# Support Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-manager/ca3ccc50-8812-4403-9b79-2c11b3895f21
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-manager/ca3ccc50-8812-4403-9b79-2c11b3895f21.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bayheath House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 PA
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months for external candidates or 12 months secondment if internal.)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5 Monday to Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-03T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T15:50:55.779Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Chesterfield/Derbyshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/RMN/RMN-v8195214
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8195214?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for 2 new roles within our Older Adult Community Mental Health teams. This role is to work with our team managers to support operationally. The role will be 60% operational and 40% clinical.

The posts will be across Chesterfield, Killamarsh, Bolsover and Clay Cross and Amber Valley and Erewash. (2 different posts)

This is a fixed term post of 12 months for external candidates or for internal candidates this is a 12 month secondment opportunity.) Please seek your current line managers permission before applying for this role.

### Main duties of the job

The role will provide operational support across workforce coordination, performance monitoring, quality improvement, incident and risk processes, complaints, service pressures, waiting list oversight and business continuity arrangements. The post holder will work closely with clinical leads, senior clinicians, administration colleagues and wider Care Group colleagues to support safe, caring, responsive, effective and well-led services.

The clinical element of the role may include undertaking initial assessments, supporting complex case management, contributing to system and pathway working, participating in multidisciplinary team discussions, and chairing or coordinating case meetings where appropriate. Clinical activity will be undertaken within the post holder’s professional registration, scope of practice, competence and agreed service priorities.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification.

Attached link includes Job description and Person spec.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Able to organise, prioritse and coordinate complex workloads

**Desirable**

- knowledge of CMHT pathways

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience - Minimum of 3 years since qualifying.

**Desirable**

- experience of working within OA MH, CMHT's or NHS community Services

### Qualifications and experience

**Essential**

- Registered MH Nurse
- Diploma/Degree MH Nursing
- Evidence of CPD

**Desirable**

- Management/leadership qualification

## Documents

- [inclusivity at dhcft (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1986)
- [support manager jd and ps (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10500538)
- [personal accountability charter (pdf, 8.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1978)
- [guidance notes for completing the application form (pdf, 138.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=971)

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