Clinical Lead

Everyturn Mental Health; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Enhanced pension

Wagestream

Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme

Enhanced life assurance

Job summary

Everyturn Mental Health is seeking a Clinical Lead for its Coalway Lane 20-bed Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery service. You will provide clinical leadership, develop the service, and ensure safe, person-centred care for adults with complex needs.

Join a supportive team with governance responsibilities and opportunities to mentor staff. The role requires strong leadership, risk management, and a focus on recovery-oriented outcomes in a community setting.

Qualifications

• RMN with NMC registration and active practice.
• Experience with adults with complex mental health needs.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to nursing and support teams.
• Support the Service Manager in organisation and development of the service.
• Ensure care is person-centred and outcome-focused, promoting dignity and recovery.
• Oversee medication management and safe clinical practice.
• Manage and develop a team of staff; mentor student nurses.
• Monitor quality, complete audits and contribute to governance.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Staff coaching

Risk management

Governance

Education

RMN (NMC)

Job description

At Everyturn Mental Health, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to live well, recover, and thrive. We're looking for an experienced and passionate Clinical Lead to join our dedicated team at our Coalway Lane service, a 20-bed Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery service supporting adults with complex mental health needs.

Coalway Lane provides a welcoming, community-focused environment that feels like a home rather than a hospital. We work with a strengths-based, least restrictive approach, supporting people to build confidence, develop daily living skills, strengthen resilience, and prepare for successful community living.

Main duties of the job

As Clinical Lead, you will work closely with the Service Manager to help lead and develop the service, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, person-centred care. You will provide clinical leadership to the nursing and support teams, oversee quality and governance processes, and ensure residents receive support that promotes positive recovery outcomes.

You will play a key role in fostering a positive culture, supporting staff development, managing risk, and maintaining high standards of care across the service. The role also includes deputising for the Service Manager when required.

Key responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and support to the multidisciplinary team.
• Support the Service Manager with the organisation and development of the service.
• Ensure care is person-centred, outcome-focused, and promotes dignity, independence, and recovery.
• Manage, support, and develop a team of nursing and support staff.
• Monitor service quality, undertake audits, and contribute to governance processes.
• Oversee medication management and ensure safe clinical practice.
• Identify, manage, and escalation risks appropriately.
• Support student nurses and newly qualified nurses through coaching and mentoring.
• Monitor performance, resources, and service delivery against agreed objectives.
• Deputise for the Service Manager when required.

About us

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) pro rata for part-time and the option to purchase or sell days
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer

Here at Everyturn Mental Health 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/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+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

We particularly encourage applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds, as we strive to ensure our service reflects the diversity within our locality.

Job responsibilities

At Everyturn Mental Health, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to live well, recover, and thrive. We're looking for an experienced and passionate Clinical Lead to join our dedicated team at our Coalway Lane service, a 20-bed Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery service supporting adults with complex mental health needs.

Coalway Lane provides a welcoming, community-focused environment that feels like a home rather than a hospital. We work with a strengths-based, least restrictive approach, supporting people to build confidence, develop daily living skills, strengthen resilience, and prepare for successful community living.

About the role

As Clinical Lead, you will work closely with the Service Manager to help lead and develop the service, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, person-centred care. You will provide clinical leadership to the nursing and support teams, oversee quality and governance processes, and ensure residents receive support that promotes positive recovery outcomes.

You will play a key role in fostering a positive culture, supporting staff development, managing risk, and maintaining high standards of care across the service. The role also includes deputising for the Service Manager when required.

Key responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and support to the multidisciplinary team.
• Support the Service Manager with the organisation and development of the service.
• Ensure care is person-centred, outcome-focused, and promotes dignity, independence, and recovery.
• Manage, support, and develop a team of nursing and support staff.
• Monitor service quality, undertake audits, and contribute to governance processes.
• Oversee medication management and ensure safe clinical practice.
• Identify, manage, and escalation risks appropriately.
• Support student nurses and newly qualified nurses through coaching and mentoring.
• Monitor performance, resources, and service delivery against agreed objectives.
• Deputise for the Service Manager when required.

About you

We're looking for a compassionate and resilient leader who is committed to delivering high-quality mental health care and supporting people with complex needs to achieve their goals.

• Registered Mental Health Nurse Nurse (NMC First Level Registration).
• Significant experience working with adults with complex mental health needs.
• Strong understanding of mental health legislation, including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding responsibilities.
• Experience of robust risk assessment and risk management.
• Sound knowledge of mental health medications and clinical decision-making.
• Experience of leading teams and achieving positive clinical outcomes.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to work confidently in complex and sometimes challenging environments.

What We Offer In Return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) pro rata for part-time and the option to purchase or sell days
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer

Here at Everyturn Mental Health 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/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+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

We particularly encourage applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds, as we strive to ensure our service reflects the diversity within our locality.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse Nurse (NMC First Level Registration).

Experience

• Significant experience working with adults with complex mental health needs.
• Strong understanding of mental health legislation, including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding responsibilities.
• Experience of robust risk assessment and risk management.
• Sound knowledge of mental health medications and clinical decision-making.
• Experience of leading teams and achieving positive clinical outcomes.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to work confidently in complex and sometimes challenging environments.

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.