Team Coordinator

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Leyland; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider seeks a Team Coordinator for the CYPMH team. The role involves delivering high-quality mental health care, management of caseload supervision, and collaboration with clients facing engagement challenges. Candidates must be Registered Mental Nurses with significant CYPMH experience and leadership qualities. The Trust promotes flexible working to encourage a positive work/life balance. This position presents an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in mental health services.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Substantial experience of Practice / Service Development and clinical leadership in adult mental health care or CAMHS.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of contemporary practice within CYPMH (CAMHS) services.
• Previous experience of managing within mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide management and caseload supervision within specified teams.
• Act as a specialist advisor and contribute to governance arrangements.
• Ensure high clinical practice standards for client outcomes.

Skills

Leadership skills

Clinical supervision

Flexibility

Education

Registered Mental Nurse or aligned profession (OT/Social Worker)

Professional Registration (SWE; HCPC; NMC)

Job description

Team Coordinator

The closing date is 01 January 2026.

An opportunity has arisen to join the Chorley South Ribble Community Young People's Mental Health (CYPMH) team as a Team Coordinator. Working to deliver Mental Health Care to the highest possible standard, applications are invited from experienced nurses to take on the challenging role of Team Leader.

We currently require a practitioner with previous experience at Band 6 who have recent, significant experience of working within a CYPMH team. All applicants must have an interest and skills in psychological approaches to working with clients and have a commitment to working collaboratively with clients who may present challenges for engagement.

Main duties of the job

• Provide management and caseload supervision within a specified CYPMH and CPS (CAMHS) geographical team and across the CYPMH and CPS (CAMHS) service within a specialist role and according to specialist are of expertise.
• Provide generic caseload and case specific supervision and assist with the development and maintenance of PDRs.
• Act as specialist advisor within CYPMH and CPS (CAMHS) and actively contribute to the Network governance arrangements when required and provide input into specialist projects as required within the network.
• Ensure that the standard of performance and clinical practice are of the highest quality to ensure good quality outcomes for clients within the team.
• Ensure that with others, arrangements are in place to contribute to the effective clinical and professional supervision of all staff in the team, including professional appraisal and the identification of CPD needs across the team.
• Contribute to policy implementation and policy or service development, both within the service and the wider Network.
• Keep up to date with CYPMH (CAMHS) research and clinical developments and utilise this knowledge in interpreting NHS policy and local priorities in order to promote evidence based practice across CYPMH (CAMHS) and contribute to the development of health care and social care that is of the greatest possible clinical and cost effectiveness for patients, carers and staff within the specialty of CYPMH (CAMHS).

About us

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.

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.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Person Specification

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Nurse or aligned profession e.g. OT/Social Worker
• Professional Registration SWE; HCPC; NMC
• Substantial experience of Practice / Service Development and clinical leadership in adult mental health care or CAMHS (currency within 12 months).

Knowledge

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of contemporary practice within CYPMH (CAMHS) services.
• Demonstrates knowledge of NHS change agendas and strategic service planning by the Department of Health.
• Awareness of how CYPMH (CAMHS) and mental health services will develop locally and nationally over the next 2 - 3 years.

Experience

• Previous experience of managing within mental health services.
• Demonstrates excellent leadership skills, incorporating flexibility and the ability to influence others.
• Experience in clinical supervision, caseload management, PDP cycles

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust