Band 7 Team Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered professional to lead the QE Liaison Psychiatry Team as a Band 7 Team Manager. The role involves providing operational leadership and line management to a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care for patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. You will support staff development, foster continuous improvement, and build strong relationships with partners. The ideal candidate will have significant post-registration experience, strong leadership skills, and a passion for improving services.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Degree-level qualification
- Experience of staff supervision, appraisal, performance management and workforce development
- Significant post-registration experience within mental health services, including liaison psychiatry, acute hospital mental health services, crisis services or related settings
- Ability to manage resources, staffing, budgets and service performance effectively
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience managing a Liaison Psychiatry service
- Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management or a relevant clinical specialty
- Knowledge of national liaison psychiatry standards and relevant NHS policy drivers
- Experience of recruitment, retention and workforce planning
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Degree-level qualification
- Experience of staff supervision, appraisal, performance management and workforce development
- Significant post-registration experience within mental health services, including liaison psychiatry, acute hospital mental health services, crisis services or related settings
- Ability to manage resources, staffing, budgets and service performance effectively
- Previous experience managing a Liaison Psychiatry service
- Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management or a relevant clinical specialty
- Knowledge of national liaison psychiatry standards and relevant NHS policy drivers
- Experience of recruitment, retention and workforce planning
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
We are seeking an experienced registered professional to join the QE Liaison Psychiatry Team as Band 7 Team Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to lead high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care for people presenting to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
You will bring:
Significant post-registration experience, ideally within Liaison Psychiatry.
Strong knowledge of adult mental health, legislation, clinical governance and risk management.
Proven leadership, supervision and performance management skills.
Excellent communication, organisation and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage change and work under pressure.
You will be passionate about supporting staff, improving services and delivering excellent care.
Main duties of the job
Provide day-to-day operational leadership and line management for the multi-disciplinary team.
Ensure safe, effective and efficient service delivery in line with Trust policies, legislation and acute hospital requirements.
Support staff through supervision, appraisal, performance management, wellbeing and development.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, reflective practice and high-quality care.
Build strong relationships with the acute hospital, Trust services and wider system partners.
Monitor performance against KPIs, using data and feedback to identify improvements and agree action plans.
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