Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Leader within the Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service at Wirral has become available within The Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, the right candidate will provide operational and clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering rapid assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and care to patients in their own homes. Working within the Community Integrated Response Team (CIRT), you will ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred care for individuals experiencing a health crisis and at risk of hospital admission.

You will lead and support a diverse team of healthcare professionals, promoting collaborative working and maintaining high standards of clinical practice. The role involves overseeing service delivery, managing resources, supporting staff development, and driving continuous improvement to ensure patients receive timely interventions that maximise independence and enable them to remain safely at home wherever possible.

The Clinical Team Leader will work closely with health, social care, and system partners to coordinate care, improve patient outcomes, and contribute to the strategic objectives of the Trust by reducing avoidable hospital admissions and supporting admission avoidance pathways.

Main duties of the job
Providing high-quality, patient-centred assessment, treatment, and care to patients within their own homes and community settings,

• Working clinically within the service to assess complex patients, formulate management plans, and coordinate multidisciplinary interventions to meet patient needs.
• Alternating into the Shift Leader role to oversee daily operational management of the caseload, ensuring referrals are appropriately triaged, allocated, and managed in line with service priorities and response times.
• Acting as a source of clinical expertise and support
• Supporting junior staff through supervision, mentorship, clinical coaching, and competency development to ensure safe and effective patient care.
• Supporting the implementation of service improvements, quality initiatives, audits, and governance processes to enhance patient outcomes and service performance.
• Contributing to workforce management responsibilities, including sickness management, performance conversations, annual appraisals, and staff wellbeing support.
• Deputising for the Service Lead when required, providing operational and clinical leadership, representing the service at meetings, and ensuring continuity of service delivery.
• Supporting the development of innovative pathways and models of care that enhance integrated, community-based service provision.

About us
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.

As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, at all times.

Person Specification
Essential qualifications and professional training

• Registered with the Health care professionals council or relevant professional body (if appropriate)
• Degree/ Diploma in relevant clinical area
• Evidence of portfolio of knowledge, skills and professional development

Desirable qualifications and professional training

• MSC in Advanced Practice
• V300 independent nurse prescriber qualification

Essential experience and knowledge

• Experience of leading a clinical team
• Experience of operational and strategic planning
• Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary and multi-agency work
• Ability to manage staff effectively and get results through teamwork

Essential skills and attributes

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills at multi disciplinary level
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages
• Evidence of self-management, organisation and time management skills
• Demonstrates negotiation skills through working in partnership with others
• Problem recognition and problem solving skills, including conflict resolution
• Ability to work to regular, tight deadlines
• Ability to produce high quality reports
• Facilitation skills
• Networking Skills
• Able to adopt a whole systems approach to strategic thinking
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with staff from a variety of backgrounds
• Ability to hold others to account for delivery of clinical care and outcomes
• Ability to assess impact of service changes on wider organisational policy / practice
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

Essential personal qualities

• Ability to work flexibly as part of an out of hours rota
• Able to build effective relationships that engage and support individuals and teams in change
• Ability to influence and negotiate
• Leadership qualities
• Access to a car for work purposes

Date posted: 19 October 2026
Closing date: 02 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 844-8298505
Location: Urgent Community Response Team, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, CH49 5PE, United Kingdom

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/

Contact for questions about the job
Clinical service Lead, Beverley James, beverley.james9@nhs.net, 01515142631

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