Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Early Intervention in Psychosis Team Leader

The closing date is 02 October 2025

Job summary

Please note this is a community based role which will requires the post holder to regularly travel between multiple sites.

We have a fantastic opportunity that has arisen in the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team - Liverpool based in Baird House.

The successful candidate will work as part of an experienced and supportive leadership team in Baird House. A Hub that also incorporates two other community based mental health teams. The successful candidate will be able to access support from both the Operational Manager and their band 7 colleagues.

EIT Liverpool is a well established team with a skilled multi-disciplinary group of staff including a Senior Advanced Practitioner and experienced medical leads.

Our staff within the team pride themselves on delivering exceptional mental health care.

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver high quality team leadership and adhere to the national guidance standards that acknowledges the specialism of this service. There will also be an opportunity to support Transformation and the newly defined Community Mental Health Framework and leading staff to embed new ways of working to support the community we serve.

The successful candidate will be supported in their role and encouraged to develop the role and their professional skills. We strongly encourage interested candidates to visit, call or spend some time with us finding out about the work and values of the team as part of the application.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical and managerial leadership within EIT across the entire Liverpool catchment area. To work as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure a consistent approach to the care of Service Users.

To build effective relationships with other care providers and ensure that views of Service Users, Carers, relatives and friends are given appropriate recognition.

To influence and shape evidence based clinical practice and to take a lead role in the implementation and support change

To operate in a role that is primarily therapeutic in nature developing effective relationships with Service User in a variety of care settings.

To adhere to the ethos, national targets and standards of EIT

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Details

Date posted

25 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-MHC7474372-A

Job locations

Baird House

Liverpool Innovation Park Edge Lane

Liverpool

L7 9NJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding this exciting role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding this exciting role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
  • Possess good listening and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff.
  • Knowledge of developments in community care and of health legislation

Desirable

  • Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit
  • Computer literate

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care within the community setting.

Desirable

  • Evidence of experience working with adults / complex care in a variety of health care settings.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered mental Health Nurse or appropriate professional qualification
  • Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services
  • Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development.

Values

Essential

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Professional attitude
  • Flexibility
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the community team.

Other

Essential

  • The ability to travel across multiples sites in the course of performing dutes.
Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
  • Possess good listening and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff.
  • Knowledge of developments in community care and of health legislation

Desirable

  • Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit
  • Computer literate

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care within the community setting.

Desirable

  • Evidence of experience working with adults / complex care in a variety of health care settings.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered mental Health Nurse or appropriate professional qualification
  • Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services
  • Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development.

Values

Essential

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Professional attitude
  • Flexibility
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the community team.

Other

Essential

  • The ability to travel across multiples sites in the course of performing dutes.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Baird House

Liverpool Innovation Park Edge Lane

Liverpool

L7 9NJ


Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Baird House

Liverpool Innovation Park Edge Lane

Liverpool

L7 9NJ


Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hub Manager

Ray Clucas

ray.clucas@merseycare.nhs.uk

01512506272

Details

Date posted

25 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-MHC7474372-A

Job locations

Baird House

Liverpool Innovation Park Edge Lane

Liverpool

L7 9NJ


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