# Community Perinatal Team Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-perinatal-team-manager/dca92a48-dc65-4d21-9c99-594fa947bc16 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-perinatal-team-manager/dca92a48-dc65-4d21-9c99-594fa947bc16.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Little Bromwich Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Team manager - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum, per rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Full time, fixed term temp) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T09:30:32.855Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Solihull_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Perinatal_Mental_Health/Perinatal_Mental_Health-v8318918 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8318918?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 12-Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Opportunity Are you looking for your next leadership challenge? We are seeking two enthusiastic and motivated Team Managers to lead our specialist Perinatal Mental Health Teams, supporting women and families during pregnancy and up to two years after birth. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly regarded multidisciplinary service and make a real difference to the lives of mothers, babies and families. As Team Manager, you will provide visible leadership to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality, safe and effective care. You will oversee team performance, workforce planning, governance, quality improvement, safeguarding, risk management and staff development, while working closely with internal and external partners across health and social care. We are looking for someone who is passionate about patient care, values collaborative working, and can inspire teams to deliver outstanding services. In return, we offer a unique development opportunity within a specialist service, access to experienced perinatal professionals and the chance to contribute to ongoing service innovation across Birmingham and Solihull. If you are an aspiring or established leader looking for a rewarding challenge, we would love to hear from you. Our current opportunities are within the Solihull Perinatal Team based at Maple Leaf Centre, and the West Perinatal Team based in Ashcroft. ### Main duties of the job The Team Manager will provide operational, professional and clinical leadership to a specialist multidisciplinary Perinatal Mental Health Team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care for women, babies and families during pregnancy and up to two years postnatally. They will be responsible for overseeing referrals, caseload management, risk management, safeguarding, care coordination and service performance, ensuring care is delivered in line with national guidance and Trust standards. The post holder will lead and support a diverse team of professionals, promoting a positive culture of learning, supervision, staff wellbeing and continuous improvement. They will manage workforce planning, recruitment, appraisal, attendance and performance processes, while ensuring appropriate use of resources and maintaining quality standards. Working closely with maternity services, primary care, health visiting, social care and other partner agencies, the Team Manager will foster strong collaborative relationships to ensure joined-up care for women and their families. They will contribute to clinical governance, service development, audits, quality improvement initiatives and the implementation of national and local priorities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification for further information. ### 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** - Experience as band 6 or equivalent - Experience of staff management - Evidence of building and maintaining effective relationships - Evidence of improving service quality **Desirable** - Experience within perinatal mental health - Experience of change management - Experience of leading on audit and/or research activity related to clinical practice ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Mental Health Professional - Registered with professional body - Evidence of post registration additional training **Desirable** - Leadership or management training ### Knowledge and skills **Essential** - Knowledge and understanding of how mental health affects women in the perinatal period and unique risk factors to be considered. - Demonstrate risk management skills **Desirable** - Ability to work in a pressurised environment and manage competing priorities ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 192.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10653941) - [person specification (pdf, 88.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10653942) - [everyday behaviours guide (pdf, 159.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2415) - [recruitment fraud and fees notice (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3094) - [artificial intelligence (ai) statement (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3095) - [recruitment equality, diversity and inclusion statement (pdf, 288.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3096) ## 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.