Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Crisis Team for a highly skilled and enthusiastic practitioner to join us as a Clinical Lead. This role is ideal for an experienced clinician who is passionate about delivering high-quality crisis care, supporting staff development, and driving continuous service improvement.

As a Clinical Lead, you will continue to work clinically within the team, role modelling best practice and demonstrating clinical excellence in assessment, formulation, decision-making and intervention delivery. You will provide strong clinical leadership, offering expert guidance and support to colleagues managing complex presentations and ensuring service users receive safe, effective and evidence-based care.

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and compassionate clinician who: Demonstrates excellent clinical assessment, formulation and risk management skills. Has experience of providing clinical supervision, leadership and support to multidisciplinary teams. Is committed to delivering high-quality and person-centred care. Has experience of leading service improvement, audit or quality initiatives. Possesses excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills and is able to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving clinical environment.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership and expertise within the Crisis Team.
• Support the formulation of treatment plans and interventions across the multidisciplinary team.
• Deliver regular clinical supervision and guidance to staff, ensuring high standards of clinical practice are maintained.
• Maintain a clinical caseload and support practitioners managing complex service users requiring ongoing review and treatment.
• Lead on an identified area of service development and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
• Act as a role model for professional practice, clinical reasoning and decision-making.
• Contribute to staff appraisal, personal development reviews and workforce development initiatives.
• Identify training needs and coordinate the delivery of relevant clinical training to support evidence-based practice.
• Lead and oversee clinical audits, ensuring timely completion and implementation of findings.
• Complete Early Learning Reviews and After Action Reviews which encourage team and practitioner reflection, promoting a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external partners, supporting the Crisis Team's interface with the wider mental health system.

About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

Person Specification
Skills and Competencies
Essential

• Excellent communication skills and liaison skills.
• Organisational and time management skills.
• Leadership skills/delegation, IT Skills.

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Knowledge & Experience of the Recovery Model.
• Proven track record of providing professional leadership within clinical services.
• MDT working.
• Clinical supervision and Application. Adherence to Health and Safety policies.
• Casework Management.
• Facilitation of Personal Development Planning in others.
• Experience of CBU based Model of Care Provision.
• Experience of working within a multi- disciplinary team using the CBU based approach.
• Care Packages and Pathways Clustering.
• Experience of Positive Clinical Risk Taking and Risk/Safety Planning.

Desirable

• Knowledge of data systems.
• Experience of Positive Clinical Risk Taking and WRAP.

Education & Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Registered Learning Disability Nurse (as appropriate) or equivalent relevant professional qualification.
• Mentor /teaching qualification.
• Relevant Clinical Training and post graduate Qualification.

Desirable

• Leadership or Management Training.
• Teaching Qualification.
• Formal clinical supervision qualification.

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