Band 7 Clinical Team Manager

Band 7 Clinical Team Manager – Prison Community Service Team The closing date is 18 November 2025. An exciting 12‑month secondment/fixed term Clinical Team Manager opportunity has arisen at Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) in the field of offender health. This opportunity is to drive and provide clinical management and support to the prison mental health teams, based at HMP Birmingham. As a member of the senior management team, the role will take a clinical leadership role in advising, developing and ensuring the delivery of high‑quality services across the 24‑hour healthcare and a Community Mental Health Team and support the Service Manager in developing the teams and service to meet the prison population needs. In addition, the post holder will play a lead role in the development and delivery of clinical services for prison mental health, which are recovery focussed and support individuals from a diverse background. We have expanded the prison mental health service with focused pathways on Primary assessment and interventions, Secondary mental health, Trauma, Personality Disorder, Dementia care and Learning Disability & Autism and have built a skilled workforce that can meet the variety and challenge that working in a custodial setting brings. You will be required to supervise staff within the mental health teams, deliver and participate in education and research activity, and be responsible for the clinical standards and delivery of these services. Main duties of the job The ideal candidate will have a track record in working in mental health services that are responsive to patient needs; they will have extensive experience of working across a number of specialist mental health services, which include acute and urgent care, crisis intervention and show knowledge and understanding of the pathways of secure care and offender health. The Clinical Team Manager will be a visible role model leading with a desire to influence other mental health professionals and colleagues across the wider prison healthcare teams. This may be through evidence‑informed high quality clinical care, partnership working with colleagues, delivering and shaping therapeutic interventions and training. You will be an energetic and forward‑thinking leader, with a passion for mental health nursing and enjoy being visible and engaged in working collaboratively. You will have the passion and drive to further develop as a leader and to develop mental health and learning disability nurses within the profession. About us Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4,000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation. Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you. Job responsibilities For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification. We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. Person Specification Qualifications Nursing qualification RMN or RNLD Experience Demonstrates previous leadership and experience of working across mental health services Previous Band 7 experience Professional Manage and supervise other members of the team Change culture Demonstrates participation in service development, sets quality standards and audits these 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. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust £47,810 to £54,710 a year. Environmental allowance £1,542 per annum. #J-18808-Ljbffr