Islington Pathway Lead Engagement and Recovery

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health services provider in Greater London seeks an experienced Islington Pathway Lead to oversee the delivery of mental health services. This critical Band 7 role involves clinical leadership, maintaining operational stability, and managing a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient safety and quality care. Candidates should have substantial experience in mental health, a relevant professional qualification, and the ability to support complex decision-making. The position offers a salary range of £56,276 to £63,176 per annum.

Qualifications

• Extensive clinical experience in a mental health setting.
• Ability to support others with complex clinical decision making.
• Recent experience in a managerial position.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and oversee triage functions.
• Supervise multidisciplinary staff and maintain operational stability.
• Ensure high-quality community mental health care.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Complex clinical decision making

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Staff supervision

Education

Professional Qualification (RMN, OT, SW, other)

Educated to degree level

Job description

Islington Pathway Lead (Engagement and Recovery)

Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation. North London Foundation Trust are at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to buildsupport systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of Primary Care Networks, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mental health model. The purpose of this post is to lead on one of the pathways in the Locality Team.

Main duties of the job

This Band 7 Pathway Lead post is essential for delivering a safe, effective, and sustainable service. The role provides the clinical leadership required to oversee complex triage functions, supervise multidisciplinary staff, maintain operational stability, and uphold patient safety. Without this post, the risks to service users and the wider system are substantial and immediate. Recruiting to this role ensures the Trust can meet its clinical governance requirements, transformation goals, and commitment to high-quality community mental health care.

This post is essential to ensure the safe, effective, and sustainable delivery of community mental health services. The team requires a permanent senior clinician who can provide consistent leadership, clinical oversight, and operational management. The role is critical for maintaining service quality, ensuring staff are supported, and meeting the Trust's expectations around productivity, supervision standards, and patient care.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

Relationships/CommunicationsThe post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.

Internal Relationships Colleagues and Co-workers Senior Managers

External Relationships Partners such as VCOs Other Mental Health providers in the locality Other NHS Organisations Local GPs Adult Social Care London Borough of Camden

Person Specification

Experience / Knowledge

• Extensive clinical experience in a mental health setting
• Able to travel within the geographical work area
• Ability to support others with complex clinical decision making and lead MDT discussion on this topic.
• Demonstrate recent experience of working in a primary care setting
• Recent experience in a managerial position
• Demonstrate experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting

Qualifications/ Registrations

• Professional Qualification (RMN, OT, SW, other) with current professional registration with relevant body.
• Evidence of mental health training
• Evidence of continued relevant professional development
• Educated to degree level or equivalent gained through experience

Skills and Abilities

• Able to supervise and appraise staff, including managing performance

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.

Interim Service Manager, Islington Core Team

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearPer annum Inclu HCAS