Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (Secondments also considered)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-FYL676-SRP
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Gateway-Blackpool Football Stadium
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Team Lead – Home Based Treatment Team
Band 7
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated, and experienced registered Mental Health Practitioner (RMN/OT/SW) to join our Home-Based Treatment Team as Team Lead. This role is pivotal in providing clinical leadership and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care to service users and their carers within the community.
As Team Lead, you will embody LSCFT values of kindness, respect, teamwork, and continuous learning. You will have substantial experience at Band 6 level and a proven ability to lead teams through change, fostering a positive and supportive culture. Experience within the Urgent Care pathway is desirable, alongside a commitment to service development and innovation.
You will demonstrate strong leadership skills, evidence-based care management, and risk assessment expertise. Your ability to influence positively and adapt to a rapidly evolving service will be key to meeting the needs of service users and carers.
Main duties of the job
Day to day operational duties within the team including rostering and delegation of work.
Leading expert assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
Providing clinical and managerial supervision and mentorship to multidisciplinary team members.
Working collaboratively with service users, carers, and partner agencies to achieve effective outcomes.
Offering clinical expertise, guidance, and interventions within the Home-Based Treatment Team.
Assisting in budget management and identifying cost improvements to maintain service excellence.
This is a challenging yet rewarding role for a forward-thinking practitioner who is passionate about improving mental health services and supporting both staff and service users to thrive.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Must hold a relevant professional qualification, (RMN, SW, OT).
- Ongoing registration Evidence of commitment to continual professional development Completion of, or working towards, management or Leadership Training.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of the Urgent Care Pathway principles and practice.
- Knowledge of Assessment, Implementation, Monitoring and Review (including risk assessments).
- Understanding of Health and Safety policies.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Leadership skills.
- Able to engage other key agencies in the delivery of care and work to differing mental health philosophies.
- 3 years post registration experience in mental health setting (one year of which will be in relevant specialist area).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Nicholson
- Job title
- Recruiting Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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