Team Leader - Older Adult CMHT | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Lancashire is seeking a Band 7 Team Leader for its Older Adult Community Mental Health Team. The ideal candidate will lead a dynamic team, drive improvements, and enhance service delivery aligned with the national dementia strategy. This role requires significant leadership, effective communication, and a compassionate approach to management. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Professional development

Flexible working options

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing and leading a team.
• Experience in older adult mental health services is beneficial.
• Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate Trust values.

Responsibilities

• Lead improvements in the community mental health team.
• Deliver supervision and guidance to team members.
• Participate in auditing team's compliance with targets.
• Support investigations and manage complaints.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Compassionate management

Problem-solving

Job description

Role Overview

Lancashire & South Cumbria Care NHS Foundation Trust is an exciting place to work, we have sound professional structures embedded to lead, inspire and support our workforce and teams and are committed to delivering the right care, at the right time, in the right place. We are considered a great trust to work for, and successful candidates can expect to receive a full and robust induction and welcome period, alongside ongoing professional development, including clinical, professional and managerial support.

Responsibilities

We have the rare opportunity to offer a substantive role within our Older Adult Community Mental Health Team sitting under the Older Adult Fylde Coast Portfolio, for a band 7 Team leader.

We are looking to appoint a confident, dynamic and committed leader who will have proven experience and skill for managing and leading a team with compassion, efficiency and be an effective communicator, who is able to demonstrate a solution focussed approach, alongside a ‘can do’ attitude.

The successful candidate will take a lead on driving improvements, providing evidence based qualitative reports in meeting the national dementia strategy and ICB expectations, and working collaboratively with colleagues and the wider community.

• To participate in the clinical supervision process existing within the team and to deliver supervision and guidance to colleagues.
• To participate in auditing the team’s compliance and trust set targets.
• To participate in Trust wide meetings, including the Older adult functional best practice group to share knowledge and maintain competency.
• As a Band 7, the successful candidate will support investigations and managing complaints.
• To be able to demonstrate an approach which is aligned with the Trust values. They will be innovative, proactive and be able to work autonomously, with enthusiasm, to support the service achieve its vision.

Experience of working within a similar role or within the older adult field would be beneficial.

Please note the successful candidates will be required to present a 10-minute presentation on “Your top priorities during the first 90 days.”

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS application.

Additional Information

Only successful applicants will be contacted for interview.

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.

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

This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Oct 2025