Clinical Teams ManagerNHS

Job summary

Do you want to join an innovative service delivering high-quality, evidence-based treatments in primary care for people with common mental health problems?

Do you have the clinical expertise to deliver effective interventions alongside the leadership skills to support and develop practitioners?

Do you want to be part of a team described as supportive, excellent, and amazing?

If so, this could be the opportunity for you.

South Tyneside Talking Therapies is an award-winning service and one of the highest performing services regionally and nationally.

We are seeking a passionate, values-driven Clinical Team Manager committed to delivering high-quality care and continuous improvement. You will be an inclusive and compassionate leader, fostering a positive culture where staff feel supported, valued, and able to thrive.

The role requires a proactive individual motivated to shape service delivery, champion clinical excellence, and support innovation. You will play a key role in ensuring the service continues to meet national expectations while maintaining a strong focus on patient-centred care.

As a Clinical Team Manager, you will lead by example, promote STSFT Values and Behaviours, support staff wellbeing and development, and help drive the service to be the very best it can be.

Main duties of the job

There is a strong commitment within the service to ensuring staff are supported to reach their full potential through high-quality clinical and managerial supervision, structured development opportunities, and access to both internal and external training.

The CTM will provide effective line management within a dynamic primary care setting and will play a key role in the ongoing development and operational delivery of the Talking Therapies service.

Core responsibilities include the provision of regular supervision, and performance oversight to ensure safe, effective, and high-quality care.

You will demonstrate strong, engaging leadership skills, underpinned by experience in a leadership role, alongside a clear commitment to delivering safe, compassionate, and patient-centred care.

Staff wellbeing and development are priorities within the service. The post holder will contribute to the Wellbeing Strategy Group, supporting the development and implementation of initiatives that promote staff wellbeing, engagement, and retention.

In addition to leadership responsibilities, the post holder will deliver psychological interventions as part of the Talking Therapies service, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires a commitment to a holistic, recovery-focused model of care, with the ability to work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to improve access, address population need and enhance service delivery.

Job description

• The post holder will be part of South Tyneside Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health Service, which incorporates Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and Child Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS). They will work with adults who have a range of common mental health problems in primary care using NICE high intensity treatment interventions such as CBT, IPT, EMDR, CAT, Counselling for Depression. They will use traditional and innovative treatment methods.
• To be accountable for the day to day management of a locality team, deployment and supervision of staff, and ensuring the coordination of services provided, optimising the cost effective use of all resources
• Line management of the team, with overall accountability and responsibility for the delivery of all aspects of patient/client care through the provision of effective clinical and managerial leadership
• Will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities
• To meet targets set nationally and locally for access, recovery and waiting times
• To work as a member of the Lifecycle/IAPT Team in providing a Mental Health Service to service users with Common Mental Health Problems
• This includes the direct provision of NICE evidence based, outcome focused standards of care to service users aged 16+
• The service will be delivered from Community Bases as an integral part of a stepped care model
• To lead, motivate and support the team approach to delivering new and innovative models of care for service users
• To lead a continuously improving service, by ensuring systems are in place to support clinical governance, quality monitoring and on-going research and audit of practice
• Ensure systems and processes are in place to maintain patient safety
• Facilitate the development of clinical expertise and practice within the team
• To work autonomously, assessing individual patient/client needs, initiating investigations, determining a plan of care and initiating appropriate holistic, research based health information and care
• To act as a resource for all members of the team, providing expert advice concerning aspects of patient/client management.
• To be responsible for ensuring that agreed professional standards are reflected in practice and to have overall responsibility for monitoring the standard of care
• To improve the service users journey by increasing access to assessment and appropriate care and treatment
• Work collaboratively with multi professional teams to ensure practice is efficient, effective, evidence based and safe

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About us

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.