Community Team Manager
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Kings Lynn, PE30 5PDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
5 October 2026
5 days leftJob description
Are you an experienced manager or leader within an acute mental health setting. Do you have experience or an interest in working with service users in...
In this role, you will provide strong operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care to those with acute mental health needs and their families. You will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day service delivery, managing performance, and ensuring that care is responsive, evidence-based, and aligned with national and local standards.
You will lead, support, and develop a diverse team of practitioners, fostering a positive and inclusive culture that promotes staff wellbeing, continuous learning, and professional development. This includes supervising staff, managing caseloads, and ensuring effective risk management and safeguarding practices are embedded across the service.
This role will monitor and report on key performance indicators, support quality assurance processes, and drive improvements to enhance patient outcomes and experience. Your leadership will ensure that the service remains responsive to the needs of the local population while maintaining compliance with regulatory and organisational requirements.
You will be a joining a vibrant, supportive, and highly skilled team, where collaboration, compassion, and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. This is a role where you can truly make a difference supporting young people through challenging times and empowering them to thrive.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Qualifications
Essential: - RMN, RLDN, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent, or HCPC registered
Desirable
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
- Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
- Post-basic teaching qualification
- ILM certificate in management or equivalent
Expereince
Essential
- Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management / supervision experience
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development
Skills
Essential: - Competent and effective treatment skills; - Care planning skills; - Competent assessment skills; - Effective analytical and decision-making skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
- Build on/develop further knowledge of psychosocial interventions
- Build on/develop further specialist knowledge of health promotion and recovery
- An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines.
Other
Essential: - Ability to travel.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
21 September 2026
Last checked
23 September 2026
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