Band 6 Clinical Lead

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Coventry is seeking a dedicated Band 6 Clinical Lead Nurse for their inpatient mental health team. The ideal candidate will have substantial post-registration experience and a commitment to improving patient care. Responsibilities include providing clinical leadership, managing patient assessments, and supporting junior staff. The role emphasizes high-quality care delivery in a supportive environment offering various development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes for vehicles and gym memberships

Discounts with various retailers and entertainment venues

Wellbeing support including in-house counselling service

Qualifications

• Substantial post-registration experience is required.
• Experience working with people with mental health needs.
• Experience in assessment, formulation, risk assessment, and positive risk management.

Responsibilities

• Work within a multi-disciplinary age-independent mental health inpatient service.
• Support the Ward Manager and deliver quality care to patient groups.
• Manage and organise competing priorities in complex situations.

Skills

Effective organisational and delegation skills

Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures

Education

Relevant professional qualification (e.g. RMN/HCPC)

Evidence of continuing professional development

Willingness to undertake Quality Improvement training

Job description

Band 6 Clinical Lead

Closing date: 18 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly dedicated Band 6 Clinical Lead Nurse to join Swanswell Ward, one of our inpatient mental health teams based at the Caludon Centre, Coventry.

We welcome applicants who are committed to improving care for people who require inpatient mental health services and innovating practice within a ward setting. Applicants will need to have substantial post registration experience.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the Nursing team and work a span of duty including weekends and nights, to ensure that a high level of quality care is maintained. As part of the role you will support the Ward Manager in all aspects of delivering safe care to patient group with an emphasis on ensuring quality and safety is maintained within the ward at all times.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for leased car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in‑house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be required to work within a multi‑disciplinary age‑independent, mental health inpatient service. They will ensure that all organisational systems and processes are adhered to, manage and organise competing priorities and manage change in complex situations. The post holder will be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area, contributing to staff and service development, supporting audits, guidelines and quality improvement approaches to ensure the highest standards of safety and quality.

They will be required to undertake trusted assessments, provide evidence‑based clinical interventions and clinical leadership, and will be expected to gain skills in operational management responsibilities and in quality and safety improvement approaches as part of their Band 6 position within inpatient care.

Main responsibilities of the post

• Work as an integrated member of the team, managing all service users’ needs within the unit and hold a designated named clinician caseload.
• Formulate and coordinate holistic assessment of mental and physical needs.
• Act as Nurse in Charge (NIC) and manage shift duties.
• Supervise and develop junior staff members, ensuring role competency sign‑off for junior staff, students and trainees.
• Ensure a robust process for care plan formulation, review, evaluation of treatment and safety plans, and report back to the multi‑professional team.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the social and physical therapeutic environment.
• Lead all areas of risk management within the ward, ensuring risk (including patient risk, positive risk taking, and environmental risk assessment) is embedded and that trust processes around risk are adhered to and recorded.
• Maintain high standards of clinical care and service delivery based on evidence, clinical and professional judgement.
• Identify needs to facilitate safe discharge.
• Lead and coordinate adherence to and reporting of safety & quality issues, reporting any concerns immediately.
• Have detailed working knowledge of key partnership services and organisations (voluntary sector, social services, housing), including eligibility criteria and access procedures.
• Lead and maintain a learning environment via mentorship, supervision and guidance to identified junior staff and students.
• Lead on Quality Improvement and liaise with the Quality Improvement team to support areas of practice development and coordinate staff training in improvement approaches.
• Support staff training and development in all areas appropriate to inpatient care.
• Lead on improving patient experience and co‑production on the Ward.
• Provide senior leadership across the acute system as deemed necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualification (e.g. RMN/HCPC).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Willingness to undertake Quality Improvement training.

Knowledge and skills

• Effective organisational and delegation skills.
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures.

Experience

• Previous experience working with people with mental health needs.
• Experience undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management.

Personal attributes

• Reliable.
• Self‑motivated.
• Ability to work on own initiative, engaging, open and honest; personal resilience.
• Ability to demonstrate a non‑judgemental and empathetic approach to service users.
• Team player, able to accept direction and leadership in carrying out duties.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions.