Team Manager

NHS; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Gateshead is seeking a Full Time Team Manager for the Adult Autism Diagnostic service. This role involves leading a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective care delivery while managing performance and quality. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills, experience in community mental health services, and a commitment to partnership working. Opportunities for further professional development and flexible working hours may be available.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience of coordinating and managing staff resources.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team using a community-based approach.
• Experience of leading teams and taking on a leadership role in project management.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day management of the team.
• Support with recruitment, retention, and induction of staff.
• Conducting clinical and managerial supervision and appraisals.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation and conflict management

Education

First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent

Tools

RiO data systems

Job description

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Team Manager

The closing date is 26 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full Time Team Manager position within the Adult Autism Diagnostic service based at Keegan Court, Grassbanks, Gateshead.

The service is a Trust wide service covering Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle/Gateshead, Sunderland and south of Tyne.

Normal working hours would ordinarily be across Monday to Friday (9‑5 pm) should condensed hours.

The Team Manager is responsible and accountable for providing safe, effective care and an efficient service, to patients and their carers who live within the community.

Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. Alongside clinical leadership and effective day‑to‑day management of the team, commitment to promoting recovery and maximising independence and fulfilling wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation.

Main duties of the job

• Provide day‑to‑day management of the team, hold excellent communication skills and ability to form positive working relationships with Systems Partners.
• Support with recruitment, retention and induction of staff.
• Conducting clinical and managerial supervision, appraisals and oversight of individual development.
• Managing performance and absence/staff wellbeing.
• Ensure statutory and mandatory training is completed.
• Support implementation and development of patient and carer experience.
• Oversight of a support with Informal and Standard Complaints process.
• Engagement within Interface Meetings.
• Dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases.
• Motivate, engage and develop the team within a multi‑disciplinary team environment.
• Lead and coordinate team communication, including holding regular team meetings, communicating and consulting on service changes (which may be contentious), and acting as a conduit of information.
• Support Team following Serious Incidents and with debriefs, Local and After Action Review Process and Serious Incident Panels.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return, we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

There are opportunities for further professional development within scope of the successful candidates experience and development needs, alongside service need.

Flexibility with working hours may be available whilst working with the demands of the service and this can be discussed informally with Paul Wilson, Clinical Manager.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re‑Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent first level qualification e.g. OT, Clinical Psychologist, other.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of coordinating and managing staff resources.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team using a community based approach.
• Experience of providing community based mental health services.
• Experience of leading teams and taking on a leadership role in project management.
• Commitment to Partnership working both multi‑agency and multi‑disciplinary.
• Coordinating and supporting staff in the day to day provision of clinical services.
• Awareness of human resource issues and budget management. Undertaking Joint Development Reviews.
• Awareness of Autism spectrum disorder.

Skills

• Demonstrate leadership skills/delegation. Excellent communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and conflict management.
• Knowledge of RiO data systems and IT skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust