Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AC-21202-A
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chanctonbury building - Swandean
- Town
- West Sussex
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Team Leader, Neighbourhood Mental Health Team
NHS AfC: Band 7
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you ready for your next challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Team Leader to join our Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Worthing. This is an exciting time for Community Mental Health Services as we transform to a new, integrated, Neighbourhood Model with our Primary Care and Voluntary Sector partners. We support people with severe and enduring mental health needs throughout Worthing. We use a recovery focused approach and work very much as a team to ensure we provide the highest level of care to the people we serve in our community.
We’re looking for someone who enjoys working creatively and flexibly, and who thrives in a fast paced role. If you’re a confident Team Leader or wishing to develop your skills further in this area, passionate about working with people and shaping the development of Mental Health Services for the community you work in, this could be the job for you. You will be joining a robust and established leadership structure within our Neighborhood Mental Health Team.
We’re committed to providing care that really suits the needs of the individual person we are working with and we would love to work with someone who shares that same enthusiasm for excellent patient care.
Main duties of the job
In this varied role you will have the opportunity to really work within and for our community in partnership with the Early Intervention Service, Enhanced Community Rehab Service, In-patient services, GP surgeries, and the ever-growing primary care services and third sector organisations. You will be joining a friendly, highly skilled, and enthusiastic team comprising Consultant Psychiatrists, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, and Psychologists to name just a few.
As Team Leader it will be your role to bring the best out of our staff team and support them in managing the complex demands of clinical work while maintaining their own wellbeing and resilience.
We offer an established supervision structure and great training opportunities to help you develop your skills in leadership and management as well as other areas of professional development that interest you. We really enjoy working in this team and we want you to as well.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Living & Working in Sussex:
Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park
We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Key staff survey results include:
70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities.
We would welcome and encourage you to make contact with us to discuss the role, and/or to come and visit us prior to applying for the position - please contact Patricia Mendes ([email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in relevant clinical practice
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
- Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
- Experience of managing staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Patricia Mendes
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 0055
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