CFIDD Team Manager

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking a CFIDD Team Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team that supports individuals with complex needs. Key responsibilities include collaborative working with various stakeholders, ensuring resource efficiency, and supervising clinical practices. Candidates should possess relevant health or social care qualifications, full professional registration, and significant experience in healthcare management. This position offers a competitive salary between £47,810 and £54,710 per annum.

Benefits

Employee wellness programs

Diverse staff networks

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrated abilities in management and leadership, including clinical expertise.
• Experience in teaching and motivating teams.
• Ability to manage under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team focused on supporting individuals with IDD.
• Ensure effective deployment of resources and meet performance targets.
• Supervise and monitor clinical work within the team.

Skills

Management and leadership

Ability to understand clinical governance

Team collaboration

Negotiation skills

Education

Relevant professional health or social care qualification

Full professional registration HCPC/NMC

Degree level or equivalent in Mental Health or Learning Disabilities

Job description

The closing date is 16 December 2025

CFIDD Team Manager

To lead a community based multi‑disciplinary Community Forensic Intellectual Developmental Disability (CFIDD) team. The delivery and development of this team is in line with the process to support individuals with a diagnosis of IDD who present a forensic risk and are currently detained under the Mental Health Act (1983 amended 2007). To identify appropriate care pathways and assist with the transition from secure care/inpatient setting into the community and case management of high‑risk complex individuals.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced); this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first two months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job

• Establish close collaborative working with Trust services, Social Care and other external partners and stakeholders such as the probation service, Police, housing, the voluntary and private sector.
• Ensure effective and efficient deployment of resources, ensuring statutory responsibilities of the Trust are met along with identified performance targets.
• Supervise training and development needs of staff, ensuring they are identified and met.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee‑led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

• Establish close collaborative working with Trust services, Social Care and other external partners and stakeholders such as the probation service, Police, housing, the voluntary and private sector.
• Ensure effective and efficient deployment of resources, ensuring statutory responsibilities of the Trust are met along with identified performance targets.
• Supervise and monitor the clinical work of the team and have a clinical remit as prescribed.
• Hold a full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use; reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant professional health or social care qualification.
• Full professional registration HCPC/ NMC required.
• Significant post‑registration experience in Mental Health or Learning Disabilities at Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration.

Experience

• Relevant skills in management and leadership position(s). Clear clinical expertise in achieving quality care and positive patient experience.
• Experience of teaching, influencing, negotiation and supervision with evidence of being a motivational leader.
• Experienced team worker working effectively within multi‑professional/agency services.
• Ability to manage under intense pressure when required.
• Thorough knowledge of National Healthcare agenda, legislation and local agendas.
• Ability to understand and interpret operational systems, policies, procedures.
• Skills to performance manage a staff team.
• In‑depth understanding and working knowledge of clinical governance.
• Experience of forensic services.
• Experience of working with patients transitioning between inpatient and community care.

Skills

• Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities that require the formulation or adjustment of plans/strategies.
• Ability to lead, plan and manage a specialist team.
• Formulates and adjusts plans and strategies to ensure the team has resources available to deliver quality patient care, oversees service and patient activity, and addresses staffing deficits in relation to staff sickness or untoward incidents requiring additional resources.

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to undertake essential training in safety management – Breakaway.

Training

• Willingness to undertake training to enhance leadership abilities and transferable skills.
• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration.

Knowledge

• Expertise underpinning theory acquired through professional qualification and by accredited training and experience with ability to provide skills, knowledge and experience to staff.
• Vision for the future acknowledging national and local drivers within mental health, Learning Disabilities and ASD.

Contractual Requirements

• Car driver with ability to travel across venues and cross geographical regions.
• Ability to work to meet the needs of the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays).

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)