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Job summary

Main area
Community Mental Health Team
Grade
7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
173-51925-COMM
Employer
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
CMHT - various
Town
Leeds
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/12/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Team Manager

7

Job overview

This is a valuable development opportunity for anyone looking to have a go at stepping into a clinical and managerial role. Are you a caring, positive, and energetic person with excellent clinical and relational skills? Do you feel ready to take the next step into a leadership role within the community mental health services at a time of ground-breaking city-wide changes? If you are, you will be supported to become a key member of the Community Services Leadership Team. The successful applicant will be supported to develop their leadership and management skills through shadowing experiences and relevant formal training.

There are various bases for the position.

A car driver is essential to this post.

Main duties of the job

The Community Mental Health Service is looking to recruit a Clinical Team Manager to the service. The role requires a good understanding of clinical and management supervision and how this influences positive outcomes for service-users. You will need to direct, oversee, and manage the clinical team to ensure the smooth running of the service on an on-going basis. 

Additionally, the Community Mental Health Transformation Program provides an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to contribute to the implementation of new ways of working and integration of services, designed to improve service-user’s experiences. 

The successful candidate will be supported in their own management leadership development through regular supervision, appraisal and appropriate study through further learning and involvement in external and internal organisational projects.

 

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. 

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. 

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. 

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • SW/RMN/OT

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision
  • Experience of leadership within team
  • Relevant clinical experience, preferably in community setting

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWhite RibbonAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employer

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kellie McLoughlin
Job title
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Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07815489222
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