Team Leader

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Team Leader to guide a multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality care for adults with complex mental health needs. The role involves managing team operations, promoting safety, and enhancing care quality while fostering staff development. Ideal candidates will have experience as a Community Psychiatric Nurse or similar professional, demonstrating leadership capabilities and commitment to inclusive practices. This position is integral to improving service pathways while ensuring support for both staff and service users.

Qualifications

• Substantial community mental health experience is required.
• Must possess clinical credibility and operational confidence.
• Ability to promote a culture of safety and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver effective care.
• Manage day-to-day operations and contribute to service improvement.
• Coordinate communication across internal teams and external partners.

Skills

Community psychiatric nursing

Team management

Clinical supervision

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Qualified Community Psychiatric Nurse or Allied Mental Health Professional

Job description

As Team Leader, you will lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care to adults with complex mental health needs. Your role will improve care pathways, support staff development and ensure high standards of clinical practice, ensuring service users and carers receive timely, person‑centred support that promotes recovery and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Qualified Community Psychiatric Nurse or Allied Mental Health Professional with substantial community mental health experience
• Clinical credibility, operational confidence and a collaborative mindset

Key Responsibilities

• Day‑to‑day team management, supervision, caseload oversight and contribution to service improvement
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability and integrated working
• Support by the Service Manager; work closely with senior clinicians including the Community Matron and Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Coordinate multidisciplinary working and maintain robust communication across internal teams and external partners
• Execute both clinical and managerial duties to ensure safe, effective and person‑centred care
• Implement and monitor HR policies and delegate responsibilities appropriately
• Set and monitor clinical standards; promote safe, inclusive practice and ensure continuity of care
• Respond to incidents and complaints, embed learning and drive improvement
• Manage staffing, budgets and safe working environments; support agile working and address cost pressures
• Maintain strong links with partner organisations; lead meetings and represent the team across services
• Depute for senior leaders; lead complaints resolution; support student placements; contribute to service‑wide projects and initiatives

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity, and in promoting equality and human rights.

We aim to put this commitment into practice by embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment, promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice. We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity.