Band 7 Locality Team Leader

Community services are a key part of the NHS of the future. Be part ofthat future now.

Join us and help achieve better care and healthier communities.

Main area Learning Disabilities Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (12 month fixed term contract) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  
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Site Riverside Lodge Town Birmingham Salary £49,387 - £56,515 (per annum) Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

The post holder will be a key member of the Learning Disability Services Leadership Team and will contribute to the overall management of those services.

The post holder will represent the clinical professions across the Learning Disabilities locality based services and will be responsible for driving forward and innovating robust evidence based practice in the delivery and development of the multidisciplinary services.

The post holder will be accountable to the Business Unit Service Manager (SM) and will have lead responsibility for the first line management and co-ordination of multi professional Community Learning Disability Teams.

Direct management responsibility for a multi-disciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical staff within a business unit.

Budgetary responsibilities: to manage and control a delegated budget for the multidisciplinary clinical service circa £2.4 million, determining and actioning cost improvement programmes and ensuring financial balance is achieved.

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification

• Relevant Clinical Degree and post registration qualification in relevant subject area
• HCPC or NMC Registration.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including attendance and completion of post graduate courses relevant to own specialty
• Post graduate qualification in healthcare management or equivalent experience.
• Leadership Qualification
• Knowledge of and understanding of Finance

• Demonstrate both managerial and clerical skills in previous post.
• To show an understanding and means of managing the effective use of resources.
• Significant experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, which reflect a full range of clients who have complex learning disability and/or mental ill health needs.
• Significant experience of working in a clinical setting
• Significant experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of leading clinical governance in clinical area, including risk management, patient experience and audit
• Significant Experience of management and leadership within multidisciplinary teams
• Knowledge and understanding of NHS developments, policies and priorities in relation to healthcare.

• Implementing complex change in a clinical setting.
• Excellent decision making and problem solving skills.
• Show vision for developing long-term planning, setting long and short-term objectives for self and the service.
• To have good inter-personal skills /emotional intelligence
• The ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, information to clients, their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS.
• Ability to work in partnership across agencies and services
• Ability to manage and deal effectively with crises/prioritise
• Keyboard skills in use of Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint to design, create and input to complex…