Team Manager

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Team Manager to oversee the Community Acquired Brain Injury service in Sunderland. The role involves providing effective leadership, managing a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring quality service delivery, and supporting community-based mental health initiatives. Ideal candidates are proactive, have relevant qualifications, and experience in managing community services.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating and managing staff resources.
• Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team with a community-based approach.
• Experience providing community-based mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Manage the team and ensure efficient provision of care.
• Provide leadership and day-to-day management of the team.
• Monitor performance and quality of service delivery.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Change management skills

Education

First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent qualification

Tools

RiO data systems

Job description

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

Team Manager

The closing date is 09 October 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for a full time Team Manager role within the Community Acquired Brain Injury service based at Monkwearmouth Hospital, Sunderland.

We are looking to recruit a proactive, passionate, and innovative individual who has a strong vision for services and likes to lead by example. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join the Specialist Care Group and the CABIS team and to be responsible and accountable for the delivery of safe, effective and efficient care in the role of a Team manager, for the service users and carers who live within the local communities.

Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. The role will provide leadership and effective day to day management of the team, commitment to promoting recovery and maximising independence and fulfil wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation.

We are seeking an individual who has experience and knowledge of supporting individuals in the community. Experience of monitoring the performance and quality of community services is desirable.

Main duties of the job

Provide day-to-day management of the team, hold excellent communication skills and ability to form positive working relationships.Support with recruitment, retention and induction of staff.Conducting managerial supervision, appraisals and oversight of individuals development.Managing performance and absence/staff wellbeing.Ensure statutory and mandatory training is completed.Support implementation and development of patient and carer experience.Form part of the collective leadership team which supports the development of the team within a multi-disciplinary team environment.Lead and coordinate team communication, including holding regular team meetings, communicating and consulting on service changes and acting as a conduit of information.

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.

Job responsibilities

The Team Manager is responsible and accountable for providing safe, effective care and efficient services to service users 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. The role will provide leadership and effective day to day management of the team, commitment to promoting recovery and maximising independence and fulfil wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation.

The successful candidate will be based at Monkwearmouth Hospital but may need to travel across to other bases the team work out of, which include Gateshead and South Tyneside.

Please find attached job description for full details.

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent first level qualification e.g. Social Worker, 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 bases 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.
• Experience of collaborative working across agencies and professional disciplines.
• Proven ability to manage a clinical caseload in a flexible manner as required.
• Experience of providing clinical/managerial supervision to clinical staff.
• Knowledge of health and safety requirements of the team.
• Awareness of human resource issues and budget management. Undertaking Joint Development Reviews.
• Experience of monitoring the performance and quality of community services is desirable

Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrate leadership skills/delegation. Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and conflict management. Experience of Performance Management
• Evidence of effective organisational skills
• Expert clinical and managerial supervision skills
• Experience of conducting and evaluating clinical audit Evidence of maintaining accurate and contemporaneous record keeping
• Demonstrate change management skills
• Knowledge of RiO data systems and IT skills

Role/Team specific requirements

• Flexible Approachable Open to change Confident and assertive Robust Motivated Demonstrates respect dignity and integrity Trustworthy Embraces diversity Innovative
• Ability to work as part of a collective leadership model.

Personal Characteristics and additional requirements

• Open and non-judgemental, anti-discriminatory approach to clinical, managerial and leadership roles. Friendly, outgoing, approachable, confident manner Innovative and creative Flexible and adaptive Ability to work under pressure
• Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post

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