# Team Leader

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bethlem Royal Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Team leader
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T08:01:23.454Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health/Community_Mental_Health-v8333544
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8333544?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Candidates to please note Croydon is currently undergoing transformation into Neighbourhood Centres. This role is currently advertised for the Croydon Assessment and Liaison Team (A&L), however, the successful candidate will be reallocated to the North West Neighbourhood Centre team from 19 October 2026.

### Main duties of the job

To have overall management responsibility for the delivery of care within Croydon Community Services in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. To lead a team of professionals and support staff in the delivery of high-quality evidence-based practice, ensuring that regular supervision and appraisals take place. To manage administrative and operational resources in a cost-effective manner, evaluating the standard of service delivered. To co-ordinate multidisciplinary working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members, and other services within the Trust and external to the Trust, to ensure effective interface and continuity of care between disciplines and services. The post holder will carry out clinical and managerial procedures to a standard that ensures safe and effective care and complies with the relevant Code of Professional Conduct. There is an expectation that the post holder will place the needs of service users at the centre of care delivery.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

### 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 of managing a caseload
- - Experience working in a community mental health service
- - Experience of providing clinical and managerial supervision and annual appraisals
- - Experience of managing clinical practice in a mental health service
- Experience of conducting Biopsychosocial assessments of Service Users with a range of mental health needs.

**Desirable**

- Experience of managing conflicts
- Experience of investigating and responding to complaints
- - Previous experience in a team leader role
- - Experience of conducting safeguarding enquires under the Care Act

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- A recognised degree in Mental Health Nursing, Social work or Occupational Therapy (A)
- Registered Nurse-Mental Health or other professional registration such as Occupational Therapy & Social Worker (A)

**Desirable**

- Management course.
- Master level qualification

### Knowledge / Skills

**Essential**

- - Working knowledge of all relevant legislation associated with acute mental health care,
- - Experience of conducting clinical audits
- - Experience of reviewing Datix and completing Fact Finders
- Understanding of KPIs
- Knowledge and expertise in the management of complex risk and crisis

**Desirable**

- - Knowledge of performance management procedures
- - Knowledge of PSIRF framework

## Documents

- [team leader jd (pdf, 736.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10656793)
- [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341)
- [happy to talk flexible working (pdf, 680.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1723)
- [team leader/senior practitioner jd (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10656794)

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