Clinical Lead (Nurse) HBPOS in Ilford

Are you a passionate and experienced Mental Health Nurse looking to take the next step in your leadership career? We are seeking a highly motivated Band 6 Clinical Lead to join the team at the 136 suite/Health Base Place of Safety and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, supporting service users experiencing acute and complex mental health needs. You will contribute to clinical excellence, service development, staff leadership, and the delivery of evidence-based interventions while promoting recovery, independence, and positive outcomes for patients and their families.

Job Overview

As a Band 6 Clinical Lead, you will provide clinical leadership within the 136 suite/Health Base Place of Safety and inpatient mental health setting, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care. You will work collaboratively with service users, carers, healthcare professionals, and partner agencies to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for individuals with complex mental health presentations. The successful candidate will support the Team Manager in maintaining high clinical standards, promoting best practice, supervising staff, and contributing to quality improvement initiatives. You will also play a key role in risk management, care coordination, medication management, and the implementation of the Care Programme Approach (CPA).

Main duties of the job

• Lead the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for service users experiencing acute and complex mental health difficulties.
• Monitor and manage clinical risk, ensuring timely and appropriate interventions.
• Administer, supervise, and monitor medications in accordance with professional standards and Trust policies.
• Provide specialist clinical advice and support to colleagues and multidisciplinary team members.
• Facilitate effective communication with service users, carers, relatives, and partner agencies.
• Participate in clinical reviews, ward rounds, case discussions, and care planning meetings.
• Support the induction, supervision, mentoring, and development of nursing and multidisciplinary staff.
• Contribute to recruitment, appraisal, and performance management processes where required.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records using electronic patient record systems.
• Participate in audits, research, quality improvement projects, and service development initiatives.
• Ensure service users and carers remain actively involved in decisions regarding their care and recovery.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership and support to the multidisciplinary team.
• Manage and coordinate the care of service users with severe and enduring mental health needs.
• Undertake comprehensive mental health, physical health, and risk assessments.
• Develop, implement, and review person-centred care plans in partnership with service users and carers.
• Support staff through supervision, mentorship, appraisal, and professional development.
• Ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding requirements, and Trust policies.
• Promote recovery-focused, evidence-based practice and continuous service improvement.
• Maintain high standards of clinical governance, documentation, and patient safety.
• Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enhance care delivery and patient outcomes.

Clinical Leadership

• Provide visible clinical leadership within the ward environment.
• Promote high standards of clinical care and ensure practice is evidence-based and recovery-focused.
• Support staff in delivering safe, effective, and person-centred care.

Service User Care

• Manage a defined caseload of service users with complex mental health needs.
• Complete comprehensive assessments, formulate care plans, and coordinate interventions.
• Ensure service users' psychological, physical, emotional, and social needs are addressed.

Risk Management and Governance

• Conduct and review risk assessments and risk management plans.
• Ensure adherence to safeguarding procedures and relevant legislation.
• Support clinical governance activities, including audits, incident management, and quality assurance.

Team Development

• Supervise, mentor, and support registered and unregistered staff.
• Act as a practice assessor/preceptor for students and newly qualified staff.
• Promote a positive learning culture and continuous professional development.

Partnership Working

• Work collaboratively with GPs, social care services, acute hospitals, community teams, and third-sector organisations.
• Develop effective working relationships that support seamless care pathways and continuity of care.

Service Improvement

• Contribute to the development, implementation, and review of policies and procedures.
• Support innovation and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance patient experience and clinical outcomes.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.