Team Lead - Mental Health Urgent Care Hub
The closing date is 22 September 2025
Job summary
Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Team Lead to join our team at the Mental Health Urgent Care Hub (MHUCH). Working within the Urgent Care Pathway, the Mental Health Urgent Care Hub incorporates the Mental Health Response Vehicle. Place of Safety Assessment Unit and the Hub to provide visible and strong leadership as the service continues to develop and evolve. The Mental Health Care Hub provides urgent biopsychosocial triage and assessment for patients presenting with a mental health needs 24 hours a day.
The post holder will be a key member of the leadership team, who will be responsible for providing clinical and operational leadership to the Mental Health Urgent Care Hub during an exciting period of change and service development.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will line manage Mental Health Practitioners and support these direct reports to line manage health care support workers.
The Team lead will monitor staffing levels, co-ordinate the shift, formulate the team roster, carry out investigations, investigate concerns and contact patients to resolve issues, complete audits, monitor and sign off incidents, ensure the team get regular supervision and lead on meetings where required.
The successful candidate will also lead on recruitment and service development. This role requires the ability to multitask; incorporating service development, clinical management as well as reviewing service data quality and audits. Excellent communication, technical and organisational skills are essential.
At times of peak activity or staffing shortages there is an expectation that team leads will work clinically, bringing their extensive clinical expertise to lead both operationally and clinically.
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
Date posted
01 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
004479
Job locations
Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital
Groby Road
Leicester
Leicester
LE3 9EJ
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital
Groby Road
Leicester
Leicester
LE3 9EJ
Employer's website
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