Band 6 Clinical Lead

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health organization is seeking a dedicated Band 6 Clinical Lead Nurse to join its inpatient mental health team in Coventry. The ideal candidate will support the Ward Manager and maintain high-quality care standards, alongside leading and developing junior staff. Applicants should have substantial post-registration experience, relevant qualifications in mental health nursing, and a commitment to improving patient care. This role includes various responsibilities to ensure effective team collaboration and patient assessment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts with a range of retailers

Wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Substantial post-registration experience in mental health nursing.
• Experience in assessment, formulation, risk assessment, and positive risk management.
• Reliable, self-motivated, and able to work on one's initiative.

Responsibilities

• Partake in nursing duties including weekends and nights.
• Support the Ward Manager in delivering care to patients.
• Formulate and coordinate holistic assessments of patient needs.
• Lead and develop junior staff while ensuring competency sign off.
• Contribute to quality improvement and maintain high standards of care.

Skills

Effective organisational and delegation skills

Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures

Education

Relevant Professional Qualification i.e. RMN/HCPC

Evidence of continuing professional development

Quality Improvement training (willing to undertake)

Job description

Band 6 Clinical Lead

The closing date is 01 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly dedicated Bank 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 improve care for people who require inpatient mental health services and innovate 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 of 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 wide 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 lease 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

Job Description. The post holder will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary age independent, MH inpatient service. The post holder will ensure that all organisational systems and processes are adhered to. The post holder will manage and organise competing and conflicting 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. They support on audit, guidelines and quality improvement approaches to ensure the highest standards of safety and quality in their area. The post holder will be required to undertake trusted assessments, provide evidence-based clinical interventions and clinical leadership.

The post holder 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.

• Work as an integrated member of the team, with all service users needs within the unit, and hold a designated named clinician case load.
• Formulate and coordinate holistic assessment of mental and physical needs.
• To be Nurse in Charge (NIC) and shift management.
• To supervise and develop junior staff member, with responsibility for ensuring junior staff, students and trainees have specific role competency sign off.
• Ensure there is a robust process for care plan formulation, review, evaluate treatment and safety plans and report back to multi-professional team.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the social and physical therapeutic environment.
• Lead of 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.
• Responsible for leading high standards of clinical care and maintaining service delivery based on evidence, clinical and professional judgement.
• Responsible for identifying needs to facilitate safe discharge.
• To lead and coordinate the adherence to and reporting of safety & quality issues and report any concerns immediately.
• Have a detailed working knowledge of key partnership services and organisations (i.e. voluntary sector, social services, housing), including their eligibility criteria and access procedures.
• To lead and maintain a learning environment, via mentorship, supervision and guidance to identified junior staff and students.
• To lead on Quality Improvement and liaise with the Quality Improvement team to support areas of practice development and to coordinate staff training in improvement approaches.
• To support staff training and development in all areas appropriate to inpatient care.
• To lead on improving patient experience and co-production on the Ward.
• To provide senior leadership across the acute system as deemed necessary.

Qualifications

• Relevant Professional Qualification i.e. RMN/HCPC
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Hold or be willing 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 of working with people with mental health needs
• Experience of 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
• Able to demonstrate a non-judgemental and empathetic approach to service users
• Ability to work as part of a team and 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 as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust