Clinical Lead

Everyturn Mental Health; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in London is seeking a Clinical Lead to establish and guide a new community rehabilitation service. Ideal candidates will have a strong nursing background and expertise in mental health, ensuring optimal patient care and staff support. This role offers competitive benefits including annual leave, pension enhancements, and numerous wellness programs.

Benefits

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced pension

Wellbeing Programme

Shopping discounts

Enhanced life assurance scheme

Qualifications

• Significant post‑registration experience as a registered nurse.
• Knowledge of complex mental health conditions and safe medication management.
• Experience delivering positive outcomes for high clinical needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure service users' needs are met with person‑centred care.
• Lead and support the staff team for effective resource deployment.
• Manage clinical risks and implement preventative measures.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Risk management

Interpersonal skills

Coaching and mentoring

Organizational skills

Education

NMC First Level Registered Nurse

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We are excited to launch a brand-new residential service in Beckenham, developed in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. This marks an exciting milestone as we expand Everyturn's services into London for the very first time.

Our new 12‑14 bed CQC‑registered service will provide specialist, clinically‑led community rehabilitation for people with complex mental health needs, delivering 24/7 clinical support in a safe, therapeutic, and recovery‑focused environment.

We are now looking for an experienced and values‑driven Clinical Lead to help establish, shape, and guide this service from the ground up. This is a rare and meaningful opportunity to influence a brand‑new model of life‑changing care, provide exceptional clinical leadership, and make a lasting impact on people's recovery journeys.

Main duties of the job

What you'll do:

• Ensure the needs of service users and their carers are assessed and met, providing person‑centred, outcomes‑focused care with dignity and accuracy.
• Maintain timely, high‑quality patient records in line with all clinical and regulatory standards.
• Lead and support the staff team to ensure effective deployment of resources, achievement of targets, and strong team wellbeing.
• Oversee safe medication management, offering clinical guidance aligned with professional, medical, and nursing standards.
• Coach, mentor, and support student and newly qualified nurses, fostering professional growth and high clinical standards.
• Identify and manage clinical risks proactively, implementing measures to reduce and mitigate potential harm.
• Contribute to and monitor the service budget, identifying efficiencies that support financial sustainability.
• Use service user feedback to drive meaningful improvements to care and service delivery.
• Conduct regular audits of clinical practice, review incidents and near‑misses, and report findings to the Quality and Safety team.
• Address and manage team conflict constructively, promoting a respectful and supportive working environment.
• Deputise for the Service Manager when required, ensuring continuous leadership and clinical oversight.
• Undertake any reasonable duties to support the organisation and maintain high standards of care.

Qualifications and Experience

• NMC First Level Registered Nurse with significant post‑registration experience.
• Knowledge of complex mental health conditions, behaviours that challenge, and safe medication management.
• Experience supporting service users with high clinical needs and delivering positive outcomes.
• Strong clinical decision‑making, risk management and safeguarding knowledge.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and team leadership skills.
• Experience coaching, mentoring and supporting staff development.
• Ability to investigate complaints and implement practical solutions.
• Strong organisational, time‑management and IT skills (MS Office, CRM).
• Commitment to CPD, reflective practice and upholding Everyturn's values of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and innovation.

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell days.
• Enhanced pension.
• Wagestream‑ability to release earnings, giving instant access to your pay.
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme – including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and counselling sessions.
• Shopping discounts and the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card.
• Enhanced life assurance scheme – payment equal to three times your annual salary.
• And many more great benefits on offer!

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy / maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of colleague networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community, Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, menopause neurodivergent communities.

Disclosures and Checks

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.

Once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.