Team Leader - Health Based Place of Safety

Closing date: 22 April 2026

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an experienced registered mental health practitioner to join our Patient Flow team as a Team Leader responsible for managing the Health Based Place of Safety (HBPoS) and Allocate on Arrival teams.

The HBPoS provides a safe environment for people detained under Section 135/136 for the purpose of a Mental Health Act Assessment. The new Allocate on Arrival team consists of MHSW and RMNs who will work flexibly across the hospital, according to clinical need to ensure safer staffing is maintained.

We are looking for a compassionate and motivated leader, with experience of working with people experiencing acute episodes of distress and mental health crisis (and excellent working knowledge and understanding of the legal and local frameworks and processes that are used in support of this) to provide clinical and operational l...