Team Leader

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health trust in Welwyn Garden City is seeking a qualified professional to lead an Integrated Care Team. You will manage a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high standards of care and support service users with both physical and mental health needs. The ideal candidate will hold appropriate UK professional registration and may require a Skilled Worker visa. This role demands strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively within the healthcare community.

Qualifications

• Appropriate UK professional registration is required.
• Eligible for a Skilled Worker visa if required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery.
• Deliver services under the National Service Framework for Mental Health.
• Provide management and leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
• Manage nurses, social workers, and other staff effectively.
• Maintain a clinical role or caseload as needed.
• Contribute to policy development and implementation.

Job description

Overview

The Integrated Care Team (ICT) aims to make healthcare more preventative – this service supports service users with multiple long‑term or complex conditions to remain at home rather than going into hospital or residential care. Referrals are accepted from primary care, ambulance service, A&E and secondary care.

Team Description

The ICT in HPFT is a nurse‑led service offering specialist mental health support to wider primary care services within Hertfordshire Community Trust and local Primary Care Networks. ICT works alongside GPs, matrons, district nurses, OT’s, physiotherapists, hospices, care homes, other primary level specialist services (such as heart failure nurses) and adult care services. We support by assessing, providing interventions, monitoring medication changes, signposting or escalating where necessary for both physical and mental health needs.

Referral Criteria

Not age‑restricted but based on frailty and home‑based care; supporting people with both physical and mental health needs at a primary care level short term (up to 12 weeks). The team covers East and North Hertfordshire and is based in 6 localities. The team includes mental health nurses, psychology and OT input.

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration to ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery.
• Be part of the Mental Health Directorate to deliver services under the National Service Framework for Mental Health.
• Provide day‑to‑day management, leadership and supervision to a multi‑disciplinary Integrated Care Team.
• Manage nurses, social workers, occupational therapists and other staff, ensuring that the needs of service users are met through effective deployment.
• Maintain a clinical role and/or a caseload dependent on sector need.
• Contribute at a local level to the development and implementation of policies and procedures.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Appropriate UK professional registration is required.

• Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom will need to assess their eligibility against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. The role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Organisation Note

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.