Clinical Team Leader/Physical Health Lead

NHS; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Clinical Team Leader/Physical Health Lead to enhance mental health services in Uxbridge. The successful candidate will lead physical health assessments and quality improvement initiatives on the ward, ensuring comprehensive care for older adult patients. Responsibilities include staff guidance, compliance monitoring, and participation in training programs. This role offers a competitive salary ranging from £44,485 to £52,521, with both day and night shifts involved.

Benefits

Birthday off as additional leave

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Experience of working in NHS hospital as either General nurse or Mental Health Nurse.
• Experience working in Older Adult Mental Health care in the UK.
• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Act as the designated lead for physical health on the ward.
• Ensure timely and comprehensive physical health assessments.
• Lead and support ward-based physical health improvement initiatives.
• Monitor compliance with mandatory physical health checks.

Skills

Clinical Record Maintenance

Multi-disciplinary Communication

Care Planning

Teaching Physical Health Conditions

Safeguarding

Understanding Mental Capacity Act

Quality Improvement Understanding

Education

NMC Registered General Nurse

NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Team Leader/Physical Health Lead

The closing date is 11 January 2026

We are looking for an enthusiastic person who is keen to make improvements in Mental Health services, through initiatives and quality improvement projects. The role will include working with our band 5 nurses, nurse associates, healthcare support workers and medical team to improve the current physical health care in place for patients. In addition to increasing the knowledge and skills of the ward staff.

You would be working to ensure Physical Health checks are being carried out for patients on admission and as routinely as needed. You would then be working on new initiatives and quality improvement projects with guidance from the Ward Manager.

Oak Tree Ward is a 17 bedded Older Adult Mental health ward. We are a service for those mainly over the age of 70 (Although we are an ageless service), those living with cognitive impairment, or those with a high frailty score over 6.

We treat people living with: Anxiety, Alzheimer's, Bi-polar, Depression, Parkinson, Personality disorders, schizophrenia and other mental health illnesses.

The successful applicant would work both day and night shifts on a rota schedule.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant can expect their role to include the following:

• Act as the designated lead for physical health on the ward.
• Ensure patients receive timely and comprehensive physical health assessments, including on admission, during weekly reviews, and prior to discharge.
• Quality Improvement & Assurance- Lead and support ward-based physical health improvement initiatives.
• Provide day-to-day guidance to staff on physical health issues and clinical decision‑making.
• Cascade learning from training, incidents, and good practice.
• Support safe and effective use of tools such as NEWS2, ECGs, blood tests, VTE, and cardiometabolic screening.

Receive a monthly supernumerary day in which will be expected to:

• Monitor compliance with mandatory physical health checks and escalatedeficiencies promptly. Audit documentation, observations, and escalation actions, and support the development of improvement plans. Participate in service level or Trust-wide Physical Health meetings

Physical Health Leads will complete a tailored training package including: o Physical health assessment skillso NEWS2 competency training o Physical health deterioration and escalation o Phlebotomy (where appropriate) o ECG recording and interpretation o Cardiometabolic health training o Trauma-informed physical healthcare approaches

And bring back this learning to the ward staff.

About us

As part of CNWL, you will join an organisation that values innovation, staff wellbeing, professional development and collaborative working. For the last four years the Trust has given all staff their birthday off as an extra day's leave; a day for you and to do something for you. The Trust respects that not all colleagues celebrate or recognise birthdays as a celebration. If this applies to you, please just take a day for yourself.

We expect you to COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better

We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.

We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise the importance of working collaboratively with all who come into contact with this service.

Job responsibilities

Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services, by reporting and escalating concerns, completing routine audits.

Complete training on Datix- and review Datix's where required.

Clinical Outcomes

Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services

Band 6 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing

Supporting yourself and others

All services and teams in the Trust should be able to demonstrate that they are meeting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards of care. Band 6 nurses are expected to be Clinical Leaders and play an active role in ensuring that the team understands the CQC standards and what individual team members do to help achieve those standards.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in NHS hospital as either General nurse or Mental Health Nurse
• Experience working in Older Adult Mental Health care in the UK

Skills and Knowledge

• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
• You are expected to have the skills required as a professional, registered nurse and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct. These will vary from service area to service area but all band 5 nurses should be proficient in -Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
• -Empowering and working in partnership
• -Safeguarding and advocacy
• -Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
• -Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
• -Understanding the concept of quality and their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience
• Confidence in teaching physical health conditions to other members of staff.
• Confidence in teaching physical health conditions to other members of staff.

Education

• NMC Registered General nurse, NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse or NMC registered dual trained nurse
• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£44,485 to £52,521 a yearper annum incl HCAS (pro rata if P/T)