Community Psychiatric Nurse Team Leader

NHS; Treorchy; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health board in the UK seeks a Community Psychiatric Nurse Team Leader to oversee nursing staff and manage a clinical caseload within a community mental health service. The role emphasizes leadership, effective risk management, and fostering collaboration with local authorities. Candidates should have relevant experience, sound clinical knowledge, and strong communication skills. Welsh language skills are desirable. Join a dedicated team making a difference in community health care.

Qualifications

• Experience of MDT working.
• Community mental health nurse experience.
• Sound working knowledge of mental health legislation.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, line management, and supervision to nursing staff.
• Promote a culture of compassion and care.
• Carry a clinical caseload and manage complex cases.

Skills

Organisational ability and time management skills

Clinical assessment and formulation skills

People management and leadership skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Ability to present information clearly

Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2)

Education

Evidence of post-registration continuing professional development activity

Knowledge of safeguarding procedures for children and adults

Legal and policy framework awareness

Job description

Overview

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Community Psychiatric Nurse Team leader

The closing date is 12 February 2026

The post holder will provide leadership, line management and supervision to a team of nursing staff within a pro-active and forward thinking multi-disciplinary community mental health service.

Positive role modelling and risk management alongside expert delivery of evidence based mental health nursing care to service users in the community are essential components of this role.

Main duties of the job

• Promote and maintain a culture of compassion and care to staff and service users.
• Actively promote the development of evidence based practice.
• Foster robust working relationships with all partners in particular Local Authority and Primary Care.
• To carry a clinical caseload and take a lead on management of complex cases and supporting all staff in the CMHT with the management of such cases.
• To respond as required to serious untoward incidents, complaints and communications regarding team issues providing feedback to the team to ensure lessons learned are shared and inform practice development.
• Ensure that a culture of effective risk management is present in the team.
• Operate an honest and open listening culture within the team, positively inviting and responding to feedback from both staff and service users.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of post- registration continuing professional development activity.
• Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice
• Sound working knowledge of the legal and policy framework underpinning mental health provision e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, National Service Frameworks, Mental Health Measures
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures for children and adults
• Experience of MDT working
• Community mental health nurse experience

Skills

• Organisational ability and time management skills
• Clinical assessment and formulation skills
• People management and leadership skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to present information clearly
• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.

Experience

• Evidence of achievement in clinical practice within the area of speciality e.g. adult mental health, older person’s mental health.
• Experience of working within a multi-agency community mental health setting.
• Ward/Team management experience
• Teaching experience

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.

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