Clinical Site Lead

Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier and more independent lives? Join Waythrough, one of the UKs leading mental health and social support charities, and make a lasting impact every day. We support over 125,000 people each year through our 200 services, empowering individuals to overcome challenges around mental health, housing, and substance use.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting Clinical Lead opportunity available across Leeds, based at our site in Kirkgate. You will be promoting the effective use of evidence-based treatment approaches to provide an opportunity for sustained recovery from dependent and problematic substance misuse. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to provide clinical leadership to the hub within a multi-disciplinary team and as part of a wider service, working alongside hub managers and the Clinical Director to ensure the safe and effective delivery of drug and alcohol interventions for clients accessing treatment at the hub. You will enable supervision and support of staff in their clinical setting. Support with staff one to ones and appraisals, return to work and support new clinicians where required. Effective use of evidence-based treatment approaches to provide an opportunity for sustained recovery from dependent and problematic substance misuse. You will ensure that you have a whole person holistic focus, with an understanding that services need to include all areas of wellbeing, not just substance use, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every person.

About us

Formed in 2024 through the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship, Waythrough is now one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England. With 3,500 staff and volunteers across more than 200 services, we help people to live full, meaningful lives. Some roles may still appear under our legacy brands (Humankind, Richmond Fellowship, Aquarius) while we complete our integration but wherever you join us, you'll be part of one supportive team, sharing one purpose.

Job responsibilities

• Work with Operational and Clinical colleagues to ensure good integrated governance, effectiveness and best practice within the service.
• Alongside other clinical site leads, and the clinical services director, support cross cover across sites to ensure clinical care is maintained during periods of illness or other staff shortages.
• Facilitate clinical pathways between relevant local hospitals, Primary Care and Specialist Services for referral and treatment.
• Support on clinical recruitment, selection, induction, training, appraisal, disciplinary and grievance procedures, as appropriate.
• Prescribe medication for people requiring prescribed interventions, in line with Waythrough medicine management policies and governance procedures.
• Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions in a person-centred manner.
• Promote and ensure clinical consistency throughout the services, according to local and national clinical processes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A Qualified General or Psychiatric Nurse with current NMC registration.
• A Registered Nurse with an independent prescribing qualification.
• A Qualified Pharmacist registered with GPhC as an independent prescriber.
• A qualified Doctor registered with GMC.

Experience

• Experience of entering complex information onto an electronic / clinical data base.
• Experience at a senior level of working with people who use substances.
• Previous experience of service review and development.

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.