Community Team Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a Community Team Manager has arisen with the West Norfolk Community Mental Health Team, based at Chatterton House. The team is supported by two Community Team Managers so you will work closely with another Community Team Manger.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team. This role provides operational leadership to a multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and recovery-focused care for adults with complex mental health needs. The post holder is responsible for team performance, workforce management, clinical governance, patient flow, risk management and service improvement, working collaboratively with internal and external partners to achieve positive outcomes for service users and carers. They will promote high standards of quality, staff wellbeing and continuous improvement in line with organisational objectives and professional standards.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to provide visible, compassionate and effective leadership for the West Norfolk Community Mental Health Team, maintaining a strong presence across the service and fostering a positive culture of engagement, accountability and continuous improvement.

You will lead and manage the day-to-day operational delivery of the Community Mental Health Team, ensuring the provision of safe, effective and recovery-focused care.Support, supervise and develop a multidisciplinary workforce, promoting staff wellbeing, professional development and high-quality clinical practice.

You will ensure appropriate caseload management, workload allocation, capacity planning and workforce deployment to meet service demand safely and effectively.

You will maintain robust clinical governance processes, including risk management, safeguarding, incident reporting, quality assurance and compliance with organisational policies.

You will work collaboratively with service users, carers, primary care, acute services, social care and voluntary sector partners to deliver integrated, person-centred care.

You will lead service improvement and transformation initiatives, supporting the implementation of best practice and innovation across the team.

You will act as a professional role model and ambassador for the organisation's values, promoting equality, inclusion, learning and high standards of patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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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.