MHST Operational Team Lead

Transformationunitgm; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS mental health service in Nottingham is seeking an MHST Operational Team Lead. This full-time role requires excellent leadership and management skills, as you will lead the team to enhance the mental welfare of children and young people. Applicants need a relevant degree, experience in clinical settings, and a Registered Nurse or equivalent qualification. The competitive salary ranges from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum. Closing date for applications is December 22, 2025.

Benefits

In-house occupational health services

Employee-led networks for inclusion

Health and Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Significant clinical experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
• Experience in leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Extensive knowledge of Mental Health policy and legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the Mental Health Support Team.
• Recruit, manage, and support team members.
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders to enhance service delivery.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team management

Interpersonal skills

Change management

Education

Degree level education related to the post

Registered Nurse or equivalent qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Clinical audit tools

Job description

Main area Registered Nurse or suitably registered AHP Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed term contract for 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00hrs) Job ref 186-1425-25-MH

Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Fern House, Highbury Hospital Town Nottingham Salary £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum (pro rata for part time) + 1% on call Salary period Yearly Closing 22/12/2025 23:59

MHST Operational Team Lead

NHS AfC: Band 7

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Job overview

The Mental Health Support Team is expanding as part of the National commitment to reach 100% coverage with schools by 2030. Established in 2019, our MHST is embedded across each district across the County

This new leadership role will support expansion and be part of the established leadership team.

A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership within an agreed National model of delivery

Recruit support and manage teams.

Work as part of an multi-display team

Liaise with Schools, Educational Psychology, Commissioner and wider system partners

Be part of the established MHST leadership team and wider Specialist and Community CAMH service

See job description for more detail.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To lead and manage the day-to-day operations and performance of the CAMHS Mental Health Support Team to enhance the mental and emotional well-being of children and young people within Nottinghamshire.

Working in collaboration with the senior CAMHS leadership team, the post holder will be responsible for the leadership and management of teams, driving towards improved mental health outcomes for children and young people. The post holder will provide and oversee managerial supervision and support to the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe patient centred care.

The post holder will develop innovative new ways of working with other providers to enhance improved working practices and relationships across healthcare in order to meet strategic objectives, organisational requirements and evidence based practice developments with a focus upon children and young people’s mental health provision.

The post holder will need to have excellent managerial and leadership skills with a good understanding of the clinical needs of children and young people requiring mental health support.

Please note, this is a full time post, and the successful candidate will be required to work Monday- Friday. This is non-negotiable.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person specification

Values

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.

Physical Requirements

• Has the ability to perform the full ranges of duties.
• Ability to travel across site and system partner sites.
• Complete physical safety training.
• Required to undertake on call duties on the 1st Mental Health on-call rota.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level (relevant to the post) with additional post graduate qualification.
• Registered Nurse, Dip SW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, degree in social work), Allied Health Professional with professional accreditation with HCPC registration or equivalent and relevant nationally recognised accrediting body.
• Additional and relevant to the role qualification(s)

Training

• Supervision of staff.
• Management training.
• Leadership training.
• Staff supervision training.
• Project management training.

Experience

• Experience and knowledge of productivity models which support both timely patient access to services, effective use of team resource and harmonises demand capacity throughput.
• Leadership of people including setting and monitoring objectives against performance.
• Effective supervision of staff.
• Have a significant amount of relevant clinical experience/understanding across the breadth of presentations within Community CAMHS, MHST or relevant clinical delivery area.
• Experience of leading Multi-disciplinary teams and supporting effective team working.
• Experience of caseload management, including working with clients with a wide range of mental health difficulties. Experience of leading service change and service development.
• Experience of developing and delivering training packages regarding mental health and risk.
• Knowledge of and experience of working within Child, Adolescent and/or Adult Mental Health service with patients experiencing significant Mental Health difficulties
• Knowledge of CYPIAPT Principles and ability to embed them within the service.
• Experience of working in/ leading MHST’s.
• Experience and skills in Clinical audit, research and evidence-based practices.
• Experience of the clinical and operational functions of specialist child and adolescent mental health services, working in partnership with Acute hospitals and other health, education and social care providers.
• Experience of supporting ‘on call’ rotas.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current Mental Health policy and Legislation.
• Knowledge of MHST structures, scope and offer Knowledge and experience of Safeguarding Adults and Children practice.
• Working knowledge and understanding of policy drivers for CAMHS, MHST & CYP-IAPT.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, liaison, management and organisational skills.
• Developing and implementing change management processes.
• Building effective communication with a diverse range of colleagues and agencies.
• To provide the vision and leadership for the team.
• Ability to lead and develop and motivate others.
• Sound judgement and decision-making skills.
• Innovation, creativity and ability in leading and developing teams, groups and individuals.
• Information technology experience and application skills.
• Ability to plan and organise activities to be completed by the team to meet the Trust’s strategic objectives.
• Building and promoting effective professional relationships and integrated team-working across the organisation and system partners.

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to partake in the Mental Health 1st on call rota, which may require working unsocial hours
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you. This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. Should you require any further information please refer our Privacy Policy shown on the Trust website, please click here for more information.
• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Sarah Bonney
Job title Service Clinical Lead
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Telephone number 0115 8440500

Laurie Potter- MHST Operational Team Lead
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