Overview
In this role you provide strategic and operational clinical leadership to adult community mental health services, driving high-quality, recovery-focused care and ongoing service transformation. You will lead cross-disciplinary teams, shape service design, and foster innovation to improve outcomes for people with mental ill health. The role sits at the heart of a forward-looking, award-winning Trust committed to staff development and collaborative working. This is a chance to have a meaningful impact on community mental health care.
Pay / Benefits
- enhanced leave package
- health and wellbeing support
- work-life balance considerations and flexible working arrangements
- invested in staff development
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and operational clinical leadership across adult community mental health services
- Ensure delivery of high-quality clinical care while supporting service transformation
- Balance leadership with workforce development, governance, innovation, and service improvement
- Inspire and support multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, effective, accessible, recovery-focused care
- Promote best practice and lead teams through change and improvements
Key requirements
- Registered under NMC or HCPC
- Postgraduate level qualification or degree with advanced knowledge of community-based mental health interventions
- Strong understanding of policy and legislation relevant to clinical work (e.g., Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
- Proven leadership at an advanced level with impact on service delivery
- Experience in policy implementation, change management, and CPD
- Ability to chair meetings and lead multi-professional partnerships
- Good communication across strategic and local levels
- Knowledge of Trust policies and procedures
- leadership and motivational skills
- excellent communication and partnership-working
- ability to work across organisational boundaries
- multi-agency partnership development
- governance and audit practices
- change management and service improvement
Clinical Lead in Willerby employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
