Clinical Team Manager
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Job overview
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the lead provider for perinatal services for the Yorkshire and Humber provider collaborative which goes live in April 2025. In autumn 2025 there will be a further bed expansion to the existing and only mother and baby unit in Yorkshire and Humber, which will allow for inpatient care to be provided for mothers and their infants closer to their home.
As part of this exciting expansion of our Mother and Baby Unit at The Mount in Leeds, we are looking for compassionate, dedicated, and skilled professionals to join our dynamic team. As we grow, we aim to continue providing the highest standard of care to mothers and their infants in a supportive and nurturing environment.
“Our goal is to work together to improve mental health care for new mums and their families. We want every woman to get the right care, at the right time, in the best place for both her and her baby. By partnering with families and other services, we’re committed to making sure everyone across Yorkshire and Humber has equal access to the support they need.”
Main duties of the job
The post holder requires skills in providing good quality clinical, management and caseload supervision. You will need to support staff with their day-to-day work, supporting their development, clinical practice, and performance. You will need to manage the team using human resources procedures, service operating procedures and governance structures.You will need highly developed interpersonal, engagement and problem-solving skills.
You will need to work flexibly and continuously network and engage with community clinical services and partner organisations; with the overall aim of improving service user experience and outcomes.Applicants will need to demonstrate sound values, including compassion around meeting the needs of service-users and their carers, recognising the importance of co-production and choice in the planning and delivery of care. You will promote social inclusion, community access and participation through ensuring quality around care provision.
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country.As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As the Clinical Team Manager, you will provide leadership and management to a multi-disciplinary team. You will also play a key role in the service development and expansion, liaising with other key agencies within the perinatal pathway. With a relevant Mental Health Nurse qualification and clinical experience, you should have experience of line management within an MDT, alongside an interest in, and understanding of, Perinatal Mental Health services and the key national and local drivers.With an understanding of clinical governance and risk management, you should also be able to demonstrate how you work in partnership to deliver a quality service.
As a service we are committed to providing regular and good quality supervision to our staff. We offer a comprehensive induction package, and staff have the opportunity to undertake specialist perinatal mental health training both internally and externally.
An interest in women’s mental health and the particular needs of the infant where the primary care giver is suffering from a significant illness is essential.- Organise, integrate, and lead a multi-professional team in providing a high quality service to service users of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues within the Trust and other relevant services and key stakeholders, in order to maintain a safe and effective service.
- Act as a champion for the service, demonstrating a participative and supportive management style with a commitment to team working.
- Provide supervision and support to the staff members of the team
- Attend and contribute to Operational and Governance meetings, working in partnership with their Line Manager.
- Ensure all staff adhere to Professional, Trust and service specific policies and procedures, including the reporting of incidents and accidents, complaints and the management of confidential information.
- Deal with formal and informal oral and written complaints in a timely and effective manner, communicating outcomes to relevant parties as delegated by Operational Manager and in accordance with Trust policy.
- To deal with the investigation of critical/serious untoward incidents, as delegated by the Operational Manager and in accordance with Trust policy
- Ensure that local, directorate and national targets, key performance indicators and quality standards are met, monitored and reported on a regular basis.
- Ensure that services are reviewed, monitored and continuously improved within the framework of Clinical Governance.
- Manage and lead the clinical functioning of the team, participating in an on-call system if required.
- Lead on staffing and skill mix reviews within the team in conjunction with the relevant professional leads / managers and team colleagues.
- Take a lead role in the process of recruiting and selecting new team members, working jointly with the relevant professional lead / manager
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Bsc/BA/Diploma or Masters in Mental Health Nursing and be registered with the relevant governing body
Skills
Essential criteria- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
- Effective Written communication skills
Experience
Essential criteria- Able to demonstrate an understanding of health equity and how this relates to service provision.
- Delivering quality supervision and line management experience
- Can demonstrate skills and experience in the management of conflict.
- Have experience of, or an interest in, working with women in the perinatal period.
Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.
The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work.Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.
Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.
Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.
LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.
In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.
If you have not received any communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.
Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.