Early Intervention in Psychosis Team Manager Walsall

NHS; Walsall; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Walsall is seeking an Early Intervention in Psychosis Team Manager. The role involves leading the EIP service, managing a team, and liaising with external partners. Candidates must be registered mental health professionals with leadership experience. Passion for improving mental health services is essential for this impactful role.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Mental Health Nurse or AHP is required.
• Experience in management and leading a team is needed.
• Passion for the profession and commitment to team building.

Responsibilities

• Support the Trust management team in service capacity and delivery.
• Liaise with external partners regarding service delivery.
• Manage the team, including recruitment and absence monitoring.
• Participate in clinical work.

Skills

Leadership or management experience

Excellent communication skills

Collaborative problem solving

Knowledge of EIP models

Supervisory skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse or AHP

Qualified experienced mental health professional

Job description

Early Intervention in Psychosis Team Manager Walsall

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 October 2025

The closing date is 01 October 2025

There is an exciting opportunity for a Team Manager in Walsall Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) to work with the EIP management team across the Black country, to lead on delivery and leadership of the Early Intervention in Psychosis service. The manager will be supported by a Clinical Lead in the team, alongside the service leads.

Main duties of the job

Our Early Intervention Service is passionate about improving the evidence based treatments for First Episode Psychosis and At Risk Mental State (ARMS). The aim is for a quality service that is evidence based and outcome measured, we participate in the NCAP audit to measure our performance and are improving our standards yearly.

The MDT work well together to encourage the voice of the service user to be heard in their own care and treatment and we place our service users at the heart of what we do.

Our aim is to have a skilled and confident workforce of practitioners that enables effective delivery of the service through collaborative relationships with our families and partner agencies as required.

We are supportive, helpful and respectful to each other and passionate about making a difference in the lives of our service users.

About us

The role includes:

• Supporting the Trust management team in monitoring and evaluating service capacity and delivery, showing a good understanding of organisational priorities and local service needs
• Strategic liaison with external partners regarding service delivery and national guidelines
• Management of the team, including recruitment, absence monitoring
• Participating in clinical work

The post holder will be based at Pinfold Health Centre, Walsall.

Job responsibilities

The post holder needs to:

• Have current registration as a Mental Health Nurse or AHP
• Have excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem solving in professional relationships
• Have relevant experience in management and leading a team or experience in working in an EIP team.
• Be passionate about the profession and committed to team building

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

Person Specification

• Leadership or management experience
• Knowledge of EIP models
• supervisory skills
• Qualified experienced mental health professional
• experience of working in EIP
• leadership experience in EIP

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.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust