510727) - [carers information (pdf, 604.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2716) - [sabp competency profile map (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2714) - [mindful employer information (pdf, 195.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2715) - [benefits of nhs pension scheme (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2717) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.