Team ManagerNHS
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Team Manager to provide effective operational leadership across Devon Community Forensic Services, including the Specialist Community Forensic Team, Forensic Personality Disorder Service and Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Team. Working closely with the LDU Service Manager and senior clinical colleagues, you will support safe, high-quality, evidence-based care for people with complex forensic mental health needs.
This is a varied and influential role, combining line management, service development, resource management and complex clinical support. You will help ensure services are responsive, well-governed and focused on supporting recovery, reducing unnecessary out-of-area placements, enabling timely discharge from secure care and promoting successful reintegration into the community.
The post requires strong leadership, communication and change management skills, alongside the ability to work collaboratively with health, social care, criminal justice, housing, voluntary sector and regional forensic partners.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the operational management and continued development of Community Forensic Services, deputising for the LDU Service Manager when required.
Key duties include providing professional leadership and line management to staff; overseeing supervision, appraisal, recruitment, retention, training and safe staffing; managing resources within agreed budgets; and monitoring service performance, quality, governance, safeguarding, complaints, incidents, audits and key performance indicators.
You will contribute to service design, improvement and implementation, ensuring compliance with commissioning standards, CQC requirements, Trust policy and relevant legal frameworks. The role includes supporting complex clinical decision-making, risk management, care pathway development, assessment and caseload oversight, while promoting partnership working to reduce social exclusion and improve community reintegration.
You will chair and attend clinical, governance and team meetings, communicate complex and sensitive information effectively, support staff and student development, maintain high standards of record keeping, and build strong relationships with internal teams, regional forensic services, commissioners and external agencies.
Job description
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.