Job Description

Job Overview

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!

Do you want access to opportunities that will help you develop your full potential and get the best out of your career?


City East CMHT have an exciting opportunity for an experienced RMN, with community experience to join us in the role of Team Leader. We are looking for someone who is a skilled communicator, with excellent inter-personal skills and leadership qualities, excellent clinical skills and an ability to manage day-to-day challenges that might arise in this role. You will need to be motivated, organised and reliable, able to demonstrate an attitude that respects and values others, encouraging choice, engagement and involvement from the patients and carers who use our services.


It's an exciting time to join the Team as we embark on our journey to neighbourhood working to ensure we provide excellent services for patients with mental ill health and support people towards recovery and resilience. It's a challenging and fulfilling environment with multi-disciplinary teamwork at its core. You will need to demonstrate a commitment to change and the ability to support and promote change within the Team


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.


We also offer:

A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days Free onsite parking Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance Health and Wellbeing Support

Contact Details:

Jean Banda [jean.banda1@nhs.net], [07721833881]

Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

The successful candidate will manage and take overall responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership and guidance, clinical advice and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality:

o Patient safety

o The effectiveness of all health care interventions

o Patient experience

o The environment in which care is delivered


The post holder will ensure the delivery of a clinically effective service which meets the needs of individuals, families and communities in line with local and national development plans, Trust policies and procedures, being responsible for the coordination of services and to promote optimum health, self-management and effective liaison between agencies. To be responsible for the development of specialist care interventions and care plans.

They will ensure staff are trained appropriately to competently deliver the care required and ensure supervision and mentorship is in place, being influential within the organisation and provide detailed advice to others internally and externally to the organisation, within their sphere of competence. To work collaboratively with other senior nurses across LPT as appropriate and promote the role of their speciality nursing to all stakeholders and fostering a culture of networking in an open and transparent approach with internal and external MDT's and between all stakeholders.

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.