Clinical Practice Lead

Job summary

Conolly Ward (Female Acute) and Bevan Ward (Male PICU) are actively seeking to recruit passionate, skilled, and forward-thinking mental health professionals for the role of Clinical Practice Lead - Band 6 within City and Hackney Mental Health Centre. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals committed to delivering excellence in patient care, driving continuous improvement, and championing best nursing practices.

As a Clinical Practice Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing the quality of care provided to patients. This position calls for a visible and inclusive leadership approach, ensuring collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team while also engaging with other teams across the service. You will be instrumental in supporting key initiatives, including relational security, trauma-informed care, and the reduction of restrictive practices, fostering a therapeutic and recovery-focused environment.

If you are an innovative and motivated professional looking to make a meaningful impact in mental health care, we encourage you to apply and be part of our dedicated team.

Please state "three reasons to shortlist me" in the first paragraph of the supporting statement in order to be considered for shortlisting.

Main duties of the job

To be successful in this role, you will need to be enthusiastic, forward thinking and have a keen interest in working with patients being nursed on mental health wards. Our expectation is that you will be highly motivated and dynamic and able to demonstrate quality therapeutic interactions with service users.

You will work closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team to offer recovery focused individual and group work with patients with a wide range of needs.

Our care and treatment programmes are underpinned by principles of recovery and social inclusion and much of our work is co-produced with patients. You will help to ensure that the people we care for always have a strong voice. If you are committed to providing outstanding patient care with a sound knowledge of best practice, this is the opportunity for you.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Date posted: 25 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inclusive of HCA

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 363-CH7048407

Job locations

City and Hackney Mental Health Centre

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR

Job responsibilities

For more information, please kindly refer to the detailed job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training Essential

• Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
• Mentorship certification
• Completion of Preceptorship

Experience Essential

• Significant experience at band 5 level or above
• Working with people with mental health problems
• Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
• Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care

Desirable

• Supporting and supervising students and junior staff

Knowledge and Skills Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for complex patients
• Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
• Able to work systematically and objectively in an environment with patients who can present high risk behaviours

Desirable

• Current Developments in nursing
• Knowledge of supervision and reflective practices processes

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address: City and Hackney Mental Health Centre

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR

Employer's website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/