Team Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Band 7 Mental Health Team Manager within Mendip Community Mental Health Services. The manager will provide leadership and operational oversight to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care. Key responsibilities include managing staff, overseeing caseloads, and contributing to service integration and transformation. The position offers development opportunities for experienced leaders or aspiring managers.
Essential criteria
- Registered professional
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or experience
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries in a health care setting
- Experience of providing high quality effective services within resource limits
- Experience of delivering services within a performance management framework and of developing and implementing action plans in order to meet specific national and local targets
- Experience of directly managing staff and pay and non pay budgets
- Experience of delivering care in a community setting and providing a range of diverse services
- Experience of supporting staff and developing staff members and active performance management
- Additional Criteria
- Ability to travel round Trust area to fulfil the requirements of the role.
- Registered professional
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent
- Management qualification or experience
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries in a health care setting
- Experience of providing high quality effective services within resource limits
- Experience of delivering services within a performance management framework and of developing and implementing action plans in order to meet specific national and local targets
- Experience of directly managing staff and pay and non pay budgets
- Experience of delivering care in a community setting and providing a range of diverse services
- Experience of supporting staff and developing staff members and active performance management
- Additional Criteria
- Ability to travel round Trust area to fulfil the requirements of the role.
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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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Team Manager
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
Do you have exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers, relatives, and colleagues--whilst remaining sensitive and empathic?
Do you take a patient-focused approach and feel confident managing challenging situations calmly and professionally?
Are you someone who thrives as part of a supportive, collaborative team?
If you've answered yes, we would love to hear from you.
Mendip Community Mental Health Services are looking to recruit a Band 7 Mental Health Team Manager to join our dynamic and evolving service. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the ongoing integration of primary and secondary community mental health services, contributing to service transformation while supporting the day-to-day delivery of high-quality care.
Whether you are an experienced leader or an aspiring manager ready to take the next step in your career, this role offers a fantastic platform for development, impact, and growth.
Main duties of the job
As a Team Manager, you will:
- Provide effective leadership and operational management to a multidisciplinary community mental health team
- Support the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care in line with national and local standards
- Lead, motivate and develop
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