Hillingdon Treatment Team Manager

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Hillingdon Home Treatment Team Manager

The closing date is 18 February 2026

A exciting opportunity to manage a well developed Mental Health Team in Hillingdon. The successful candidate will manage the day to day workings of Home Treatment Team and Hillingdon

You will need to be a registered Health or social care professional with significant experience at band 7 or above to be eligible to apply for this opportunity, with recent relevant experience in crisis care.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leadership and development, be an effective role model, self-motivated with the commitment, drive and adaptability to thrive in this demanding post.

You will possess excellent communication skills, be visible and accessible with quality and high standards at the core of your professional profile. You will need to be flexible and resilient in order to cope with the demands of the role. In addition, you must be able to influence and negotiate in order to improve the service your team provides for their patients.

Evidence of continuing professional development is essential. You will work closely with the full range of the multi-disciplinary teams in Psychiatric Liaison , Inpatient services, Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service and Community services.

Working closely with the Multi disciplinary teams of both the Riverside Centre and Hillingdon Acute Hospital. They will manage staff and act also as a clinical lead, also linking in with the community teams.

The Candidate will facilitate high quality nursing care .

We can offer you:

• An opportunity to work on the outskirts of London with good transport links from Uxbridge to Hillingdon
• Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities
• Ongoing supervision and appraisals
• Tailored education and development programme.
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
• Excellent staff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.

• Build and maintain a caring, kind culture in the ward in which people respect each other and people are treated with dignity
• Be a role model and visible authoritative presence in the ward delivering compassionate care
• Be a resource, providing experienced advice to the Unit.
• Promote excellence in nursing standards and clinical leadership and monitor patient care programmes in accordance with agreed policies
• Ensure ward staff effectively manage the reception, transfer and discharge of patients and adhere to Trust policies
• Ensure care is delivered development and auditing of care programmes and standards of care including meeting, for example, the requirements of key NICE guidelines and the National Service Framework
• Carry out and demonstrate nursing care and procedures in accordance with Trust policies and Best Practice guidelines at a higher clinical level.
• Innovate and improve practice, showing courage and commitment and utilising experience and excellence in patient care
• Ensure infection control policies and recommendations are implemented
• Be active in resolving patient / Carers problems, complaints and queries by liaising with the Patient Advice and Liaison Service and the Trust Complaints Department and implementing actions for improvement
• Liaise with the Community Team and Acute Hospital Team to ensure ongoing care of patients.

Communication Skills You will be expected to:

• Provide a visible accessible and authoritative presence within the ward in whom patients and their families can have confidence and to whom they can turn for assistance, advice and support
• Be visible and accessible on the wards on a daily basis, monitoring the team ethos and effectiveness of communication
• Build networks and relationships to engage and mobilise for excellence and improvement
• Cascade information to nurses and ward staff. Communicate information to managers, staff, patients and relatives which at times may be highly complex or sensitive and where there may be opposition to the message e.g. disciplinary matters,…