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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Croydon; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in Croydon is seeking a Team Leader to oversee delivery of care within Croydon Community Services, with potential reallocation to North West Neighbourhood Centre from 19 October 2026. The role requires leading a multidisciplinary team, ensuring supervision, appraisals, and evidence-based practice in line with Trust policies.

You will manage resources, coordinate interfaces between disciplines, maintain strong communication with internal and external

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of care within Croydon Community Services in line with Trust policies and procedures.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team, ensuring regular supervision and appraisals.
• Manage administrative and operational resources in a cost-effective manner.

Job description

Team Leader | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAS

Candidates to please note Croydon is currently undergoing transformation into Neighbourhood Centres. This role is currently advertised for the Croydon Assessment and Liaison Team (A&L), however, the successful candidate will be reallocated to the North West Neighbourhood Centre team from 19 October 2026.

To have overall management responsibility for the delivery of care within Croydon Community Services in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. To lead a team of professionals and support staff in the delivery of high-quality evidence-based practice, ensuring that regular supervision and appraisals take place. To manage administrative and operational resources in a cost-effective manner, evaluating the standard of service delivered. To co-ordinate multidisciplinary working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members, and other services within the Trust and external to the Trust, to ensure effective interface and continuity of care between disciplines and services. The post holder will carry out clinical and managerial procedures to a standard that ensures safe and effective care and complies with the relevant Code of Professional Conduct.

There is an expectation that the post holder will place the needs of service users at the centre of care delivery.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Oct 2026

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£36,943 - £44,900 per annum inclusive of HCAS

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust