Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 263-CCG25-245-AB
- Employer
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hopewood Park Hospital
- Town
- Sunderland
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per anum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Team Manager
Band 7
Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
- Cultural diversity staff network
- Disabled staff network
- LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
- Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
- Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
- Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay
Job overview
The Sunderland and South Tyneside Access CBU is delighted to be recruiting to join the CNTW Access Hub as the team's Team Manager.
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic candidate who is motivated to join our leadership team and provide the operational oversight of this trust wide service.
The successful candidate will not only work alongside the clinical leads within the CNTW Access Hub but will need to have a strong interface with all locality Crisis Teams due to Access Hub's role in triaging all crisis referral's for CNTW from June 2025.
The main aim for the successful post holder is to hold the responsibility to support/lead on ensuring the service provides safe, effective, efficient care to service users and their carers who live within the community.
Provide day to day management of the team including recruitment, selection and induction of staff, conducting appraisals, developing individuals, managing performance and absence, ensuring statutory and mandatory training is completed, and dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases.
Motivate, engage and develop the team within a multi-disciplinary team environment.
Understand and convey wider NHS developments and initiatives to team members to support their engagement with their work and the organisations.
Main duties of the job
Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. They also provide clinical leadership and effective day to day management of the team, commitment to promoting recovery and maximising independence and fulfil wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation.
Lead and coordinate team communication, including holding regular team meetings, communicating and consulting on service changes (which may be contentious), and acting as a conduit of information between the wider Trust, senior management, external agencies and the team.
Support the team in planning and adjusting the service in response to new initiatives/ ways of working.
Manage the process of Nurse Secondments in liaison with practice Placement Facilitators and Universities.
Working for our organisation
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 1st July 2025
Closing date : 15th July 2025
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent first level qualification e.g. Social Worker, OT, Clinical Psychologist, other.
- Relevant Post Graduate qualification or Training.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of coordinating and managing staff resources
- Experience of working within a MDT and collaborative working across MDT/agencies/disciplines
- Experience of providing community/crisis based mental health services
- Experience of leading teams/taking on a leadership role in project management
- Commitment to Partnership working both MDT and multi- agency
- Coordinating/support staff in the day to day provision of clinical services
- Awareness of equal opportunities/legislation and policies
- Proven abilty to mange a work/case load in a flexible manner
- Experiencev of providing clinical/managerial supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience of HR issues/budget management. Undertaking joint development reviews
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate leadership skills/delegation.
- Excellent communication skills/interpersonal skills including negotiation/conflict management
- Experience of Performance management
- Effective organisational skills
- Expert clinical/managerial supervision skills
- Experience of conducting/evaluating clinical audits
- Evidence of maintaining accurate record keeping
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate change management skills
- knowledge of Rio data systems/IT skills
role/team specfic requirements
Essential criteria
- flexible/approachable/confident/assertive/motivated
- Open to change/robust/trustworthy/demonstrates respect/dignity/integrity/diversity/professional
- Innovative
Personal Characteristics
Essential criteria
- Open/non-judgmental approach to clinical/managerial/leadership role
- Friendly/outgoing/approachable/confident
- Innovative/creative
- Flexible/adaptive
- ability to work under pressure
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
- Carla King
- Job title
- Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971822937
- Additional information
Please contact via email at [email protected] or via teams for further details on the role.
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