Team Leader

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Candidates to please note Croydon is currently undergoing transformation into Neighbourhood Centres. This role is currently advertised for the Croydon Assessment and Liaison Team (A&L), however the two successful candidates will be reallocated to a Neighbourhood Centre team before the end of 2026.

Initially the candidates will be working as Senior Clinical Practitioner in Croydon A&L. On transformation into Neighbourhood Centres the successful candidates will transition into Team Leader roles.

Main duties of the job

Senior Clinical Practitioner:

To work as a full-time highly experienced autonomous practitioner carrying out specialist needs assessments, care planning, implementation, and evaluation for a significant number of adults referred to the Croydon Assessment and Liaison Team. The Senior Practitioner will assess and formulate a care plan, offer brief interventions (up to 12 weeks) with mental health service users, signpost to other services, and discharge to primary care where appropriate/possible. Additionally, the Senior Practitioner will supervise community practitioners.

Team Leader

Band 7 Clinical Team Leader provides senior clinical and operational leadership within the Neighbourhood Centre. The role ensures the delivery of safe, effective, person-centred mental health care in a community mental health environment.

The post-holder offers visible, accessible leadership, supporting the multidisciplinary team with expert clinical oversight, risk management, and high-quality assessment processes. They are responsible for ensuring smooth patient flow, timely decision-making, and robust escalation pathways.

A key part of the role involves service development, quality improvement, audit leadership, and governance, alongside supporting staff development, competency growth, and fostering a positive, inclusive team culture aligned with Trust values.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A recognised degree in Mental Health Nursing, Social work or Occupational Therapy (A)
  • Registered Nurse-Mental Health or other professional registration such as Occupational Therapy & Social Worker (A)

Desirable

  • Management course.
  • Master level qualification

Experience

Essential

  • oExperience of managing a caseload
  • oExperience working in a community mental health service
  • oExperience of providing clinical and managerial supervision and annual appraisals
  • oExperience of managing clinical practice in a mental health service
  • Experience of conducting Biopsychosocial assessments of Service Users with a range of mental health needs.

Desirable

  • Experience of managing conflicts
  • Experience of investigating and responding to complaints
  • oPrevious experience in a team leader role
  • oExperience of conducting safeguarding enquires under the Care Act

Knowledge / Skills

Essential

  • oWorking knowledge of all relevant legislation associated with acute mental health care,
  • oExperience of conducting clinical audits
  • oExperience of reviewing Datix and completing Fact Finders
  • Understanding of KPIs
  • Knowledge and expertise in the management of complex risk and crisis

Desirable

  • o Knowledge of performance management procedures
  • oKnowledge of PSIRF framework

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 19 July 2026

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