Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Team Lead – Home Based Treatment Team

The closing date is 19 February 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated, and experienced registered Mental Health Practitioner (RMN/OT/SW) to join our Home-Based Treatment Team as Team Lead. This role is pivotal in providing clinical leadership and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care to service users and their carers within the community.

As Team Lead, you will embody LSCFT values of kindness, respect, teamwork, and continuous learning. You will have substantial experience at Band 6 level and a proven ability to lead teams through change, fostering a positive and supportive culture. Experience within the Urgent Care pathway is desirable, alongside a commitment to service development and innovation.

You will demonstrate strong leadership skills, evidence-based care management, and risk assessment expertise. Your ability to influence positively and adapt to a rapidly evolving service will be key to meeting the needs of service users and carers.

Main duties of the job

Day to day operational duties within the team including rostering and delegation of work.

Leading expert assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.

Providing clinical and managerial supervision and mentorship to multidisciplinary team members.

Working collaboratively with service users, carers, and partner agencies to achieve effective outcomes.

Offering clinical expertise, guidance, and interventions within the Home-Based Treatment Team.

Assisting in budget management and identifying cost improvements to maintain service excellence.

This is a challenging yet rewarding role for a forward-thinking practitioner who is passionate about improving mental health services and supporting both staff and service users to thrive.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

05 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-FYL676-SRP

Job locations

The Gateway-Blackpool Football Stadium

Seasiders Way

Blackpool

FY1 6JX


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Must hold a relevant professional qualification, (RMN, SW, OT).
  • Ongoing registration Evidence of commitment to continual professional development Completion of, or working towards, management or Leadership Training.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of the Urgent Care Pathway principles and practice.
  • Knowledge of Assessment, Implementation, Monitoring and Review (including risk assessments).
  • Understanding of Health and Safety policies.

Experience

Essential

  • Leadership skills.
  • Able to engage other key agencies in the delivery of care and work to differing mental health philosophies.
  • 3 years post registration experience in mental health setting (one year of which will be in relevant specialist area).
Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Must hold a relevant professional qualification, (RMN, SW, OT).
  • Ongoing registration Evidence of commitment to continual professional development Completion of, or working towards, management or Leadership Training.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of the Urgent Care Pathway principles and practice.
  • Knowledge of Assessment, Implementation, Monitoring and Review (including risk assessments).
  • Understanding of Health and Safety policies.

Experience

Essential

  • Leadership skills.
  • Able to engage other key agencies in the delivery of care and work to differing mental health philosophies.
  • 3 years post registration experience in mental health setting (one year of which will be in relevant specialist area).

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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Gateway-Blackpool Football Stadium

Seasiders Way

Blackpool

FY1 6JX


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Gateway-Blackpool Football Stadium

Seasiders Way

Blackpool

FY1 6JX


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruiting Manager

Lisa Nicholson

Lisa.Nicholson@lscft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

05 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-FYL676-SRP

Job locations

The Gateway-Blackpool Football Stadium

Seasiders Way

Blackpool

FY1 6JX


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