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Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
The post holder will be a key member of the Learning Disability Services Leadership Team and will contribute to the overall management of those services.
The post holder will represent the clinical professions across the Learning Disabilities locality based services and will be responsible for driving forward and innovating robust evidence based practice in the delivery and development of the multidisciplinary services.
The post holder will be accountable to the Business Unit Service Manager (SM) and will have lead responsibility for the first line management and co-ordination of multi professional Community Learning Disability Teams.
Main duties of the job
Direct management responsibility for a multi-disciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical staff within a business unit.
Budgetary responsibilities: to manage and control a delegated budget for the multidisciplinary clinical service circa £2.4 million, determining and actioning cost improvement programmes and ensuring financial balance is achieved.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate both managerial and clerical skills in previous post.
- To show an understanding and means of managing the effective use of resources.
- Significant experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, which reflect a full range of clients who have complex learning disability and/or mental ill health needs.
- Significant experience of working in a clinical setting
- Significant experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of leading clinical governance in clinical area, including risk management, patient experience and audit
- Significant Experience of management and leadership within multidisciplinary teams
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS developments, policies and priorities in relation to healthcare.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Implementing complex change in a clinical setting.
- Excellent decision making and problem solving skills.
- Show vision for developing long-term planning, setting long and short-term objectives for self and the service.
- To have good inter-personal skills /emotional intelligence
- The ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, information to clients, their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to work in partnership across agencies and services
- Ability to manage and deal effectively with crises/prioritise
- Keyboard skills in use of Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint to design, create and input to complex spreadsheets, reports and databases
Desirable
- Ability to manage within a delegated budget
- Customer Care training
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Willingness to develop self and other team members.
- Ability to act as a role model.
- Confident and approachable manner.
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Relevant Clinical Degree and post registration qualification in relevant subject area
- HCPC or NMC Registration.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including attendance and completion of post graduate courses relevant to own specialty
- Post graduate qualification in healthcare management or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Leadership Qualification
- Change management qualification
- Knowledge of and understanding of Finance
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This advert is for Band 7 Locality Team Leader with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 (per annum). The contract type is 12 months (12 month fixed term contract). The application deadline is 13 Jul 2026.
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