Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Team Manager

Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Team Manager to provide effective operational leadership across Devon Community Forensic Services, including the Specialist Community Forensic Team, Forensic Personality Disorder Service and Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Team. Working closely with the LDU Service Manager and senior clinical colleagues, you will support safe, high-quality, evidence-based care for people with complex forensic mental health needs.

This is a varied and influential role, combining line management, service development, resource management and complex clinical support. You will help ensure services are responsive, well-governed and focused on supporting recovery, reducing unnecessary out-of-area placements, enabling timely discharge from secure care and promoting successful reintegration into the community.

The post requires strong leadership, communication and change management skills, alongside the ability to work collaboratively with health, social care, criminal justice, housing, voluntary sector and regional forensic partners.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the operational management and continued development of Community Forensic Services, deputising for the LDU Service Manager when required.

Key duties include providing professional leadership and line management to staff; overseeing supervision, appraisal, recruitment, retention, training and safe staffing; managing resources within agreed budgets; and monitoring service performance, quality, governance, safeguarding, complaints, incidents, audits and key performance indicators.

You will contribute to service design, improvement and implementation, ensuring compliance with commissioning standards, CQC requirements, Trust policy and relevant legal frameworks. The role includes supporting complex clinical decision-making, risk management, care pathway development, assessment and caseload oversight, while promoting partnership working to reduce social exclusion and improve community reintegration.

You will chair and attend clinical, governance and team meetings, communicate complex and sensitive information effectively, support staff and student development, maintain high standards of record keeping, and build strong relationships with internal teams, regional forensic services, commissioners and external agencies.

About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Significant post qualification experience in a relevant field
• Experience of working with people with complex co morbidity
• Significant experience in managing a diverse workload with competing priorities
• Experience of managing a team

Qualifications
Essential

• Occupational Therapist, Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Social Worker or Psychology professional qualification (e.g. Clinical/Forensic Psychologist, Psychotherapist)
• Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC
• Management/Appraisal/Supervision training
• Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in own professional area and / or leadership Evidence of continued professional development
• Membership/Participation in regional/national special interest groups Excellent presentation skills
• Practice educator/ mentor

Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• An understanding of government policy / strategies with regard to services for people with personality disorder
• Mental Health Act/ Mental Capacity Act/Criminal justice services legal frameworks
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic
• Ability to manage complex risk
• Ability to be mobile across a geographical area

Desirable

• Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
• Knowledge of change methodology, implications to this and approach to team management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Langdon Hospital, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Alice Vanstone, alice.vanstone@nhs.net