Team Leader - Adult Community Mental Health


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£51,657 to £58,785 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	St. Albans, AL3 5TL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	16 Oct 2026
Closing date:	28 Oct 2026

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Summary

To work in collaboration with the Community Mental Health Services Manager, to ensure the highest standards of practice and service delivery. To work as part of the Mental Health Directorate to deliver the services required under the National Service Framework for Mental Health To provide day to day management, leadership and supervision to a multi- disciplinary community mental health service team. The Team Leader will manage nurses, social workers, occupational therapists and other staff, ensuring that the needs of service users are met through the effective deployment of these staff. They will also maintain a clinical role and/ or a caseload dependent on sector need. You will contribute at a local level to the development and implementation of policies and procedures. You may on occasion deputise for the Community Mental Health Services Manager in his or her absence, as agreed with the Service Line Leader. You will ensure, in collaboration with other professional colleagues that professional practice meets standards as set by HPFT and/or professional statutes and bodies. For a more in-depth Person and Job Specification please see attached.

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