Cllinical Team Manager

Integrated Care System; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Team Manager for its CRISS Service in Leeds. The successful candidate will provide leadership and management support to multidisciplinary teams, focusing on high-quality, service user-centered care. This role involves overseeing clinical governance, ensuring effective decision-making under pressure, and contributing to continuous service improvement within an evolving framework. Excellent communication skills and the capacity to work collaboratively with various stakeholders are essential.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Flexible working options

Employee wellbeing support

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in a leadership role.
• Evidence of leadership skills and experience in crisis services.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear leadership to a multidisciplinary team.
• Lead all aspects of clinical governance and service improvement.
• Ensure compliance with key performance indicators and quality standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical Governance

Decision Making

Education

Relevant Nursing or Allied Health Qualifications

Job description

Go back Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cllinical Team Manager

The closing date is 23 July 2025

The CRISS Service in Leeds and York NHS Partnership Foundation Trust provides 24/7 urgent assessment and intensive home treatment provision to service users in Leeds experiencing a mental health crisis. The service has recently undergone a restructure and development in the service delivery model following a Core Fidelity assessment, the successful candidate will be involved in the continued embedding of the of the model supporting both staff and colleagues through the changes.

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced, and dynamic individual, within the nursing or allied professional group with the relevant experience, who can provide clear leadership to the multidisciplinary team of nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, health support workers, harm reduction workers and peer support workers and be committed to high quality service user focused care.

As Clinical Team Manager (CTM) for CRISS you will offer management support and guidance to the staff team and lead on specific developments as identified.

Main duties of the job

This post is one of 6 CTM posts covering the service over 7 days predominantly working a 9am -5pm pattern but will include some weekend working. The post supports the Operational Manager to provide the leadership structure for the service overall. You will support the other band 7's in times of absence to ensure the whole service is functioning safely.

Within this role the post will lead all aspects of clinical governance and service improvement in an ever-evolving climate. Good communication skills and ability to work in partnership with a number of other internal and external stakeholders is essential.

We would welcome any contact from interested candidates on the role.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities

• Be able to demonstrate a broad range of administrative, clinical, managerial and leadership skills, for the post in question and evidence to support this.

Be able to demonstrate effective working partnerships within a multi-disciplinary team, to achieve an integrated, effective, and efficient service.

Have evidence of up-to-date training relating to contemporary acute/CRISS/ practice, local and national issues.

Be competent and confident, to provide expertise, advice and clinical and managerial leadership and role modelling to the teams they are working with.

Be able to demonstrate a high level of skill and expertise in effective decision making whilst exposed to distressing and highly emotional situations.

Understand local, directorate and national targets, key performance indicators and quality standards are met, monitored and reported on a regular basis.

Ensure that services are reviewed, monitored and continuously improved within the framework of Clinical Governance.

Operates within professional Trust policies and procedures and adhere to discipline specific clinical / professional codes of conduct.

Assist the CRISS Clinical operations manager in ensuring robust financial management procedures are in place for the authorisation of pay and non-pay.Act as the authorised signatory for the team budget

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at theJob Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications with significant post qualification

Experience

• Evidence of leadership skills or relevant transferable experience
• Experience of working within an Acute service/ Crisis service and or transferrable experience that can be applied to this role

Knowledge

• Knowledge and Understanding of key performance indicators relevant to Crisis

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.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust