Clinical Lead | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per anumn (pro rata for part time) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | Newark, NG24 4DE |
| Company: | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7291215/186-860-25-MH |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinician to join our dynamic, well established OPCU community services as a Clinical Lead. The new post will sit within the Newark and Sherwood Integrated Team. The post holder will support robust clinical management of complex cases within both services, working with all members of the team, attending weekly MDT meetings and complex case reviews. The Clinical Lead is expected to be comfortable in managing cases with associated high levels of risk and to support the clinicians with management of challenging cases. The post holder will lead and contribute to the clinical development of the CMHT/IHTT service, leading on clinical transformation and the evolution of pathway interventions across the community mental health team.
The successful candidates will be able to offer the teams high quality case supervision and training, ensuring consistent high-quality assessments and interventions for our service users.
You will participate in developing evidence-based practice within the service. It is expected that the Clinical Lead will drive best practice and continuous improvement including embedding new and innovative practices. You will have excellent management and leadership skills and advanced knowledge of older adults’ mental health problems.
Working in collaboration with the Team Leader & ACP, the post holder will be responsible for leading, monitoring and evaluating the clinical
practice of the team driving towards clinical excellence. You will provide and oversee clinical supervision and support the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe patient centred care and provide senior clinical leadership within the service.
To provide a highly specialised level of assessment for a diverse patient group, which may involve the initiation of interventions, including
prescribing medication. This group of patients will present with significant mental health needs which may also include complex emotional needs.
This role will include complex case management within the CMHT including assessment & management of high risk cases.
The post holder will need to have excellent managerial and leadership skills with a good understanding older people’s mental health. You will
also; Provide specialist skills to assess patient’s needs, analyse and develop treatment plans within a multidisciplinary framework.
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.
The post-holder will receive clinical supervision and work under expert leadership of the ACP within the team.
Promote clinical excellence in line with local and national guidance whilst working within the parameters of Trust policy & procedure.
The post holder will be expected to support service transformation by leading on service change, chair pathway workstream meetings, support
and coproduce task and finish groups.
Promote service change by championing and leading clinical service transformation. Lead on clinical pathway development inclusive of delivery of training for the clinical pathways in which clinical leads will be assigned across the pathways to support pathway delivery, clinical
effectiveness and planning.
Provide and have oversight of clinical supervision, appraisal and clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team and contribute to ongoing service development.
Work in partnership with the team leader and administrative lead to contribute to performance and activity monitoring and to contribute to
recruitment
Have a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or equivalent professional body.
Be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the skill mix within the team and areas for development. Have a good understanding of national and local policies and procedures informing the evidence base for clinical care.
You will work alongside the care coordinator and have oversight of complex clinical cases within the team.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Jul 2025
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