Clinical Team Lead

NHS; Andover; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Team Leader in England to join their Intensive Community Support Dementia team. You will manage team operations, ensuring effective patient care and collaboration with community teams. The ideal candidate will be a registered Mental Health Practitioner with strong communication and clinical decision-making skills. This role offers a permanent contract with options for full-time or part-time work.

Qualifications

• Registered and valid Mental Health Practitioner Nurse/OT/Social Worker.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Manage team shifts ensuring smooth delivery of care.
• Conduct assessments and manage a small group of patients.
• Work with CMHTs and social care for patient support.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical decision-making

Risk management

Care formulation skills

Competent computer skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Practitioner Nurse/OT/Social Worker

Continuous professional development

Job description

Overview

Are you an RMN or OT with community and dementia experience? Intensive Community Support Dementia team are looking for a Clinical Team Leader to join!

We are a specialist service in which Community Mental Health Teams can refer to when a patients behaviours become more challenging. We offer high quality interventions to help patients in their own environment, this could be either a care/residential home or in their own private home.

Responsibilities

• As a Clinical Team Leader you will be dynamic and highly motivated, with exceptional assessment, risk management and care formulation skills. Communication skills and clinical decision-making are essential in this role. You will undertake shift management ensuring the smooth running of the team, using resources effectively. This role covers North and West Dorset and is based in the community; a driver is essential for this role (pool cars are available).
• You will work with CMHTs, social care and other agencies to benefit patients and support carers while patients are under our care and signpost for ongoing support.
• An understanding of MHA, MCA and safeguarding legislation is essential.
• Undertake assessments, nurse reviews, manage a small group of patients and triage referrals as they come in.
• Contribute to and be responsible for implementing any service changes as guided by the National Dementia Strategy and embrace the Recovery Agenda as it is developed and applied to Organic services.
• ICSD is a \'virtual ward\' and senior nursing staff must be able to process information in a variety of ways accurately and quickly.
• You will be required to undertake a Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression course; it is a condition of employment that you successfully complete all aspects of this course.

Qualifications and requirements

• Essential: Registered and valid Mental Health Practitioner Nurse/OT/Social Worker.
• Essential: Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Desirable: Evidence of working with patients with a dementia diagnosis and older persons; evidence of working in the community.
• Desirable: Competent computer skills and experience inputting information on RIO; experience of duty work/shift coordination; experience of lone working.
• Business Travel: Essential — able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business.
• Additional Requirements: Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively.

Job specifics

• Date posted: 17 October 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year p.a.
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 152-M222.25B
• Job locations: ICSD WEST Forston Clinic, Herrison Road, Charlton Down, DT2 9TB

Details

For further information or informal visits, please contact the team at: [e-mail]

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We\'re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it\'s one of the reasons the CQC rated us \"outstanding\" in 2019. It\'s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you\'re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We\'re all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We\'re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you\'ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don\'t know. And you\'ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.