Job Description

The Sunderland and South Tyneside Access CBU is delighted to be recruiting to join the CNTW Access Hub as the team's Team Manager.
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic candidate who is motivated to join our leadership team and provide the operational oversight of this trust wide service.
The successful candidate will not only work alongside the clinical leads within the CNTW Access Hub but will need to have a strong interface with all locality Crisis Teams due to Access Hub's role in triaging all crisis referral's for CNTW from June 2025.
The main aim for the successful post holder is to hold the responsibility to support/lead on ensuring the service provides safe, effective, efficient care to service users and their carers who live within the community.
Provide day to day management of the team including recruitment, selection and induction of staff, conducting appraisals, developing individuals, managing performance and absence, ensuring statutory and mandatory training is completed, and dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases.
Motivate, engage and develop the team within a multi-disciplinary team environment.
Understand and convey wider NHS developments and initiatives to team members to support their engagement with their work and the organisations.
Main duties of the job
Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. They also provide clinical leadership and effective day to day management of the team, commitment to promoting recovery and maximising independence and fulfil wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation.
Lead and coordinate team communication, including holding regular team meetings, communicating and consulting on service changes (which may be contentious), and acting as a conduit of information between the wider Trust, senior management, external agencies and the team.
Support the team in planning and adjusting the service in response to new initiatives/ ways of working.
Manage the process of Nurse Secondments in liaison with practice Placement Facilitators and Universities.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Details
Date posted
24 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
46,148 to 52,809 a year per anum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
263-CCG25-245-AB-A
Job locations
Hopewood Park Hospital
Waterworks Road
Sunderland
SR2 0NB
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 24th July2025
Closing date : 7th August2025
We welcome your application. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 24th July2025
Closing date : 7th August2025
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential

• First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent first level qualification e.g. Social Worker, OT, Clinical Psychologist, other.
• Relevant Post Graduate qualification or Training.

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Experience of coordinating and managing staff resources
• Experience of working within a MDT and collaborative working across MDT/agencies/disciplines
• Experience of providing community/crisis based mental health services
• Experience of leading teams/taking on a leadership role in project management
• Commitment to Partnership working both MDT and multi- agency
• Coordinating/support staff in the day to day provision of clinical services
• Awareness of equal opportunities/legislation and policies
• Proven abilty to mange a work/case load in a flexible manner
• Experiencev of providing clinical/managerial supervision

Desirable

• Experience of HR issues/budget management. Undertaking joint development reviews

Skills and Competencies
Essential

• Demonstrate leadership skills/delegation.
• Excellent communication skills/interpersonal skills including negotiation/conflict management
• Experience of Performance management
• Effective organisational skills
• Expert clinical/managerial supervision skills
• Experience of conducting/evaluating clinical audits
• Evidence of maintaining accurate record keeping

Desirable

• Demonstrate change management skills
• knowledge of Rio data systems/IT skills

role/team specfic requirements
Essential

• flexible/approachable/confident/assertive/motivated
• Open to change/robust/trustworthy/demonstrates respect/dignity/integrity/diversity/professional
• Innovative

Personal Characteristics
Essential

• Open/non-judgmental approach to clinical/managerial/leadership role
• Friendly/outgoing/approachable/confident
• Innovative/creative
• Flexible/adaptive
• ability to work under pressure

Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential

• First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent first level qualification e.g. Social Worker, OT, Clinical Psychologist, other.
• Relevant Post Graduate qualification or Training.

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Experience of coordinating and managing staff resources
• Experience of working within a MDT and collaborative working across MDT/agencies/disciplines
• Experience of providing community/crisis based mental health services
• Experience of leading teams/taking on a leadership role in project management
• Commitment to Partnership working both MDT and multi- agency
• Coordinating/support staff in the day to day provision of clinical services
• Awareness of equal opportunities/legislation and policies
• Proven abilty to mange a work/case load in a flexible manner
• Experiencev of providing clinical/managerial supervision

Desirable

• Experience of HR issues/budget management. Undertaking joint development reviews

Skills and Competencies
Essential

• Demonstrate leadership skills/delegation.
• Excellent communication skills/interpersonal skills including negotiation/conflict management
• Experience of Performance management
• Effective organisational skills
• Expert clinical/managerial supervision skills
• Experience of conducting/evaluating clinical audits
• Evidence of maintaining accurate record keeping

Desirable

• Demonstrate change management skills
• knowledge of Rio data systems/IT skills

role/team specfic requirements
Essential

• flexible/approachable/confident/assertive/motivated
• Open to change/robust/trustworthy/demonstrates respect/dignity/integrity/diversity/professional
• Innovative

Personal Characteristics
Essential

• Open/non-judgmental approach to clinical/managerial/leadership role
• Friendly/outgoing/approachable/confident
• Innovative/creative
• Flexible/adaptive
• ability to work under pressure