Team Leader - Mental Health Liaison Team
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a 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, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
- Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available for the Team Leader post in the MHLT (Mental Health Liaison Team)and HBPOS (Home Based Place of Safety)
Barrow MHLT/HBPOS is seeking to appoint a Band 7 Team Leader, this is a well-established team with a wealth of experience. We are supportive and caring team, who will welcome a new team member with all they can bring to the team and what we offer.
We are seeking to appoint an individual that can demonstrate that they can offer a wide variety of experience to our team. As a Registered practitioner you will be responsible for supporting your team in ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.
Patients present in AED (Accident Emergency Department) and the HBPOS (Home Based Place of Safety) with a wide range of mental health and psychological problems, including following an episode of self-harm, psychiatric emergency and as a consequence of physical illness.
Do you have the skills and experience as a practitioner to manage a busy community team? You will need to demonstrate an ability to motivate yourself and others and have experience with LSCFT Human Resources procedures. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team; providing leadership and promoting team working.You will oversee and ensure the support and development of the team along with monitoring the team performance.
For more information please contact us on the details provided.
Main duties of the job
You will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Approved Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Dip SW with evidence of professional development. You should have leadership skills and qualities to support the team progress and the development of the Mental Health Urgent Pathway.
We can offer you supervision, training and support to progress your leadership skills. You will be part of a team and be included in the developments moving the service forward.
You will be responsible for the day to day management of the HBPOS and MHLT team. You will ensure that patients are supported when accessing our services with dignity and compassion.
You will be expected to support the team to meet their KPI (Key Performance Indicator), to review any breaches.
You will manage the teams off duty to make sure we are able to provide service 24/7.
You will be required to make autonomous decisions, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems, while utilising effective clinical judgments about the most appropriate treatment, discharge and follow-up options.
You will use higher- level communication skills, both written and oral and have an ability to engage with challenging and/or acutely distressed individuals, sometimes in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations.
Working between the Acute Trust, Police, NWAS (North West Ambulance Service) and LSCFT is our day to day business.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Must hold relevant professional qualification (RMN/OT or Social Work)
- Completion of, or working towards, Management or Leadership training
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Expert knowledge on mental health issues and how these impact on the individual, carer’s and the wider community
- Expertise in current best practice in Adult Mental Health , and awareness of relevant government directives and legislation
- Specialist knowledge and application of mental health assessments and interventions using expert level clinical reasoning
Experience
Essential criteria- Post registration experience in mental health setting (at least 1 year of which will be in relevant specialist area)
- Familiarity with audit processes
- Extensive clinical experiences including individual and group
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent presentation and training skills
- Ability to work autonomously and set own and others’ priorities
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.
Please be aware the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. AI-generated content may lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.Personalisation is essential when submitting an application form to convey your skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively.
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).
You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation.
Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.