Lead Assertive Outreach Clinician - Home Visits

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Team Lead to head the Assertive Outreach Team in Hillingdon. The role focuses on delivering high-intensity, home-based care to individuals with severe mental illness who are disengaged from services.

The post requires leadership over a multidisciplinary team, active risk management, and strong collaboration with crisis and inpatient services to ensure no patient is lost to follow-up.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a multidisciplinary outreach team.
• Strong risk assessment and safety planning skills.
• Ability to deliver high-intensity, home-based care and engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary outreach team.
• Deliver high-intensity engagement including home visits and community-based care.
• Lead on risk management, safety planning and complex clinical decisions for a high-risk cohort.
• Implement a model focused on persistent engagement and proactive, flexible contact with patients.
• Provide line management, supervision and support to team members.
• Oversee team performance, caseloads and quality of care delivery.
• Collaborate with CMHT/CMHH, Crisis Teams, inpatient services and partner agencies to ensure coordinated care pathways.
• Engage with patients in their homes and local communities.

Skills

Team leadership

Clinical leadership

Risk management

Community-based care

Home visits

Engagement strategies

Job description

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Team Lead to head the Assertive Outreach Team in Hillingdon. The role focuses on delivering high-intensity, home-based care to individuals with severe mental illness who are disengaged from services.

The post requires leadership over a multidisciplinary team, active risk management, and strong collaboration with crisis and inpatient services to ensure no patient is lost to follow-up.