Team Manager - Partners in Practice Team

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Hampshire County Council are delighted to invite an inspiring and forward thinking leader to join our Partners in Practice Team as Team Manager.

We are entering an exciting period to expand our highly regarded clinical service. The PiP team is embedded within HCC hubs across the county, delivering high quality consultation, specialist training, and evidence based interventions for children and young people.

This is a rare and compelling opportunity for an experienced clinician with CAMHS expertise who is ready to step into their first operational leadership role, or an established leader seeking a fresh challenge with scope to shape a service from the ground up.

As Team Manager, you will play a pivotal role in designing the culture, vision, and strategic direction of the expanded service. Working with skilled clinicians and social care colleagues, you will lead a team committed to improving outcomes for children, young people, and families across Hampshire.

Our CAMHS teams have a strong and supportive culture, with excellent structures regarding supervision and support. This isa great opportunity to join our service as part of HIOW NHS Foundation Trust Children & Families Service line to support the delivery of high quality children's mental health services. We are looking for exceptional individuals who share our passion to deliver the best quality care and experiences for children and their families.

Main duties of the job

This role covers the operational and strategic management of the Partners in Practice team (PiP).

The post holder will work with senior leadership colleagues in community CAMHS and Hampshire County Council (HCC) to drive forward and launch the expanded service within HCC community hubs.

The post holder will be accountable for the operational delivery of designated integrated children's team, health service's across Hampshire to provide clinically safe, effective services. Working as a member of HIOWH CAMHS Leadership team to embed clinical governance, professional leadership, and integrated, efficient working practices.

The post holder will be expected to be able to adapt to the changing requirements emerging over time and work in partnership with their manager and the senior leadership to support changes to both the service delivery model and staffing structures.

The role will require leadership in a multiagency, multi provider environment in community settings and requires both proven experience of professional leadership and operational management within services for children and families.

The Team Manager will be responsible for the operational delivery of the PiP team, including allocation of clinical activity, ensuring appropriate flow for children and young people through the service and stakeholder engagement and liaison. Keeping the clinical model at the forefront of these discussions.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 29 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 348-CFS-11737
• Job locations: Cromwell House, 15 Andover Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7BT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.