Team Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Hounslow Liaison Psychiatry Team Manager, based at West Middlesex University Hospital. This is a key leadership role within Hounslow Local Services at West London NHS Trust, providing visible, compassionate operational and clinical management to a highly skilled multidisciplinary liaison team.

The post is offered as a 12‑month secondment for internal applicants and a 12‑month fixed‑term contract for external applicants. We are seeking an experienced, values‑driven clinician with substantial band 7 experience in liaison psychiatry or an equivalent crisis pathway, who can lead a busy service, support staff wellbeing and deliver high‑quality, recovery‑focused care in close partnership with acute and community colleagues

EIP is about early, proactive intervention: helping people experiencing a first episode of psychosis to recover, rebuild their lives, and achieve their aspirations. You’ll lead a skilled, passionate MDT – including a Team Lead, Band 6 clinicians, and specialist practitioners – in delivering evidence-based interventions that meet national EIP standards such as NCAP and the Access & Waiting Time targets. If you have the drive, leadership, and vision to deliver exceptional care and innovate for the future, we’d love to hear from you

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide day‑to‑day operational and clinical leadership for the Hounslow Liaison Psychiatry team, ensuring safe, timely and person‑centred responses to referrals from the Emergency Department and inpatient wards for people aged 16 and above. They will hold responsibility for performance against commissioned standards, including response times, quality indicators and activity targets, and will use data to monitor and improve service delivery.

Key aspects of the role include line management and supervision of multidisciplinary staff, budget management, workforce planning, service development and leading local governance and quality improvement work. The postholder will maintain a small proportion of frontline clinical activity to stay close to day‑to‑day practice, contribute to Serious Incident reviews and clinical governance, and work closely with Hounslow borough leadership, acute Trust partners and community teams to support seamless care pathways and effective cross‑borough learning.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed