Clinical Lead Nurse

NHS; Borough of Swale; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service in the UK is seeking an experienced mental health nurse to join their community teams. You will provide clinical guidance, support nursing staff, and mentor colleagues. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in mental health nursing, excellent leadership skills, and a commitment to community-based care. This role offers a competitive annual leave package and access to an NHS pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual leave starting at 27 days per year

NHS pension scheme

Discount service via Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience, including 3 years in a community setting.
• Experience working with complex needs and forensic cases.
• Knowledge of mental health and care acts.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical guidance and support to nursing staff.
• Ensure high-quality clinical practices across teams.
• Mentor colleagues through training and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Clinical expertise in mental health nursing

Leadership skills

Verbal and written communication

Crisis resolution

Time management

Education

Mental health nursing registration

Job description

Are you a passionate mental health professional seeking a dynamic and rewarding career?

We are seeking an energetic and motivated individual to join our established Medway CMHT in North Kent.

This new and exciting post is for experienced mental health nurses wanting to make a difference in clinical care, achieved by providing specialist mental health advice and education to staff within the team, alongside setting, monitoring, and maintaining quality standards of care.

We offer:

Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holidays.

Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.

Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will:

• Lead by example: Provide clinical guidance and support to nurses within both programs, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
• Champion quality care: Work alongside Matrons and the Head of Nursing to ensure high‑quality clinical practices are implemented across MHT and Together Plus.
• Advocate for your team: Be a voice for nurses, addressing concerns and ensuring they have the resources needed to succeed.
• Share your expertise: Stay up to date on best practices in mental health and mentor colleagues through training and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure seamless service: Collaborate with the wider team to assess client needs and ensure placement in the most appropriate program (MHT or Together Plus).
• Optimise service flow: Identify areas for improvement and work collaboratively to streamline the client journey through both programs.
• Provide direct care: Maintain a small caseload of clients with complex needs, offering them personalised clinical support.

We are looking for a candidate with:

Strong clinical expertise in mental health nursing (registration required).

Exceptional leadership and communication skills.

A collaborative and relationship‑building approach.

Proactive problem‑solving and solution‑oriented mindset.

Commitment to evidence‑based practice.

If you are passionate about making a positive impact on mental health services, we encourage you to apply!

About us

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under‑represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Person Specification

Skills

• Good IT/keyboard Skills
• Ability to prioritise key tasks and target intervention
• Excellent verbal and written communication Negotiating and motivational skills
• Crisis resolution and management skills
• Problem solving/solution focussed
• Good time management

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience and 3 years in Community setting
• Previous experience of working in a community team
• Previous experience of working in a community team Experience of working with people with a Personality Disorder Crisis Resolution
• Clinical assessment of physical, psychological and social care Offering support to carers/families in relation to distressing circumstances
• Previous experience working at Band 7
• Experience of working with complex needs
• Experience of Forensic cases

Knowledge

• Knowledge of CMHF
• Working knowledge of mental health act
• Knowledge of care act
• Awareness of NHS plan
• Clinical governance priorities

Other

• To be aware and demonstrate the Trust values
• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the 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.

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