Job summary
A unique opportunity has arisen for Clinical Manager in Kingston Community Services to cover maternity leave. The Clinical Manager is one of the Borough Leadership quartet and as such, works closely with the Clinical Service lead, Borough Associate Clinical Director and lead for Psychology and Psychotherapy, to ensure delivery of high quality, safe and effective services that provide positive experience outcomes for service users, carers and staff.

The post holder will take a lead role in partnering borough stakeholders within the wider health and social care environment.

The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working within the community mental health setting with strong people skills and change management experience.

Interviews are expected to take place in October.

Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to clinically and operationally lead and manage the delivery of high-quality services in a defined area, within available resources and in line with the Trusts governance framework.

To ensure the quality of clinical care within their defined areas

At all times to role model effectiveness working with colleagues, holding self and colleagues to account appropriately and demonstrating personal commitment to the delivery of high-quality services.

To be accessible in order to lead and promote quality and to empower and enable staff/teams to develop and maintain their skills and competencies in order to retain a sustainable workforce.

To promote evidence-based practice, including Identify risks and take corrective action in line with the trusts integrated governance framework, including responding to Serious Incidents (SIs), Incidents, complaints and communications, ensuring timely and thorough investigation, disseminating recommendation and monitoring that actions are fully implemented.

To take a key role, by actively contributing, in the planning and delivery of the business objectives, service plans and change projects, ensuring customer focus, consistency, quality, and cost effectiveness.

Contribute to external groups and specific projects and work streams as required within the local health and social care community.

About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

Job responsibilities
Corporate

• Achieve a defined set of health and social care performance targets, in accordance with contractual requirements and the performance framework for NHSI, the Care Quality Commission, and other relevant statutory and professional bodies.
• In conjunction with the Nursing Directorate, the post holder will advise Senior Managers and Clinical Directors on professional and practice issues. Under the direction of the Nursing Directorate, the post holder will lead on the provision of professional advice to colleagues at all levels across the Trust in relation to specific clinical matters and practice
• Promote, through personal actions, support for the Trusts key policies on Equality and Diversity, and use of the recovery-orientated approach for people with mental health needs.

Service Improvement

• Be responsible for assisting in the development of services to ensure that needs are assessed, standards of quality and performance are set, implemented, monitored and evaluated for all parts of the service.
• Accountable for implementation and leading on service development actions that arise in this context, taking account of the needs of the relevant local communities, striving at all times to promote personalised care, wellbeing, safety and social inclusion and to ensure that service users and carers are actively included in the development of services.

Staff Leadership and Management

• Be responsible for a workforce of multi-disciplinary clinical and non-clinical staff and in doing so role model and provide effective leadership and management to all staff and promote an effective team ethos.
• Promote high-performance standards both individually and as a team in the achievement of the Trusts objectives and priorities.

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Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Clinical - must hold a valid Registration with a professional body.
• Educated to Masters Degree(MSc)level qualification or professional/clinical equivalent
• Recent management related training or senior managerial professional qualification

Desirable

• Significant management and or leadership training

Experience
Essential

• In depth current post registration clinical experience within a wide range of clinical specialities
• Extensive knowledge and expertise across a number of areas e.g. clinical, infection control, nutrition, safeguarding
• Significant professional leadership, especially professional development, clinical governance and supervision and appraisal
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams in a health environment

Desirable

• Experience of quality improvement projects

Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Understanding of best practice in inpatient and community care settings and the benefits and challenges of joint working between social services and health
• Ability to demonstrate budget management skills including financial planning and management of CIPs
• Evidence of managing high-risk situations effectively
• To have the ability to deliver complex and difficult messages in a manner that is clear and delivered in line with the Trst Values
• Knowledge of Human Resources and Workforce policy and procedure that supports the development and the performance of their team

Desirable

• Experience of effective redesign and improvement methodologies
• Knowledge of workforce developments in clinical settings /operational services

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address
Springfield University Hospital
15 Springfield Drive
London
SW17 0YF
United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
People Business Partner
Veda Kakad
Veda.Kakad@swlstg.nhs.uk

Details
Date posted
24 September 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 8b

Salary
£75,328 to £86,114 a year
per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS

Contract
Fixed term

Duration
12 months

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
294-COMM-8249002-EB-B

Job locations
Springfield University Hospital
15 Springfield Drive
London
SW17 0YF
United Kingdom

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