Clinical Lead | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Gamston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Clinical Lead in Gamston to manage complex cases and lead clinical development within integrated teams. The role requires strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of mental health, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality care. The ideal candidate must have current NMC registration. This full-time position offers a chance to make a difference in community mental health services.

Benefits

Employee-led networks

Health and wellbeing support

Commitment to inclusivity

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in clinical lead roles.
• Ability to supervise and provide case management for complex cases.
• Strong understanding of mental health policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support robust clinical management of complex cases.
• Contribute to clinical development and best practice within the team.
• Oversee clinical supervision and training for the team.

Skills

Clinical management

Leadership skills

Complex case management

Knowledge of older adults’ mental health

Education

Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced clinicians to join our dynamic, well established OPCU community services as a Clinical Lead. We are recruiting for a full‑time Clinical Lead for the Rushcliffe Integrated Team (based at Lings Bar Hospital) and also a full‑time Clinical Lead at the Broxtowe Integrated Team (based at Stapleford Care Centre). The new post will sit within the Rushcliffe Integrated Team.

Responsibilities

The post holder will support robust clinical management of complex cases within both services, working with all members of the team, attending weekly MDT meetings and complex case reviews. The Clinical Lead is expected to be comfortable in managing cases with associated high levels of risk and to support the clinicians with management of challenging cases.

The post holder will lead and contribute to the clinical development of the CMHT/IHTT service, leading on clinical transformation and the evolution of pathway interventions across the community mental health team.

The successful candidates will be able to offer the teams high quality case supervision and training, ensuring consistent high‑quality assessments and interventions for our service users.

The post holder will participate in developing evidence‑based practice within the service. It is expected that the Clinical Lead will drive best practice and continuous improvement including embedding new and innovative practices.

The post holder will have excellent management and leadership skills and advanced knowledge of older adults’ mental health problems.

Working in collaboration with the Team Leader & ACP, the post holder will be responsible for leading, monitoring and evaluating the clinical practice of the team driving towards clinical excellence.

The post holder will provide and oversee clinical supervision and support the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe patient‑centred care and provide senior clinical leadership within the service.

To provide a highly specialised level of assessment for a diverse patient group, which may involve the initiation of interventions, including prescribing medication. This group of patients will present with significant mental health needs which may also include complex emotional needs.

This role will include complex case management within the CMHT including assessment & management of high risk cases.

The post holder will need to have excellent managerial and leadership skills with a good understanding of older people’s mental health. They will also provide specialist skills to assess patients’ needs, analyse and develop treatment plans within a multidisciplinary framework.

Additional Responsibilities & Leadership

TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee‑led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance and achieve our net‑zero commitment.

The post‑holder will receive clinical supervision and work under the expert leadership of the ACP within the team. Promote clinical excellence in line with local and national guidance whilst working within the parameters of Trust policy & procedure.

The post holder will be expected to support service transformation by leading on service change, chair pathway workstream meetings, support and co‑produce task and finish groups.

Promote service change by championing and leading clinical service transformation.

Lead on clinical pathway development inclusive of delivery of training for the clinical pathways in which clinical leads will be assigned across the pathways to support pathway delivery, clinical effectiveness and planning.

Provide and have oversight of clinical supervision, appraisal and clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team and contribute to ongoing service development.

Work in partnership with the team leader and administrative lead to contribute to performance and activity monitoring and to contribute to recruitment.

Qualifications

Must have a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or an equivalent professional body.

Be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the skill mix within the team and areas for development. Have a good understanding of national and local policies and procedures informing the evidence base for clinical care.

The post‑holder will work alongside the care coordinator and have oversight of complex clinical cases within the team.

Additional Information

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced); this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Closing

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Nov 2025.