Nurse Manager | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 March 2026 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY4 4FE |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7797999/351-FYL682-ZK |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated, and experienced registered Mental Health Practitioner to join our Initial response service 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.
• To support the Urgent care pathway and coordinate the development of your identified function.
• To ensure that the service offers a team approach and delivers a rapid, intensive assessment and intervention service in order to meet the needs of those people experiencing a mental health issue.
• To supervise and evaluate the team.
• The post holder will assist with the responsibilities for all aspects of the service.
• Be responsible for the day to day management of the team ensuring a responsive and effective service is offered 24 hours per day 7 days per week.
• To organise and carry out Management and clinical supervision for all staff where appropriate.
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.
For more information regarding this vacancy please see attached the detailed Job Description and Person Specification
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Feb 2026