Clinical Lead

National health service; Rowley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) Clinical Lead within the National Health Service provides clinical and professional leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist mental health services to adults with complex needs. The role ensures safe, effective, recovery-focused and person-centred care, promoting wellbeing, independence and positive outcomes for service users and carers.

Working with the Team Manager and leadership team, the CL leads clinical governance, supports staff

Qualifications

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation and governance within clinical services.
• Proven experience leading teams and delivering service change in complex settings.
• Current professional registration with a recognised body in the UK.
• Commitment to continuing professional development and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership within the CMHT, supporting safe, effective and recovery-focused care.
• Offer expert advice on complex clinical presentations, risk management, assessment and care planning.
• Support and develop multidisciplinary staff through supervision, coaching and mentorship.
• Promote evidence-based, trauma-informed and strengths-based practice across the service.
• Lead clinical governance activities, audits, quality improvement and service evaluation.
• Support workforce development through recruitment, appraisal and competency development.
• Collaborate with primary care, social care and voluntary sector to improve integration and access to services.
• Drive pathway development and service redesign to improve patient flow and outcomes.
• Monitor quality and performance and implement improvements as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Risk management

Staff development

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

Job summary

The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) Clinical Lead provides clinical and professional leadership within a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist mental health services to adults with complex and enduring mental health needs. The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, recovery-focused and person-centred care that promotes wellbeing, independence and positive outcomes for service users and carers. Working alongside the Team Manager and wider leadership team, the Clinical Lead will provide expert clinical leadership, support complex decision-making, oversee risk management processes and maintain oversight of clinical standards across the service. The role includes supporting staff development, promoting evidence-based practice and ensuring compliance with professional, organisational and statutory requirements. The post holder will play a key role in the transformation of community mental health services, supporting the implementation of the Neighbourhood Mental Health Model, pathway development and integrated working with health, social care and voluntary sector partners. The Clinical Lead will lead quality improvement and clinical governance activities while championing recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches to care.

Main duties of the job

Provide clinical and professional leadership within the CMHT, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and recovery-focused care. Offer expert advice and guidance on complex clinical presentations, risk management, assessment, formulation and care planning. Support and develop multidisciplinary staff through supervision, coaching, mentorship and professional leadership. Promote evidence-based, trauma-informed and strengths-based practice throughout the service. Lead and contribute to clinical governance activities, including audit, quality improvement, service evaluation and the implementation of lessons learnt from incidents, complaints and feedback. Support workforce development through recruitment, appraisal, competency development and succession planning. Support the implementation of the Neighbourhood Mental Health Model by working collaboratively with primary care, social care, voluntary and community sector organisations and other partners to improve integration and access to services. Lead pathway development and service redesign initiatives to improve patient flow, transitions of care and service effectiveness. Monitor quality, performance and outcomes, implementing improvements where required. Maintain an appropriate clinical caseload and deputise for the Team Manager or senior leaders as required, contributing to the delivery of Trust and Directorate objectives.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our websiteWe are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our

Essential

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
• Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts out of own area of work/responsibility
• Be a member of a recognised professional body and hold a current professional registration
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

Desirable

• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
• Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and audits within identified clinical area
• Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification, if required

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area to advanced level of post-graduate diploma or equivalent knowledge /experiential learning

Desirable

• A breadth of clinical and professional practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
• Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing

Skills & Competencies

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally

Person Specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
• Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts out of own area of work/responsibility
• Be a member of a recognised professional body and hold a current professional registration
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see