Clinical Lead

Cornwall Partnership; Bodmin; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Protected CPD time

Central development fund

Leadership programmes

Coaching and mentoring

Clinical induction programme

Care certificate programme

Preceptorship programme

Job summary

Carnwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Clinical Leads for Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units in Cornwall. You will provide clinical leadership, supervise teams, and manage caseloads to ensure high-quality inpatient care.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to implement effective care pathways and contribute to audits and service development. Flexibility around workplace location is supported; involvement in learning, training and research is encouraged within a

Qualifications

• Registration with NMC or HCPC.
• Experience with Quality Improvement Projects.
• Experience completing audits.
• Leadership/management qualifications are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to teams.
• Offer clinical knowledge for complex assessments and formulation.
• Apply holistic risk and health needs assessment for patients with severe mental illness.
• Refer and signpost to secondary services and other agencies as needed.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop effective care pathways.
• Contribute to service planning, research and audit in line with NICE guidelines.
• Support learning across educational levels within the teams.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Caseload management

Supervision & training

Risk assessment

Education

NMC/HCPC registration

Non Medical Prescriber training or willingness

Leadership qualifications

Therapy qualification (CBT/SFT)

Job description

Site Cornwall Foundation Trust Mental Health Inpatient - Longreach & Bodmin Town Redruth/Bodmin Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

We are looking for Clinical Leads across our Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units.

The Clinical Leads will provide advice, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to the teams and will be responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in adult mental health inpatient settings.

They will work closely with other members of the wider multidisciplinary team and service users to initiate, develop and implement effective pathways and approaches to meet the needs of the service users.

Main duties of the job

Providing advice, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision & training to teams.

Provide experienced clinical knowledge, assessment and support in the development of complex assessments and formulation.

Have excellent clinical and risk assessment skills, whilst also applying a holistic approach to assessing the health and social needs of people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.

Clinical Leads will be responsible for referring and signposting to secondary mental health services, or alternative statutory or non-statutory agencies, and will be required to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Work closely with other members of the wider multidisciplinary team and service users to initiate, develop and implement effective pathways and approaches to meet the needs of the service users.

Planning and developing services as well as contributing to programmes of research and audit in line with NICE and other national guidelines for clinical development and current Trust practices.

Clinical leads will be required to support in the provision of learning to a variety of educational levels.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Registration

• NMC/HCPC reg
• Non Medical Prescriber or willing to work towards
• Management/Leadership Qualifications

Experience

• Experience of Quality Improvement Projects
• Experience of completing audits
• Qualification in a therapy, e.g CBT, SFT

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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