Senior Clinical Leader - Mental Health Support Teams

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Clinical Team Leader (Band 7) to provide operational and clinical leadership across the MHST service in Hinckley Locality, part of the LLR area. You will lead large, multi-disciplinary teams delivering early intervention to CYP with mild to moderate mental health needs within education and community settings.

The role requires strong people management, robust clinical governance, data-driven service improvement, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Significant experience of operational management within mental health or CYP services.
• Experience supervising and developing clinicians.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence in producing and interpreting performance data.
• Evidence of implementing and embedding service change.
• Experience of report writing and presenting information to stakeholders.
• Resilience, adaptability and sound professional judgement.
• A proven track record of building and sustaining high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Operational Leadership: Day-to-day management of large, skill-mixed teams; Performance oversight against KPIs and quality schedules; Monitoring, interpreting and utilising service data to drive improvement; Workforce planning, caseload oversight and risk management; Leading service development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Clinical Leadership: Providing robust clinical supervision and professional guidance; Maintaining high standards of clinical governance and safeguarding; Holding a reduced but complex clinical caseload, including mental health assessments; Supporting staff development, capability and resilience.
• System & Stakeholder Engagement: Building and maintaining strong relationships with education leaders and system partners; Supporting the delivery of the Whole School Approach; Contributing to integrated pathway development across services; Leading participation and co-production with children, young people and families.

Skills

Operational management

Clinical supervision

Data analysis

Performance reporting

Job description

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Clinical Team Leader (Band 7) to provide operational and clinical leadership across the MHST service in Hinckley Locality, part of the LLR area. You will lead large, multi-disciplinary teams delivering early intervention to CYP with mild to moderate mental health needs within education and community settings.

The role requires strong people management, robust clinical governance, data-driven service improvement, and the ability to