Clinical Team Leader - Lavender Walk

Central And North West London Nhs Foundation Trust; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 48 000 - 57 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

NHS staff discounts to local shops

Discounts at local cafes

Better Gym 50% discount

Résumé du poste

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in London seeks a Clinical Team Leader in the Lavender Walk adolescent inpatient unit. You will support the ward manager, lead on nursing roles and foster safe, patient-centred care for CYP aged 13–18 within a Tier 4 CAMHS setting.

You will supervise staff, liaise with families and implement care plans with a multidisciplinary team, while focusing on safeguarding and quality improvements.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with degree or diploma.
• NMC registration as Child or general mental health nurse required.
• Experience in ward-based care and supervision preferred.

Responsabilités

• Support the ward manager in day-to-day running of the ward.
• Lead on champion roles and drive continuous improvement within the nursing team.
• Lead nursing feedback in ward rounds and professional meetings.
• Act as Primary Nurse for individual young people.
• Develop junior staff and act as a role model.
• Ensure delivery of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for CYP and families.

Formation

Registered Mental Health Nurse (degree or diploma)

NMC Registered Nurse (Child)

Description du poste

Job summary

Welcome to CNWL Mental Health Inpatient Services for Children and Young People. Lavender Walk is an inpatient unit looking after children and young people aged 13 -18. We are looking to recruit Clinical Team Leaders from all nursing backgrounds to broaden and develop the experience and skill mix available to young people at Lavender Walk.
We need innovative, dynamic people interested in developing their leadership skills in a supportive and highly skilled team. There will be opportunities to develop your therapeutic skills with our psychology, family therapy and occupational therapy leads.
Set in the heart of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Lavender Walk is a Tier 4 Adolescent Unit which aims to provide a comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and treatment package, for young people with mental health conditions whose level of need can no longer be met safely in the community. We work in a collaboratively with the patients, their family and carers, and local voluntary services.
We appreciate that not everyone has provided care for young people, but if you are a Registered Paediatric, General, Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse, with experience of working on a ward, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

We are passionate about young people's mental health outcomes, and strive to deliver first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care. Here at Lavender Walk you will be supporting young people to build a resilience, better coping strategies and healthy relationships.

Who are we?

The team consists of two consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists, junior doctors, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, family therapists, support workers, a ward manager and matron. We also have a fantastic on-site school with an outstanding team of teachers and visiting tutors for music, art therapy and drama therapy.

What do we do?

We work closely with young people and their families to understand their problems, provide a comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, formulation and treatment plan to allow for them to return to their homes safely as quickly as possible. We treat a wide variety of psychiatric illnesses such as psychosis, mania, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder. We do not currently treat young people with primary eating disorders or those requiring naso-gastric tubes.

About us

CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes in people's lives, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community. To find out more about CAMHS inpatients please visit the Trust website.
We understand that staff are the heartbeat of our organisation, and offer substantial range of benefits locally, in addition to the standard NHS discounts.
We take flexible working seriously, and will always be open to discussion to meet our workforce's competing work life demands.
Our base is in the Chelsea area, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Thanks to the heavy NHS influence many local cafes, restaurants and bars give discounts at 10-20% to all NHS staff. As well as Better Gym offering a 50% discount to all staff.

Details

Closing date: 09 November 2026
Band: Band 6
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum incl. HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 333-G-CA-1785
Location: Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, Nightingale Place, London, SW10 9NG

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Typical tasks for this role?

• To support the ward manager in leading day-to-day running of the ward.
• To lead on champion roles and drive continuous improvement within the nursing team.
• To lead on nursing feedback in ward round and other professional meetings.
• To take on the Primary Nurse role for individual young people.
• To assist in the development of junior staff and act as a role model to them.
• To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people (CYP) and their families at all times.
• To put children, young people, their families and carers at the centre of everything we do.
• To ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring, clean and safe environment for the CYP and their families.
• Recognising escalation in behaviour or shift in ward dynamics and proactively address this with staff or young people.
• Monitoring observations and ensuring safe practice and act appropriately and in line with unit procedure.
• Supervising junior staff and students to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse at degree or diploma level.
• NMC Registered Nurse (Child) (or Registered Nurse) relevant to area of practice CAMHS Mental Health.

Desirable

• Degree level qualification.
• NVQ D32/33 Assessors course.

Experience and Skills

Essential

• Teaching, supervision and managerial experience of coordinating and managing patient care.
• Knowledge of mental disorder, child development, mental health law and legislation and the nursing process.
• Understanding of professional and current issues in children's and mental health nursing.
• Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues.
• Handling safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures.
• Understanding or evidence of fulfilling PREP requirements for Revalidation. Awareness of equality and diversity.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a mental health setting post registration.
• Basic counselling skills.

Special Aptitudes and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of and empathy to the needs of children and young people.
• Ability to effectively communicate with children, young people and their parents.
• Ability to effectively communicate with other professionals.
• Basic understanding of budget and resource management.

Desirable

• Ability to understand and work with challenging behaviour.

Personal Characteristics

Essential

• A genuine interest in working within this specialism.
• Demonstrates professionalism (in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct) and good interpersonal relationships at all times.

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 on the UK government criminal records checks for overseas applicants guidance.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Employer website: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work

Contact for questions about the job

Ward Manager: Tracy Aduboffour, [e-mail]