CMHT Team Leader

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust; Bridport; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7 Team Leader for the Bridport Adult Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). This role combines clinical and managerial responsibilities, including supervision and developing staff, while sustaining a small caseload of complex cases.

You will lead the CMHT to deliver high-quality, recovery-focused care, engaging with Primary Care Networks and local stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience, including community mental health
• Strong knowledge of legislation, clinical governance, risk management, and adult mental health practice
• Proven leadership and management skills, including supervision and performance management
• Excellent organisational, communication, and decision-making abilities
• Commitment to recovery-focused and socially inclusive practice
• Ability to manage change and work effectively under pressure
• A passion for supporting staff, improving services, and delivering excellent care to people with complex mental health needs

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operational leadership and management of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe, effective, and efficient services in line with Trust policies and local requirements
• Provide visible, supportive leadership and foster a culture of continuous improvement and staff development
• Maintain a small caseload of complex cases while making sound clinical judgements under pressure
• Engage with Primary Care Networks, Access Well Being and VCSEs as part of Bridport Community Hospital arrangements
• Contribute to service improvement and quality standards across the CMHT

Skills

Leadership/management

Supervision & performance

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Registered Practitioner (Nursing, AHP, Social Work)

Job description

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

CMHT Team Leader

The closing date is 22 November 2026

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic individual to join Bridport Adult Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) as a Band 7 Team Leader. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for a motivated professional who is passionate about delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care for adults experiencing serious mental health difficulties.

We are seeking an experienced, registered professional with:

• Significant post-registration experience, including community mental health
• Strong knowledge of legislation, clinical governance, risk management, and adult mental health practice
• Proven leadership and management skills, including supervision and performance management
• Excellent organisational, communication, and decision-making abilities
• A commitment to recovery-focused and socially inclusive practice
• The ability to manage change and work effectively under pressure

A passion for supporting staff, improving services, and delivering excellent care to people with complex mental health needs is essential.

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the day-to-day operational leadership and management of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient services in line with Trust policies, legislation, and local authority requirements.

You will provide visible, consistent, and supportive leadership, acting as a positive role model and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, reflective practice, and staff development. You will support the team to enhance their skills, systems, and overall service delivery to meet the needs of service users and carers.

The post combines both clinical and managerial responsibilities, requiring you to maintain a small caseload of complex cases, make sound clinical judgements under pressure, and support high standards of care across the service.

The post is based at Bridport Community Hospital and expectation will be to engage with the Primary Care Networks, Access Well Being and VCSE's.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Practitioner (Nursing, Allied Health Profession, Social Work)
• Evidence of Leadership/Management Training
• Learning and Assessing in Practice or equivalent practice educator training

Experience

• Recent experience within a community CMHT role at band 6 or demonstrate transferable experience
• Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in clinical assessment, treatment and care for people's mental health
• Demonstrable knowledge of legislation relevant to area of practice
• Evidence of risk management skills and experience
• Evidence of proactive involvement in supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrable ability to prioritise effectively
• Able to promote the best use of available resources in the pursuit of quality service provision ensuring a safe environment
• Experience of budget management
• Management/Leadership Formal Training/Qualification

Personal Attributes

• Able to communicate effectively at different levels of an organisation in both verbal and written form, for example with staff, patients, visitors or external organisations in the exchange of very highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, which will require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills.
• Evidence of skills in diplomacy, negotiation and influencing
• Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards an service improvement
• Inquisitive and eager to learn. Seeks ways to improve self and others.

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.

Address

Bridport Community Mental health Team, Bridport Community Hospital,

Bridport Community Mental health Team, Bridport Community Hospital,