Older Adults Community Mental Health Team Lead

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; North End; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

NSFT’s Older Persons service is recruiting a Community Team Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team within the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), Intensive Older Person Service (IOPS) and Memory Assessment and Treatment Service (MATS). This is a time of genuine transformation and innovation, with a focus on modern, responsive mental health care for older adults.

In this role you will provide strong clinical and operational leadership, oversee day‑to‑day service delivery, manage performance,

Qualifications

• Experience leading a community mental health team.
• Ability to drive service improvements and performance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement with partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary community team.
• Oversee day-to-day service delivery and performance management.
• Lead service development, safeguarding, and risk management across the service.
• Collaborate with education, social care and third-sector partners for integrated care.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Staff development

Risk management

Education

Nursing

Social Work

Occupational Therapy

Job description

NSFT’s Older Persons service is recruiting a Community Team Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team within the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), Intensive Older Person Service (IOPS) and Memory Assessment and Treatment Service (MATS). This is a time of genuine transformation and innovation, with a focus on modern, responsive mental health care for older adults.

In this role you will provide strong clinical and operational leadership, oversee day‑to‑day service delivery, manage performance,