Bexley - Clinical Lead - Mental Health

Nhs South East London Integrated Care Board; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 117,000 - 133,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board seeks an experienced clinical leader to drive neighbourhood-based health models of care. The role focuses on integrating primary, community, and specialist services, supported by population health data and improvement methodologies.

The post-holder will work across Place and system teams to deliver outcomes in line with the ICB priorities for children, frailty, and multiple long-term conditions, contributing to a learning system that scales best

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical professional with appropriate registration (GMC, NMC, GDC etc.)
• Postgraduate degree or higher professional qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical input into mental health transformation, working with Place strategic, integrated commissioning and neighbourhood development teams to improve access, quality and integration across primary, community and specialist mental health services, while supporting prevention, crisis response, risk management, and parity of esteem.
• Support neighbourhood development teams to implement health outcomes and benefits realisation frameworks through robust evaluation.
• Collaborate with clinical colleagues across south east London and regionally to implement learning systems and scale best practices.

Skills

Staff leadership

Health inequalities

Improvement methods

Public engagement

Evaluation methods

Policy influence

Partnership working

Education

Clinical registration

Postgraduate degree

CPD

Job description

Job summary

This new place-based role will provide professional clinical leadership and support to development of neighbourhood working and integrated neighbourhood teams. The roles combines clinical expertise alongside the use of improvement methodology and population health data to support the development and delivery of innovative neighbourhood health models of care. It would particularly suit a clinician with experience of primary care and community/out of hospital pathways. Working closely with colleagues at system and Place, including those in our newly established insights function, the postholder support local teams to implement neighbourhood care. The initial focus will be on our stated priorities for children and young people with complex needs, frailty and those with multiple long-term conditions. The postholder will work with clinical colleagues within south east London and regionally to support the implementation of health outcomes and benefits realisation frameworks through robust approaches to evaluation support the development of a learning system where best practice is evidenced and scaled.

Main duties of the job

Leads clinical input into mental health transformation, working with Place strategic, integrated commissioning and neighbourhood development teams to improve access, quality and integration across primary, community and specialist mental health services, while supporting prevention, crisis response, risk management, and parity of esteem.

About us

In 2025, the boards of NHS South East London ICB and NHS South West London ICB took the decision to enter into a clustering arrangement. This means that we share a chair, chief executive officer and an executive team, but we remain as separate, statutory organisations.

This also means that the ICBs will share some teams, who will be working across both organisations. Some teams will also be working across both geographical areas and integrated care systems.

This is a period of change for the NHS. The Government's 10 Year Health Plan presents an ambitious vision for a future NHS, with emphasis on the three 'shifts' - from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from cure to prevention - all underpinning the new neighbourhood health service.

ICBs are also changing, with a clear focus on strategic commissioning and delivering neighbourhood working.

This is an exciting time to work within our ICBs. We currently have the opportunity both to shape the future of our clustered organisations, and to be part of a radical transformation of care for the local people and communities across south London. And while our two ICBs are different in some ways, improving lives for the people we serve is at the core of what we are both here to do.

Please note as you can only be employed by one ICB, this job description refers to 'the ICB', but your role may cover both ICB organisations, and / or geographical areas.

Details

Closing date: 30 October 2026

Date posted: 16 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8d

Salary: £116,982.25 to £132,934.38 a year pro rata per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Job share

Reference number: 487-SELICB-MCR-CCPL-012-B

Job locations: 2 Watling St, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 7AT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Essential: Qualified clinical professional with appropriate registration (GMC, NMC, GDC etc.)
• Essential: Postgraduate degree or higher professional qualification
• Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development
• Desirable: Project Management or programme management certification or equivalent experience.
• Desirable: Leadership training qualification

Experience and skills

• Essential: Significant experience of leading, managing, developing, influencing and inspiring staff including bringing together collaborative groups or networks
• Essential: Detailed understanding of the challenges of health inequalities and principles of identifying and addressing these
• Essential: Use of improvement methodology in service design and pathway transformation
• Essential: Engagement of patients and public and the principles of co-production in service design and delivery
• Essential: Use of evaluation methodology to understand value and impact, including the use of appropriate outcome measures
• Essential: Able to influence the development of policy and strategy to enhance relevant priorities. Able to identify priorities and dependencies in complex situations.
• Essential: The ability to work in partnership with lead clinicians, health care professionals and other stakeholders and a partnership approach to working across organisations
• Desirable: Experience of the development of outcomes and benefits realisation frameworks to support optimisation of value in service delivery, with an understanding of the principles of value-based healthcare
• Desirable: Excellent communication skills including the ability to present complex information tailored to different audiences.
• Desirable: Experience of research design and delivery with a supporting publication record
• Desirable: Supporting, managing and mentoring direct reports and other staff

Partnership Working / Leadership / Management

• Essential: Champions the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion both within and outside of the organisation
• Essential: Provide effective, inclusive and compassionate leadership, ensuring all voices are heard and creating and nurturing a culture where staff feel safe to speak up.
• Essential: Professional and approachable manner.
• Essential: Open to ongoing evaluation and feedback.

Analytical

• Essential: High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.
• Essential: Understand the principles of population health management and experience of its application in defining population needs and addressing health inequalities
• Essential: Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions.
• Essential: Sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.

Other

• Essential: Stamina, energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Essential: A collaborative management style, which recognises and values personal contributions and agenda and encourages team working.
• Essential: Detailed knowledge of NHS and/or social care operations.
• Essential: Ability to travel to attend meetings and attend for work at several locations for the purpose of hybrid working

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Address: 2 Watling St, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 7AT, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.selondonics.org/

For questions about the job, contact: Director of Integrated Commissioning, Gita Prasad, [e-mail]

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