Clinical Team Lead

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Lead for Castle Ward, specializing in acute mental health care for women. This role involves providing leadership, improving clinical outcomes, and managing complex cases within a supportive team environment. The Trust values staff contributions and offers a rewarding work culture with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Wide range of training opportunities

Support for diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or equivalent required.
• Mentorship Module and continued professional training in clinical practice essential.
• Experience in mental health settings and crisis management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical oversight for acute wards and improve patient outcomes.
• Manage safeguarding issues and role model best practices.
• Lead the team in complex cases and support ward managers.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical reasoning

Communication

Risk management

Patient engagement

Education

RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC)

Mentorship Module (degree level)

Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level)

Job description

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Location Lincoln, United Kingdom Salary Competitive Closing date 21 May 2025

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Job summary

We are recruiting substantively into a Band 7 Clinical role on Castle Ward.

Caring for our most acutely ill patients on our wards is a role of utmost importance and a crucial part of the Trust's mental health support services. The contributions of our staff in these areas are invaluable and cannot be overstated.

We are excited to announce an opportunity to join Castle Ward, a 19-bed female acute ward for adults experiencing mental health issues. Castle Ward is a 24-hour facility that serves working-age women (18-65) who are facing acute mental health challenges.

As a Clinical lead , you will need to exhibit strong leadership skills Being curious, creative, self-aware, and assertive are essential qualification.

Are you passionate about leading a team and delivering outstanding clinical care?

Then please have a look at the Job Description to see if this post is for you.

The postholder will need to:

• Demonstrate a good knowledge of the operation and functioning of an acute ward
• Be a team player and work well with colleagues both internally and externally to the service and effectively communicate not only within LPFT but with the wider healthcare system.
• Be motivated to deliver outstanding clinical care to our patients and lead the team with their clinical interventions, formulations, and treatment plans.
• Work closely with the Ward Manager, Modern Matron, and Service Manager to continue to offer excellent care for our patients

Main duties of the job

The role supports the high levels of Acuity and increased numbers of complex presentations being supported within LPFT's acute wards. The post provides clinical oversite on their assigned wards, improves clinical outcomes for patients and provides support to ward managers. Band 7 clinical leads have become a relied upon resource within LPFT's acute wards, their responsibilities is as follows:

• Management of complex safeguarding issues with direction from the trusts safeguarding team.
• Role modelling for the team
• Implementation of learning from serious investigation.
• Deputise for Ward Manager in their absence.
• To ensure that services are delivered to maximise patient safety.
• Contribute to performance improvement such as managerial & clinical supervision.
• Implementation of new working practices to improve patient outcomes.
• Leading and supporting the team with complex cases
• To drive changes within services that benefit patients, carers and/or staff

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role supports the high levels of Acuity and increased numbers of complex presentations being supported within LPFTs acute wards. The post provides clinical oversight on their assigned wards, improves clinical outcomes for patients, and provides support to ward managers. Band 7 clinical leads have become a relied upon resource within LPFTs acute wards, their responsibilities are as follows:

• Management of complex safeguarding issues with direction from the trust's safeguarding team.
• Role modelling for the team
• Implementation of learning from a serious investigation.
• Deputise for the Ward Manager in their absence.
• To ensure that services are delivered to maximise patient safety.
• Contribute to performance improvement, such as managerial & clinical supervision.
• Implementation of new working practices to improve patient outcomes.
• Leading and supporting the team with complex cases
• To drive changes within services that benefit patients, carers, and/or staff

Job description
Job responsibilities

The role supports the high levels of Acuity and increased numbers of complex presentations being supported within LPFTs acute wards. The post provides clinical oversight on their assigned wards, improves clinical outcomes for patients, and provides support to ward managers. Band 7 clinical leads have become a relied upon resource within LPFTs acute wards, their responsibilities are as follows:

• Management of complex safeguarding issues with direction from the trust's safeguarding team.
• Role modelling for the team
• Implementation of learning from a serious investigation.
• Deputise for the Ward Manager in their absence.
• To ensure that services are delivered to maximise patient safety.
• Contribute to performance improvement, such as managerial & clinical supervision.
• Implementation of new working practices to improve patient outcomes.
• Leading and supporting the team with complex cases
• To drive changes within services that benefit patients, carers, and/or staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
• Mentorship Module (degree level)
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice

Desirable

• Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice (Msc or Degree)
• Post graduate qualification in leadership and management (or considerable experience in this area)

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of working with young people with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both the community/in-patient. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.

Desirable

• Mentorship Module
• ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
• Experience of working within a Hospital environment
• Working knowledge of Assessment tools
• Working with people who have suicidal ideation
• Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare
• Experience of teaching in a formal or informal setting
• Political astuteness
• Distributed leadership modelling

Skills

Essential

• Excellent assessment and risk management skills
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Knowledge of current agenda and guidance towards Mental Health forward view
• Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information
• Highly motivated & able to engage with service users, carers and key stakeholders to improve outcomes.
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Ability to engage with patients experiencing High Expressed Emotion
• Experience of working with patients who have self harming behaviours
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and MCA (2005)
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Basic IT skills

Desirable

• Health Liaison
• Working collaboratively with other health and social care providers
• Budget management
• Data analysis
• Conflict resolution

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
• Mentorship Module (degree level)
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice

Desirable

• Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice (Msc or Degree)
• Post graduate qualification in leadership and management (or considerable experience in this area)

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of working with young people with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both the community/in-patient. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.

Desirable

• Mentorship Module
• ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
• Experience of working within a Hospital environment
• Working knowledge of Assessment tools
• Working with people who have suicidal ideation
• Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare
• Experience of teaching in a formal or informal setting
• Political astuteness
• Distributed leadership modelling

Skills

Essential

• Excellent assessment and risk management skills
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Knowledge of current agenda and guidance towards Mental Health forward view
• Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information
• Highly motivated & able to engage with service users, carers and key stakeholders to improve outcomes.
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Ability to engage with patients experiencing High Expressed Emotion
• Experience of working with patients who have self harming behaviours
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and MCA (2005)
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Basic IT skills

Desirable

• Health Liaison
• Working collaboratively with other health and social care providers
• Budget management
• Data analysis
• Conflict resolution

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

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

Additional information
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 .

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. .
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Castle Ward

Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5UA

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