Overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader to lead the Clinical Treatment Team through the transformation process; this will be a 12 month secondment.
The post holder will support staff and clinics arrangements across the Trust’s Lancashire footprint. You will ensure the delivery of safe and responsive services across various physical health and ECT clinics.
Working hours and travel
Working hours are Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:00, although some flexibility regarding start and finish times may be required.
The Clinical Treatment Team covers East, North and Central Lancashire, which means you will be required to travel to other localities to support if required.
This is a 12 month secondment.
Responsibilities
The Team Leader will be responsible for day to day management of the team, providing clinical and management supervision, and ensuring the team delivers a safe and responsive service. This role involves supporting the Clinical Treatment Team in delivering a high quality mental health service as described in the Team’s Operational Procedure, and managing the CTT staff across areas of the service as agreed with the CTT Matron and Service Manager.
Qualifications and experience
* You should be a registered mental health nurse and familiar with mental health community and inpatient services and teams.
* You should have experience of delivering supervision and managing staff.
* You will have experience of working within a community mental health setting and be familiar with the Trust’s mental health community and inpatient services.
About the Trust and working arrangements
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Flexible working
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
How to apply / additional information
For more information please visit the Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT website.
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Aug 2025.
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