Clinical Lead | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services trust in Slough is seeking a Clinical Lead Sector to lead a team in providing holistic care for service users with severe mental illness. Candidates must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker with leadership experience. This full-time position involves four days on-site and one day remote, offering excellent benefits including flexible working options and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Learning and career development

Cycle to Work scheme

Wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at retailers

Staff support networks

Generous leave options

Free parking

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role.
• Recent experience in adult mental health setting.
• Skills in assessment and managing risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead a flexible, holistic approach to service users.
• Supervise and develop team members.
• Report service deficits to senior management.

Skills

Leadership experience

Risk assessment skills

Ability to prioritize

Organizational skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse / Occupational Therapist / Social Worker

Job description

Overview

The Slough Community Mental Health Service are seeking a Clinical Lead Sector to join our team.

If you have experience of leading teams, are highly organised, able to prioritise, have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, and are able to maintain a professional approach when working through operational challenges, we need you.

This position is full time, permanent, working onsite four days a week and one day from home at New Horizons Slough.

The post is open to a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will lead a flexible, holistic approach to service users with a severe and enduring mental illness.
• The role will be to lead the team on a day-to-day basis in a supervisory role and be responsible for staff supervision and ongoing development.
• The role will include reporting back to senior management on service deficits and where successes are met.

About Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Values

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Benefits

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “Must Haves”

• Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist/ Social Worker
• Experience in a leadership role
• Recent and relevant experience in an adult mental health setting
• Excellent Risk Assessment skills and understanding of triangulation of risks
• Able to work onsite four days a week and one day from home at New Horizons Slough

How to apply

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Paula Brown at [e-mail] or [e-mail] who’ll be delighted to help.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

This advert closes on Sunday 2 Nov 2025