Team Manager Referral and Assessment Hub
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 7 Team Manager within the Referral and Assessment Hub, supporting the ongoing transformation of community mental health services. The post holder will provide line management, triage referrals, complete assessments for specialist mental health services, and link with other community services. It involves promoting service awareness, supporting service improvement, and championing quality assurance. The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) and includes participation in the Bronze on-call rota.
Essential criteria
- Able to travel around the Trust footprint
- Ability to work over 24 hour, 7 days a week team, to facilitate line management and support practitioners.
- Participate in bronze on call rota subject to agreement
- Skills and abilities
- Understand all Trust Policies and Procedures
- Understand the Trusts Strategic Goals and how they can support them
- Understand the need to safeguard children and vulnerable adults
- Carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Equal Opportunities, equality and Diversity and dignity in care and work policies and principles
- Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
- Take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and other persons
- Contribute to the control of risk and to report any incident, accident or near miss
- Protect service users, visitors, and employees against the risk of acquiring health care associated infections
- Take responsibility for own learning and development
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- A degree or equivalent in leadership and management.
- Experience of change projects / Managment
- Offer advice and consultation to members of the multi-disciplinary team based on solid clinical experience of mental health nursing.
- Support the Team Managers and other Senior Practitioners / Professional Leads in the daily operation of the Teams.
- Lead on the implementation of, the Trust-wide Strategies across the Directorate
- Facilitate a culture of lifelong learning, including involvement in the process of Individual Development and Personal Review (IDPR), and Personal Development Plans.
- Participate in and ensure provision of Clinical Supervision, both as Supervisee and Supervisor and an understanding of the Knowledge, Skills Framework under Agenda for Change
- Promote a learning environment for students
- Ensure compliance with policy, procedure, and protocol, in consultation with the Team Managers, other Senior Practitioners and Professional Leads
- Participate in multi-agency meetings e.g., Protection of Vulnerable Adults, Child Protection.
- Understand the Clinical Governance agenda and provide professional representation in local groups supporting consultation and implementation.
- Full understanding of the Care Programme Approach including the needs and rights of Carers.
- Understanding of current national policy and initiatives in relation to severe and enduring mental health issues.
- Good knowledge of assessment and triage of referrals
- Post registration experience of working in multi-disciplinary Home Treatment team or other mental health community services
- Evidence of post registration specialist training and development.
- Experience of participating in audit and an understanding of implementing Action plans relating to the outcome of audits
- Knowledge of requirements under the Care Programme Approach including the needs of carers and the mental health Minimum Data Set.
- Previous experience in a clinical leadership role
- Qualifications/experience
- Professional qualification and current registration (Qualified RMN, OT or Social Worker)
- Post registration training relevant to mental health/leadership/management
- Able to travel around the Trust footprint
- Ability to work over 24 hour, 7 days a week team, to facilitate line management and support practitioners.
- Participate in bronze on call rota subject to agreement
- Skills and abilities
- Understand all Trust Policies and Procedures
- Understand the Trusts Strategic Goals and how they can support them
- Understand the need to safeguard children and vulnerable adults
- Carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Equal Opportunities, equality and Diversity and dignity in care and work policies and principles
- Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
- Take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and other persons
- Contribute to the control of risk and to report any incident, accident or near miss
- Protect service users, visitors, and employees against the risk of acquiring health care associated infections
- Take responsibility for own learning and development
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- A degree or equivalent in leadership and management.
- Experience of change projects / Managment
- Offer advice and consultation to members of the multi-disciplinary team based on solid clinical experience of mental health nursing.
- Support the Team Managers and other Senior Practitioners / Professional Leads in the daily operation of the Teams.
- Lead on the implementation of, the Trust-wide Strategies across the Directorate
- Facilitate a culture of lifelong learning, including involvement in the process of Individual Development and Personal Review (IDPR), and Personal Development Plans.
- Participate in and ensure provision of Cl
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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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Team Manager Referral and Assessment Hub
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
As part of community transformation we are changing the way we Support individuals who are referred to Community Mental health services. We are continuing to develop the referral and assessment hub and are looking to recruit a B7 Team Manager to support the ongoing transformation of the service.
This post is a full time position (37.5 hours per week) and the working hours will be 9am - 5pm 5 days per week . The Hub is currently operational Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm so flexible working can be discussed. The post holder will be expected to travel across Salford and expected that base will be flexible.
This post includes participation in the Bronze on call rota.
Main duties of the job
Key duties willinclude:
Support the team to:
- Triage all referrals coming into the referral and assessment hub as part of a team. Providing an onward journey if not appropriate for Community Services.
- Completing assessments for those people requiring specialist mental health services under Community Mental Health Team or Neighbourhood Mental Health Team.
- To provide line management and Team management.
- To link in with CMHTs, NMHT and wider community services, and attend meetings as needed.
- To develop and maintain relation
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