Team Leader - Thumbswood Mother and Baby Unit
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced Mental Health clinician (Registered Nurse) to lead the Thumbswood Mother and Baby Unit, a 7-bedded acute inpatient unit. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessment and risk management, driving change and innovation, and providing leadership and high-quality supervision to the team. This is an opportunity for someone looking to move into their first management role or an experienced manager passionate about continuous quality improvement in mental health services.
Essential criteria
- RNMH/RNLD/RMN
- Degree with experience of post graduate level study or the equivalent experience
- ENB 998/Mentorship
- evidence of management or leadership development
- NMC
- Teaching/training experience
- Management of staff in a multiprofessional setting
- Post registration experience working at band 5 and 6
- Detailed awareness of issues in inpatient service areas - legislation, DoH guidance, NPSA, PEAT, CQC, NHSLA, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act including an understanding of standards
- Ability to provide clinical supervision, appraisal, preceptorship and staff support methods
- Knowledge in current developments in mental health or learning disabilities care
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in other care settings
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication, modifying communication in response
- De escalation in managing verbal aggression of disturbed service users
- Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Demonstrate good verbal presentation skills
- Ability to chair meetings effectively
- Excellent communicator.
- ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- Demonstrate good decision making skills
- Flexible and responsive approach to care
- Knowledge and ability to positively manage change
- Ability to identify and manage changes to clinical risks
- Ability to produce reports e.g. related to complaints, investigations, SIs, audits etc
- Able to manage a budget effectively
- KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
- RNMH/RNLD/RMN
- Degree with experience of post graduate level study or the equivalent experience
- ENB 998/Mentorship
- evidence of management or leadership development
- NMC
- Teaching/training experience
- Management of staff in a multiprofessional setting
- Post registration experience working at band 5 and 6
- Detailed awareness of issues in inpatient service areas - legislation, DoH guidance, NPSA, PEAT, CQC, NHSLA, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act including an understanding of standards
- Ability to provide clinical supervision, appraisal, preceptorship and staff support methods
- Knowledge in current developments in mental health or learning disabilities care
- Experience of working in other care settings
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication, modifying communication in response
- De escalation in managing verbal aggression of disturbed service users
- Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Demonstrate good verbal presentation skills
- Ability to chair meetings effectively
- Excellent communicator.
- ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- Demonstrate good decision making skills
- Flexible and responsive approach to care
- Knowledge and ability to positively manage change
- Ability to identify and manage changes to clinical risks
- Ability to produce reports e.g. related to complaints, investigations, SIs, audits etc
- Able to manage a budget effectively
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £51,657 – £58,785 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Team Leader - Thumbswood Mother and Baby Unit
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
We are seeking to recruit a Team Leader to join Thumbswoom Mother and Baby Unit. Which is our 7 bedded acute inpatient unit for mothers and babies based at Kingfisher Court, Radlett. If you are interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver Inpatient treatment in mental health, then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You will be an experienced Mental Health clinician (Registered Nurse) with excellent assessment and risk management skills who is able to embrace and drive change and innovation.
We are looking for a skilled and intuitive communicator with experience of providing leadership. You will work directly with the Service Manager who will provide support, development and direction and alongside other leadership colleagues.
You will know the importance of providing high quality supervision and of working together with staff and the wider management team in providing supportive, effective and coordinated leadership to the team in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for service users and carers.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' f
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