Closing date: 30 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 6
Salary: £41,957 to £50,387 a year (incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Job location: Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford

Job summary
Band 6 - Clinical Lead - Full Time

Exciting Opportunity

Farnham Road Hospital comprises two adult inpatient wards and a PICU service within a modern, purpose-built mental health facility. The hospital provides 42 inpatient beds, all with single en-suite bedrooms, comfortable lounge areas, and dedicated ward gardens, alongside established outdoor spaces for supervised walks and therapeutic activities.

For staff working within the service, the site offers access to kitchenettes and caf facilities, with excellent transport links, including nearby train services.

This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to become part of an established and experienced service committed to delivering excellent care to our patients within a high-quality therapeutic environment. You will work alongside experienced, knowledgeable, and dedicated colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary team.

As a service, we are continuing to develop new ways of working and are looking for motivated individuals who want to contribute to delivering effective assessment, treatment, and high-quality care for our patients. This role offers the opportunity to further develop leadership skills while supporting both patient care and the wider clinical team within an inpatient setting.

Main duties of the job

• Assist the Ward Manager in ensuring that defined roles and responsibilities are coordinated within the team on a continuous basis.
• Support the Ward Manager to ensure that the team nursing system operates effectively.
• Ensure, in co-operation with the Ward Manager, that risk assessments, care plans are regularly reviewed, appropriately modified, and updated.
• Provide professional nursing advice to other team staff and other professionals.
• Provide management support to staff through appraisal, supervision and continuing professional development.

About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Please note that this post does not attract Certificate of Sponsorship.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• RMN Diploma/Degree/Masters
• Registration with NMC as RMN

Experience
Essential

• Post qualification experience working with people within a mental health setting i.e. acute inpatient ward/forensic or HBPoS.
• Experience of coordinating shifts and providing clinical leadership
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.

Desirable

• Leadership Training

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.

Employer contact details
Ward Manager Rowena Van Niekirk: Rowena.VanNiekerk@sabp.nhs.uk