Team Leader for Wimborne & Purbeck and Ferndown & West Moors OPCMHT
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation TrustWimborne, South West
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust based in Wimborne. The advertised salary is £49,387 to £56,515. Applications close on 22 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
To be responsible for the provision and development of high standards of care to service users and carers. To ensure the delivery of an effective and ...
To be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Wimborne & Purbeck and Ferndown & West Moors Older Persons CMHT, ensuring adherence to human resource and health and safety policies and procedures.
To be responsible for the day-to-day management of admin and clerical staff across the Older Person's CMHT, always ensuring effective co-ordination and cross cover.
To ensure staff adhere to local and external standards of practice and abide by legislative requirements.
To manage staff workloads to ensure optimum staff performance and quality of care.
To be responsible for staff recruitment, induction, and development, ensuring attendance of staff on mandatory and other relevant training.
To promote collaborative working within the Older Person Mental Health Service, and work as part of an integrated team as well as working closely with other stakeholders.
To participate in the management of joint projects including the Mental health integrated community care project.
At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
Essential: - Subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business.
Essential: - Registered Practitioner (Nursing, Allied Health Profession, Social Work; - Educated to Dip/degree level or equivalent level of highly developed specialist knowledge and experience
Desirable: - Non-medical prescriber
Essential: - Recent experience within a community CMHT role at band 6 or demonstrate transferable experience; - Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in clinical assessment, treatment and care for people's mental health; - Evidence of risk management skills and experience; - Able to demonstrate innovative practice
Desirable: - Practical experience of facilitating and managing change
Essential: - Evidence of proactive involvement in supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team; - Demonstrable ability to prioritise effectively
Essential: - Able to communicate effectively at different levels of an organisation in both verbal and written form, for example with staff, patients, visitors or external organisations in the exchange of very highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, which will require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills; - Evidence of skills in diplomacy, negotiation and influencing
How this role compares
We hold 835 NHS vacancies in South West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays more than about 70% of them.
There are 11,887 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,273 of them in South West.
You have 16 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 33 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust has 55 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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