Clinical Lead for Nursing - Trafford North CMHT

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Sale; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health care provider in Sale is seeking an experienced community mental health nurse for the Clinical Lead for Nursing role. This position involves managing complex service users, providing high-quality care, and supporting a team of nurses. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills and a commitment to delivering excellent patient care. This role is on a 3-month secondment, with responsibilities including clinical supervision, risk management, and participation in the team's on-call rota.

Qualifications

• Experience in community mental health nursing.
• Ability to manage complex caseloads and provide therapeutic intervention.
• Leadership skills to support junior staff and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the nursing team.
• Manage a caseload of complex service users and ensure high-quality care.
• Participate in the team on-call rota and deputize for the Team Manager.

Skills

Leadership and supervision

Community mental health nursing

Clinical assessment

Risk management

Collaboration with MDT

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced community mental health nurse to join our dynamic, supportive CMHT at Crossgate House, Sale, as the Clinical Lead for Nursing on a 3 month secondment.

Having community experience of nursing people with complex mental health and social needs, you will be running a clinic to manage care, treatment and risk of an established standard care caseload.

This senior role demands leadership and support for a team of staff, involving line management supervision, supporting CPNs and clinics, duty support, recruitment, supporting trust medication and physical health agenda, and deputising in the absence of the team manager, with senior roles for daily meetings and a bronze on call and on site role on a rota basis. evenings, weekends, bank holidays.

The ideal candidate will be working at or towards leadership level and have a passion for providing high quality care to service users, carers and families, supporting peers and inspiring this in others.

Senior nurse in the team - supporting staff and peers to deliver high level, responsive care to service users, families and carers. Liaison with referrers, other services to meet service user needs and manage risks.

You will manage an established caseload of complex service users under standard care and treatment, providing them with high quality interventions from within or without of CMHT to facilitate stability, safety and recovery, in conjunction with the service user/carer/family/mdt/other services as appropriate.

You will line manage junior nursing staff, and contribute to the safe and effective day-to-day running of the service and support CPNs and clinics within the CMHT.

About GMMH

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. Greater Manchester is one of the world\'s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Responsibilities

1. Provide nursing and clinical leadership and supervision, support and consultation to MDT staff in the team, in line with clinical pathways and the standard operating procedure.
2. Undertake liaison and develop effective working relationships with GMMH and statutory and non-statutory partners.
3. To maintain own clinical and professional competence.
4. To participate in the service Bronze on Call/Bronze on Site rota.
5. Deputise for the Team Manager in his/her absence and take on any delegated duties as required.
6. Manage and evaluate a caseload in line with relevant clinical pathway as outlined within the operational procedure and will include:
   1. Assessment
   2. Formulation
   3. Therapeutic intervention as required
   4. Signposting
   5. Close working with all colleagues
   6. Being responsible for a complex caseload
7. To ensure services users/carers under the team receive a high standard of physical healthcare.

This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Nov 2025