Clinical Lead

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Brierley Hill; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the UK is seeking a Clinical Lead for the Dudley North Community Mental Health Team. The post delivers operational management, clinical leadership and supervision across a multi-disciplinary staff group to provide evidence-based mental health care.

You will lead day-to-day clinical activities, coordinate recruitment for the team, audit care plans and support planning, delivery, and evaluation of complex interventions while working with partner

Qualifications

• Clinical and managerial skills required.
• Ability to form positive relationships with agencies and service providers.
• Leadership qualification or willingness to work towards one.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day clinical leadership ensuring the highest standard of care.
• Identify the skill mix required for staff recruitment and support this process.
• Audit case notes and care plans against approved audit tool.
• Support the planning, delivery and evaluation of interventions and treatments where there are complex issues.
• Provide specialist knowledge and advice to the team and partnership agencies relating to mental health services.
• Undertake Care Co-ordination responsibilities for a designated reduced caseload of individuals

Skills

Leadership

Clinical management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Staff recruitment

Education

NMC/RMN Qualification

Job description

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Lead

The closing date is 18 November 2026

The Adult Community Mental Health Teams are multi-disciplinary teams that offer assessment, treatment and care to adults who experience complex mental health difficulties.

The Clinical Lead in collaboration with the CMHT Manager will develop and coordinate a multi-professional approach providing evidence based mental health care to all those who use the service

To deliver operational management, clinical leadership and supervision to designated teams of staff.

To support the on-going day-to-day management of a multi- disciplinary team. To liaise with external/internal services including primary care to ensure that services are coordinated and that pathways into and out of the service are managed effectively and efficiently.

Main duties of the job

This is a leadership role and the post holder will work closely with the Team Manager, Operational Manager and Locality Matron to achieve positive outcomes in the teams' clinical management to:

Providing day to day clinical leadership ensuring the highest standard of care is maintained

• Identify the skill mix required for staff recruitment and support this process
• Audit case notes and care plans against approved audit tool.
• Support the planning, delivery and evaluation of interventions and treatments where there are complex issues.
• Provide specialist knowledge and advice to the team and partnership agencies relating to mental health services.
• Undertake Care Co-ordination responsibilities for a designated reduced case load of individuals

About us

We are delighted to be offering a fantastic opportunity to join Dudley North Community Mental Health Team as our Clinical Lead. We are currently finalising our Community Transformation which will enhance our working with partners across our locality.

We are looking for an experienced clinician focusing on being person centred with individuals who have complex mental health needs.

You will be enthusiastic, dynamic and committed to leadership and multi-disciplinary working. We are looking for an effective leader who demonstrates various qualities ranging from innovation, problem solving and empathy and understanding.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to our full Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

• NMC/RMN Qualification
• Clinical and managerial skills
• Ability to form positive working relationships with other agencies and other service providers
• Leadership qualification or willingness to E E E D Person specification - Clinical Lead, Band 7 work towards the qualification

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.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust