Team Leader, Home-Based Mental Health Treatment

Gmmh; Manchester; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Evenings & weekend pay enhancements

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust is recruiting a Team Manager for the Central Manchester Home-Based Treatment Team. You will oversee day-to-day management, lead service development and support staff across a multidisciplinary team to deliver recovery‑focused care in the community.

The role requires strong leadership, portfolio-specific expertise in HBTs and a commitment to safeguarding and high-quality patient care. Band 7, full‑time, based in Manchester.

Qualifications

• Significant post qualifying experience of working within urgent care.
• Experience of working in a supervisory capacity.
• Experience of managing a multidisciplinary service or function.
• Experience of service development and quality improvement.
• Experience of working within the Core Fidelity model for HBTs.

Responsibilities

• Retain overall responsibility for the management of the Home-Based Treatment Team.
• Manage workload with systems for allocation, transfer and discharge/closure of case responsibility, ensuring that transition in and out of the team is safely managed, in-line with Core Fidelity benchmarks.
• Supporting patient flow both in and out of hospital, including support with gatekeeping and facilitating safe supported discharge from inpatient wards with HBT support.
• Development of robust care planning to ensure service users, carers and staff are adequately supported.
• Ensure that staff are compliant with relevant legislation and statutory guidance.
• Ensure that all staff have access to, and undertake, regular line-management and clinical supervision, and annual appraisals in-line with Trust policy.
• Ensure that staff are compliant with Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.

Skills

Home-Based Treatment

Workload management

Line-management

Clinical supervision

Service development

Core Fidelity

Education

Management/leadership qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust is recruiting a Team Manager for the Central Manchester Home-Based Treatment Team. You will oversee day-to-day management, lead service development and support staff across a multidisciplinary team to deliver recovery‑focused care in the community.

The role requires strong leadership, portfolio-specific expertise in HBTs and a commitment to safeguarding and high-quality patient care. Band 7, full‑time, based in Manchester.