The West Lancashire Community Mental Health team is a progressive and effective team, with a strong focus on delivering psychologically informed and evidence based interventions to our patient group. We are a team of highly motivated and supportive professionals focused on offering our service users an outstanding treatment and therapeutic service. Our aim is to be patient centred and empower service users to independently manage their own mental wellbeing.
We are looking for a team manager who will act as a strong clinical leader working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, to ensure that they are fully supported to work with patients with complex mental health care needs.
This is a wonderful development opportunity for you to test your leadership and managerial skills with support and guidance from an experienced senior management team. You will be able to develop your own personal leadership and management style. This will enable you to grow professionally and personally working in a transforming Community Mental Health service. The role enables you to be involved in the ongoing progression of community mental health and allows you to take forward your own and the ideas for your team. This will be a full time post and part of the new Central Lancashire locality model.
The team covers the West Lancashire area of Lancashire, including Ormskirk, Skelmersdale and Northern parishes which have a diverse population. The multidisciplinary team is made up of mental health nurses/practitioners, assistant practitioners, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, Community Support Workers, Community Pharmacist and technician, Consultant Psychiatrist and Middle Grade Doctor and is supported by experienced administration staff. You will join a team of service managers and clinical leaders working together to ensure smooth and seamless transitions between mental health services. You will lead you team to deliver mental health treatment and use key performance indicators to drive up consistent quality care for our service users their carers and their families.
We are a team who will recognise & value your clinical expertise, post-qualification training and high level of specialist experience, with a genuine commitment to your career development and embracing a learning culture.
It is expected that the successful applicant would have an excellent knowledge of the most prevalent mental health issues currently being faced by Adults, including related and comorbid physical health conditions. Excellent communication skills are essential, including the use of digital platforms including MS teams, Attend Anywhere and if you were successful as an applicant you would work to enhance the team and the work they offer in the local communities.
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.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Feb 2025