Maternity Leave Cover 9 months
Lancashire & South Cumbria Care NHS Foundation Trust is an exciting place to work, we have sound professional structures embedded to lead, inspire and support our workforce and teams and are committed to delivering the right care, at the right time, in the right place. We are considered a great trust to work for, and successful candidates can expect to receive a full and robust induction and welcome period, alongside ongoing professional development, including clinical, professional and managerial support.
We have the opportunity to offer a temporary 9 month maternity leave cover within our Older Adult Community Mental Health Team sitting under the Older Adult Fylde Coast Portfolio, for a band 7 Team leader.
We are looking to appoint a confident, dynamic and committed leader who will have proven experience and skill for managing and leading a team with compassion, efficiency and be an effective communicator, who is able to demonstrate a solution focussed approach, alongside a ‘’can do’’ attitude.
The successful candidate will take a lead on driving improvements, providing evidence based qualitative reports in meeting the national dementia strategy and ICB expectations, and working collaboratively with colleagues and the wider community.
• To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the team in accordance with the Trust values and NMC code of conduct. HPC code etc.
• To oversee and ensure that leadership within the multidisciplinary team provides effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users.
• To support the Urgent care pathway and coordinate the development of your identified function.
• To ensure that the service offers a team approach and delivers a rapid, intensive assessment and intervention service in order to meet the needs of those people experiencing a mental health issue.
• To supervise and evaluate the team.
• Be responsible for the day to day management of the team ensuring a responsive and effective service is offered.
• The post holder will assist with the responsibilities for all aspects of the service
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 21 May 2026