About this role
Job summary
Lead a Team That Changes Lives
Band 7 Team Leader - STaRS, Townend Court
Ready to lead a service that transforms lives?
STaRS is a specialist, high-intensity recovery service supporting adults with complex and enduring mental health needs. We're looking for a compassionate, resilient, and dynamic Team Leader to guide our multidisciplinary team and help people achieve meaningful recovery.
This is a rewarding opportunity to combine operational leadership with clinical practice. You'll lead day-to-day service delivery, support staff wellbeing, manage risk and performance, and maintain a small caseload to stay connected to the people we support.
We're looking for someone who:
Inspires, motivates, and develops othersConfidently manages complex risk, demand, and capacityChampions recovery-focused, trauma-informed careHas experience supporting adults with severe and enduring mental health needsBuilds strong partnerships across services and agencies.
What we offer:
A supportive and experienced leadership networkOpportunities for development, innovation, and career progressionA compassionate, reflective, and collaborative team culture
Join STaRS at Townend Court and help shape the future of specialist community mental health care.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities:
Operational Leadership
To support the Service Manager, Senior Clinical Lead and other colleagues within the service area.To provide operational line management and supervision to allocated staff.Ensure staff receive annual performance appraisals aligned with the Trust's policy and strategy.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Contribute to identifying/reviewing/re-designing services in response to user need, ensuring a safe, high-quality level of service is maintained.Manage complex, challenging and changing situations,Obtains, analyses, and interprets information for key performance indicators/outcome.
Planning and Organising
To manage a number of complex activities e.g., the demands placed on the service area, staffing levels, data to inform and support service provision.Ensure the team have procedures and systems to support the delivery of a high standard of service.
To manage several complex activities e.g., the demands placed on the service area, staffing levels, data to inform and support service provision. - same message just slimmed down
Policy and Service Development
Accountable for ensuring that practice and policy changes are implemented.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for supporting the leadership team to develop both the service and workforce, leading the delivery of effective, high-quality care across the team, and providing line management and clinical leadership to staff. The role also involves the presentation, interpretation, and analysis of complex information and performance reports to support service improvement and decision-making.
For further information about this vacancy, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Education and Training Essential
Live register or equivalent professional registration relevant to the post Postgraduate or equivalent or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience in service development, managing change, leading and managing staff, plus specialist training and short courses to Diploma level relevant to area of practice: Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service areas
Desirable
Working knowledge of Trust IT systems if relevant to own area of work Detailed understanding of all current legislation relevant to the service area
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
Desirable
Development of expert leadership/management skills
Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities Essential
Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
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).
Employer details Employer name Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address Townend Court
Cottingham Road
Hull
HU68QR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)