Job summary
- Main area
- Intergrated Recovery Hub
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-COMM-7418287-JB-B
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Wilson Hospital
- Town
- Mitcham
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Team Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic manager to lead our Integrated Recovery Hub Team. You will be part of a multiprofessional service alongside a wider management group of staff, consisting of other Team Managers, Clinical Manager, Clinical Service Lead, and the wider Psychology and Medical workforce to provide excellent evidence-based care to adults across Merton with secondary care mental health needs.
This team is proactive in utilising multidisciplinary roles to provide recovery and outcome focused interventions to service users, whilst meeting targets.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be an experienced mental health professional with knowledge and skills in leadership, managing staff, and be a team player committed to innovation and service development. The successful person will support the ongoing transformation of community mental health services. You will establish relationships and communication links with their local and external stakeholders and primary care networks.
This role requires the ability to multitask, incorporating service development, operational and people management as well as ensuring that data quality and the meeting of targets. Excellent communication, technical and organisational skills are essential.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To be responsible for the smooth and effective operational management and co-ordination of the IRH.
• To work in close partnership with the multi-disciplinary team to actively promoting team working.
• To have regular co-ordination meetings with the team to ensure that the separate elements of team accountabilities are fully addressed.
• To hold full managerial responsibility for all individual IRH staff members (excluding the doctors) ensuring the various disciplines work within an agreed operational policy and providing support and consultation in the process.
• Working closely with the consultant psychiatrist, to ensure that all medically qualified members of the team adhere to operational policies and fully engage in the multi-disciplinary process.
• To work collaboratively with the administration manager manage and supervise administrative and secretarial staff in the team.
• To ensure that all performance information identified as necessary is collected according to the timescale required.
• To ensure systems are in place to manage intake, allocation, caseloads and clinical review in the team.
• To carry through all agreed procedures in regard to staff disciplinary and sickness absence arrangements for both Trust and Social Services Systems as appropriate to the level of the post. Working with the Clinical Manager and professional heads of discipline where required to process these issues.
• To promote the Trust’s Equal Opportunities strategy and implement procedures to further this process.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification appropriate to mental health or social care
- Evidence of Post Registration and CPD
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification at Diploma Level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of health or social care management
- Experience of managing staff and resources
- Experience adult mental health
Desirable criteria
- Project or change management experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to think creatively and strategically
- Ability to build relationships across organizational and professional boundaries
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Ability to manage and lead staff
- Up to date knowledge of effective models of mental health and social
Desirable criteria
- Well developed IT Skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shane Finn
- Job title
- Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07976945898
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