Clinical Lead

Cornwall Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; Dobwalls; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Clinical Leads for its Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. You will provide clinical leadership, supervise teams, manage caseloads and train staff to ensure high-quality inpatient care for adults with severe mental illness.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to develop pathways, undertake complex assessments, and contribute to service development, audits and NICE-aligned practices.

Qualifications

• Current UK professional registration (NMC/HCPC).
• Substantial inpatient experience in adult mental health.
• Non Medical Prescriber or willing to work towards.
• Desirable: Management/Leadership qualifications.
• Experience with Quality Improvement Projects.
• Experience with audits.
• Desirable: therapy qualification (e.g., CBT, SFT).

Responsibilities

• Provide advice, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to teams.
• Offer clinical knowledge, assessment and support in complex case development.
• Maintain excellent clinical and risk assessment, holistic view of health and social needs.
• Refer and signpost to secondary mental health or other statutory/non-statutory agencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Collaborate with wider team and service users to develop effective pathways and approaches.
• Contribute to service development, research and audit in line with NICE/guidelines.
• Provide learning support across educational levels.

Skills

Inpatient experience

Quality improvement

Audits

Non medical prescriber potential

Education

NMC/HCPC registration

Leadership qualifications

Job description

Job summary

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.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Registration Essential

• NMC/HCPC reg
• Substantial Inpatient Experience
• Non Medical Prescriber or willing to work towards

Desirable

• Management/Leadership Qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Experience of Quality Improvement Projects
• Experience of completing audits

Desirable

• Qualification in a therapy, e.g CBT, SFT

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).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.