Locality Team Manager

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lytham St Annes; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in the Fylde and Wyre locality is recruiting a Locality Team Manager for the Learning Disability All Age Service. The post is full-time and permanent, delivering a multi-disciplinary community learning disability and autism service.

You will oversee day-to-day operational management, lead a multi-disciplinary team, and work with service users, carers and local providers to improve access to mainstream health care and reduce health inequalities.

Qualifications

• Relevant core professional qualification with registration (NMC Sub-Part 1 RNLD or HCPC).
• Experience leading learning disability and/or autism services.
• Knowledge of NHS developments and regulatory codes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operational management of an all-age, multi-disciplinary LD and autism community service.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team and drive service improvement and delivery.
• Develop partnerships with service users, carers and other local health and social care providers.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Time management

Education

Core professional qualification with NMC/HCPC registration

Job description

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.

Are you a dynamic, forward-thinking and experienced Learning Disabilities professional or leader seeking a new challenge? Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) Learning Disability All age Service is recruiting a Locality Team Manager for our Fylde and Wyre locality.

This is a full‑time, permanent post (37.5 hours per week) for both clinical professionals and managers. Operational leadership is central to NHS service delivery, and the learning disability service offers excellent prospects for those with relevant experience to further develop their leadership abilities and advance their career.

As part of the leadership team, you will manage an all-age, multi-disciplinary community learning disability and autism service. You will oversee the day‑to‑day operational management and leadership of staff to ensure delivery of a high‑quality, multi-disciplinary health service for the local community.

Main duties of the job

Clinical responsibilities include promoting access to mainstream health care, reducing health inequalities and premature mortality, delivering specialist interventions, maintaining a caseload of complex clients as directed, and collaborating with other service leads.

We seek a confident, organised and experienced individual with a strong background in community teams, thorough understanding of the health needs of people with learning disabilities, and up‑to‑date knowledge of issues affecting Learning Disability Services.

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

• Relevant Core Professional Qualification (NMC ~ Sub-Part 1 RNLD (Learning Disabilities) or HCPC registered) specific to working with people with learning disabilities, autism or both with additional specialist knowledge and experience equivalence. Additional knowledge in relevant area

Knowledge

• Compliance with regulatory bodies and codes of professional conduct
• Knowledge of current key NHS developments and policies and implications for service delivery

Experience

• Evidence of extensive managerial and clinical knowledge, skill and experience in the field of service provision to people with learning disabilities, autism or both
• Evidence of management development through continuous professional development and/or formal management courses
• Experience of effectively working with service users and carers

Skills

• Effective leadership, organisational and people management skills
• Excellent motivational and team building skills
• Excellent prioritisation and time management- ability to carry a complex and demanding workload

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.