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Salary for this role£57,528 – £64,750 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

NHS roles fall under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 1259, Managers and proprietors in other services not elsewhere classified. Home Office going rate for this occupation: £41,700 a year.

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Role description

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a motivated, experienced manager ready to take the next step in their leadership journey. This Service Manager role offers the opportunity to lead the safe, effective and efficient delivery of services within the Worthing and Adur NMHTs, which provide community mental health care for adults across the Adur and Worthing localities.

The transformation of community mental health services has brought together primary care mental health provision, including the Emotional Wellbeing Service and Pathfinder, with specialist secondary care services previously delivered by the Assessment and Treatment Teams. This integration has created a multidisciplinary model of care, focused on improving access, enhancing patient outcomes, and delivering more joined-up support across local communities.

This role offers a unique opportunity to optimise and further develop the NMHT model, driving innovation and continuous improvement across community mental health services. Working closely with colleagues across primary and secondary care, the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a more preventative, responsive, and person-centred service for the populations of Worthing and Adur.

Main duties of the job

Bringing operational leadership experience and expertise, your key responsibilities will include overseeing the provision of high-quality services meeting a range of performance objectives whilst maintaining financial balance. You will lead the successful development and delivery of quality services improvement projects and transformation across Worthing and Adur NMHTs to support increased service efficiencies and effectiveness.

A solution-focused, self- motivated individual, you will embrace resolving day to day problems independently. You will be a confident and clear communicator possessing excellent organisational, verbal and written skills.

The post holder will be required to have sound operational experience at either Team Leader or Service Manager level and be able to work on their own initiative to prioritise and plan their own workload efficiently.

You will be expected to appropriately manage confidential, complex and sensitive information, exercising discretion and upholding high professional and ethical standards at all times. You will also provide exemplary leadership and line management to the Team Leaders and Clinical Leads within the Worthing and Adur NMHTs, supporting them to develop their skills, expertise and confidence as key senior leads within the service.

About us

At SPFT we provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children.

Working in Sussex:

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Date posted

17 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year PA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AC-21325-1

Job locations

Chanctonbury Building, Swandean

Worthing

BN13 3EP

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Service Manager Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree/ diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
Clinical/post graduate management qualification or equivalent level of leadership experience and proven ability to perform at this level

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Minimum of 3 years experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing/leading health/social care services.
Management of resources and good track record with change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans
Experience of modernising services without additional resources.
Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services.
Experience of project management and imaginative planning.
Experience of managing/leading a diverse practitioner team

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.