Clinical Lead

Integrated Care System; Southall; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Southall is seeking a Senior Practitioner/Clinical Lead to enhance community mental health services. This role involves clinical leadership, guiding a multi-disciplinary team, and improving access to psychological therapies. Strong candidates will have experience in mental health nursing and team supervision. This position offers the chance to shape service delivery in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with mental health background.
• Experience in supervising staff and students.
• Extensive post-qualifying experience in relevant service area.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and accountability.
• Guide team to deliver holistic community care.
• Shape and influence service areas including psychological therapies and healthcare integration.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team supervision

Knowledge of mental health interventions

Education

Registered Nurse (mental health)

Completion of Mentorship Course

Job description

Are you a passionate and experienced Senior Practitioner or Clinical Lead ready to take the next bold step in your career? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team at Ealing Southall MINT!

We're on the lookout for a motivated leader with clinical expertise to become an integral part of our well-established and fully staffed team. As a Senior Practitioner/Clinical Lead, you'll have the unique opportunity to take the lead for one of our two Primary Care Networks (PCNs) -- playing a key role in transforming mental health care in the heart of the community.

At Ealing Southall MINT, we are deeply committed to the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults, and we are proud to be pioneers in delivering care that is person-centered, recovery-focused, and integrated within the local community.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the Role - Make a Lasting Impact as a Senior Practitioner / Clinical Lead

As a Senior Practitioner or Clinical Lead, you will hold a key leadership role at the very heart of our newly transformed, multi-disciplinary MINT (Mental Health Integrated Network Team) service. This is an exciting time of innovation and positive change in mental health care -- and you will be instrumental in making that change happen.

You will provide strong clinical leadership, supervision, and accountability, guiding your team with expertise and compassion as we deliver enhanced, holistic care to people within the community.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and influence a broad range of service areas, including:

• Greater access to psychological therapies
• Improved physical healthcare integration

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, (mental health) appropriate to the job role.
• Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent/Practice Educators

Experience

• Experience of supervising staff and students
• Able to manage a caseload of people with complex mental health needs
• Awareness of Trust policies and service specification
• Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service area
• Lived experience of mental health issues

Knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
• To understand performance reports and how they relate to team
• To have a good knowledge of service objectives

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.