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Oxford Health NHS Trust

Team Manager - Buckinghamshire Primary Care Mental Health Hub

The closing date is 20 November 2025

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Job summary

Are you an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist, Registered Mental Health Nurse, or Social Worker who is an experienced team leader?

The Buckinghamshire Primary Care Mental Health Hub is seeking a highly motivated and compassionate individual to join us as our Team Manager.

As the Team Manager, you will provide operational leadership to our multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality mental health services across Buckinghamshire. Your leadership will help shape innovative and person-centred approaches, supporting people to achieve their mental health goals.

In addition to operational leadership responsibilities, the role includes a clinical component and experience of delivering psychoeducational interventions and facilitating group work is essential. This position offers an excellent chance to develop your skills in operational leadership, while maintaining involvement in hands-on clinical work and making a real difference to service users.

The successful candidate will have:

  • Significant post-qualification experience in mental health settings, ideally with some experience in primary care or community environments.
  • Proven leadership or management experience, with excellent communication and organisational skills.
  • Commitment to person-centred, recovery-focused care.
  • The ability to work collaboratively across professional boundaries and with a range of stakeholders

Main duties of the job

  • Lead and manage a diverse team of mental health professionals, fostering a positive and supportive work environment.
  • Ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and evidence-based care in line with national and local guidelines.
  • Work closely with GPs, primary care staff, and partner agencies to ensure seamless, integrated care for service users.
  • Monitor performance, clinical standards, and service quality, driving continuous improvement.
  • Provide supervision, mentorship, and professional development for team members.
  • Oversee service delivery, staffing, and resource management within the Hub.
  • Provide psychoeducational interventions in group settings.
  • Conduct clinical assessments as required, ensuring that care plans are tailored to individual needs and informed by best practice.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Mental Health First Aiders
  • Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
  • Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Details

Date posted

06 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-BM7534083

Job locations

Whiteleaf Centre, Aylesbury

Bierton Road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG


Job description

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number or HCPC registration in order to be considered for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number or HCPC registration in order to be considered for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist

Desirable

  • Recognised Post Graduate clinical or leadership qualification relevant to the role
  • Management Training undertaken

Experience

Essential

  • High level standard of working, knowledge/skills and community work as a senior clinician
  • Community experience in mental health services for adults and older age adults with severe / significant mental illness
  • High level experience of team management and performance management skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Advanced understanding of the mental health needs of adults/OA.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist

Desirable

  • Recognised Post Graduate clinical or leadership qualification relevant to the role
  • Management Training undertaken

Experience

Essential

  • High level standard of working, knowledge/skills and community work as a senior clinician
  • Community experience in mental health services for adults and older age adults with severe / significant mental illness
  • High level experience of team management and performance management skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Advanced understanding of the mental health needs of adults/OA.

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.

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

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

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Whiteleaf Centre, Aylesbury

Bierton Road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Whiteleaf Centre, Aylesbury

Bierton Road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Kristel Ranklin

kristel.ranklin@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

01865901900

Details

Date posted

06 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-BM7534083

Job locations

Whiteleaf Centre, Aylesbury

Bierton Road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG


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