CMHT Team Leader

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Skipton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing support packages

Internal and external professional/led

Learning opportunities

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme -

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Team Leader for the Craven Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). The role covers a large geographical area and requires leadership, partnership working, and a strong focus on delivering quality community mental health care.

The post emphasizes supervision of a multidisciplinary team and collaboration with GPs and other services. The post holder will work with clinical managers to develop the service, uphold trust values, and ensure care is

Qualifications

• Leadership, management and supervising a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience working in community mental health settings is advantageous.
• Strong collaboration with other services and partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, managerial and supervisory responsibility to a multidisciplinary team including nurses, social workers, OT’s and Psychological Therapists. Deliver assessments and interventions within adult community mental health services.
• Balance workload between active clinical work and management duties as staff numbers vary.
• Support clinical manager and collaborate with other team managers to continually develop the service and ensure delivery of the Community Mental Health Team.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader working at the Craven Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), covering a large geographical area.

Our Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) are always striving towards excellence in service delivery, ensuring quality is at the forefront of all we do and service users receive the right care at the right time.

The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with local services across systems and partnerships.

There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will uphold the Trust values at all times and act as a role model within the teams in providing quality care.

Closing Date: 6th September 2026 at Midnight

Shortlisting Date: 7th September 2026

Interview Date: 16th Sptember 2026

The post holder will provide leadership, managerial and supervisory responsibility to a group of practitioners working as a multidisciplinary team including nurses, social workers, OT’s and Psychological Therapists. providing assessments and interventions within adult community mental health services.

The numbers of staff supervised will determine how the workload is managed between active clinical work and management responsibilities.

The post holder will assist the clinical manager and work alongside the other team managers in continually developing the service and ensuring the delivery of an Community Mental Health Team

Partnerships will include GPs, other mental health services, learning disability services, social care, physical health services, consultation to professionals in the primary care services and other adult mental health services including the voluntary sector.

Please note that this job description serves to provide an illustrative example of the duties and responsibilities the post holder may be expected to undertake during the course of their normal duties. It is not therefore an exhaustive list; the post holder will therefore be required to undertake other responsibilities and duties that are considered to be commensurate with the band.

Priority areas for this post will be agreed annually via the appraisal process.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits

• Increase mileage rates for > 4500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Simon Brady Job title: Clinical Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07721 109614