HBTT Team Lead

NHS Trust; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in Lancaster is seeking a forward-thinking, highly motivated registered Mental Health Practitioner to provide team leadership for the Lancaster and Morecambe Home Based Treatment Team. You will ensure care is safe, effective and supports service users and carers.

You will reflect LSCFT values of kindness, respect and teamwork, lead improvements and support engagement with service users and carers to inform service development.

Qualifications

• Must hold relevant professional qualification (RMN / Social Work / OT).
• Completion of Management or Leadership training.
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).

Responsibilities

• Support the service manager in the running with first line management for a community-based Lancaster and Morecambe Home Based Treatment Team.
• Develop pathways with the team, oversee supervision and mandatory training, and deliver a high quality, high performing team.
• Ensure opportunities for continuing professional development to meet registering bodies and drive improvements in clinical practice and patient care.
• Lead in delivery of clinical governance, quality improvement and performance management within an identified locality team.

Skills

RMN

Social Work

OT

Education

Management or Leadership training

CPD documentation

Job description

Site East Barn Town Lancaster Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (subject to confirmation) Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking, highly motivated, innovative, dedicated and experienced registered Mental Health Practitioner to provide team leadership to Lancaster and Morecambe HBTT. You will be responsible for providing leadership and ensuring that the care provided is safe, effective and supports service users and carers.

You will be able to reflect LSCFT values of being kind, respectful, working as part of a team and always learning. You should have experience and demonstrate evidence of learning and leading improvement. Experience of working within the community Urgent Care pathway is desirable. You should also be able to demonstrate a commitment to supporting engagement with service users and carers to support service development.

You should be able to demonstrate evidence of care that facilitates a positive culture of patient engagement, a commitment to enhance the service user and carer experience and promote an environment that facilitates continued staff professional development. You should be able to demonstrate effective, evidence based care management, risk assessment and leadership skills. You must have the ability to positively influence and adapt to a rapidly developing service that is able to meet the needs service users and carers.

Main duties of the job

To support the service manager in the running with first line management for a community-based Lancaster and Morecambe Home Based Treatment Team

The post holder will work with the team to develop the pathways, they will oversee supervision and mandatory training. They will be responsible for the delivery of a high quality and high performing team.

To support the team in ensuring that staff in the team have opportunities for continuing professional development, in order to provide best practice and meet the requirements of registering bodies, and to drive improvements in standards of clinical practice and patient care in line with the NHS modernisation and Public Health agendas.

To work with the Team and service manager to actively lead in the delivery of the clinical governance, quality improvement and performance management agenda within an identified locality team.

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.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Must hold relevant professional qualification (RMN / Social Work / OT)


• Completion of Management or Leadership training.


• Documented evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)

Knowledge

• Expert knowledge on mental health issues and how these impact on the individual, carer’s and the wider community.


• Expertise in current best practice in Adult Mental Health , and awareness of relevant government directives and legislation


• Knowledge of a comprehensive range of Human resources procedures and the ability to put these into practice when acting up for the Locality Manager

Experience

• 2 years post registration experience in mental health setting (one year of which will be in relevant specialist area)


• Extensive clinical experiences including individual and group work in mental health specialties


• Leadership experience of the Multi-disciplinary team.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. You are therefore advised to consider applying for this vacancy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.