AMHP Team Leader

NHS; Radlett; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Radlett is seeking a talented AMHP Team Leader to provide leadership and manage the AMHP Duty Hub. The candidate must be a qualified Approved Mental Health Professional with experience in mental health care. This role offers competitive salary, extensive benefits including a generous pension scheme and training opportunities.

Benefits

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

One of the UK's best pension schemes

Leadership and management training opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Approved Mental Health Professional.
• Hold a valid driving license and access to a car.
• Experience with leadership in mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to AMHP Practitioners.
• Manage the AMHP Duty Hub daily.
• Promote the AMHP role at events.

Skills

Mental health care experience

Leadership skills

Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist qualification

Education

Approved Mental Health Professional qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Go back Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

AMHP Team Leader

The closing date is 07 November 2025

Are you a talented mental health clinician (Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist) and also a qualified Approved Mental Health Professional?

Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust and Local Authority?

We are seeking to recruit a Team Leader to join Hertfordshire AMHP Service to cover maternity leave.

We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, such as those with lived experience of mental health difficulties.

Our outstanding AMHP Team is based on Radlett on the main hospital site at Kingfisher Court.

Please contact Ferrial Abu-Rabi on 07816 118 515 for an informal chat or to arrange a visit. We look forward to hearing from you!

You must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• provide leadership for AMHP Practitioners to ensure their services are integrated with and responsive to, other local service needs
• ensure (in conjunction with appropriate lead professionals) that practice within the teams meets relevant standards, is appropriate, timely, safe and follows agreed professional practice
• be responsible for the daily management of the AMHP Duty Hub. In conjunction with the Service Manager.

In return, we can offer you:

• leadership and management training opportunities
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities

• Provide support to individual AMHPs across the workforce e.g. with the process of returning to practice, rebuilding confidence.
• Encourage prospective AMHPs with preparation for training and promote the AMHP role within and external to the organisation e.g. at events; multi- agency forums; attending different services and team meetings.
• Offer clinical and social care advice to professionals in multiple service divisions concerning high risk/ complex cases coming from 136/secure/police custody/Liaison etc.
• Liaison and gatekeeping for Legal Services as required.
• To develop and monitor systems, policies, standards and procedures, that ensures compliance with best practice requirements of the Trust and County Council in line with both agencies strategic policies and the strategic plans of the Joint Commissioning Partnership Board.
• In partnership, to identify trends, strengths and weaknesses that may influence the development of AMHP Services and to develop a culture of continuous improvement throughout the designated team/s.
• To partake in AMHP rota work and practice.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

• Additional areas of training through short courses
• Membership of professional bodies

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Detail areas of experience and knowledge required. Utilise the job description, KSF outline to highlight particular areas, e.g. care planning, change management, Microsoft Office.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

£50,008 to £56,908 a yearPer annum, Pro rata (5% HCAS Included)