Clinical Lead post for the Bassetlaw Integrated team, a community mental health service run by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The role centres on managing complex, high-risk cases, providing clinical supervision and training, and leading clinical transformation across the CMHT and IHTT pathways. It is a full-time post focused on older adults' mental health, with a specialist assessment remit that includes prescribing. Current NMC registration is required.
What the job involves
- Manage complex cases within the CMHT, including assessment and management of high-risk cases
- Provide and oversee clinical supervision and appraisal for the multidisciplinary team
- Lead, monitor and evaluate clinical practice to drive clinical excellence, working with the Team Leader and ACP
- Lead clinical transformation and pathway development, chairing pathway workstreams and co-producing task and finish groups
- Deliver training on the clinical pathways and support clinical leads assigned across them
- Carry out highly specialised assessment for a diverse patient group, including initiating interventions and prescribing medication
- Attend weekly MDT meetings and complex case reviews, and support clinicians with challenging cases
- Drive best practice and continuous improvement, and embed new and innovative practices
- Develop evidence-based practice and promote care in line with local and national guidance and Trust policy
- Monitor the team's skill mix and identify areas for development
- Contribute to performance and activity monitoring and to recruitment, with the Team Leader and administrative lead
- Provide senior clinical leadership and oversight of complex cases alongside the care coordinator
Qualifications
- Degree-level nursing or clinical qualification, or equivalent, with specialist or post-registration training in the service area
Registration & licences
- Current NMC or equivalent professional body registration
Experience
- Clinical expertise satisfactory for the banding
- Specialist and area-specific experience
- Advanced knowledge of medication for older adults with mental health issues
Skills & knowledge
- Advanced knowledge of physical health problems in older adults
- Good understanding of older people's mental health, with excellent management and leadership skills
- Knowledge of current legislation, clinical risk assessment, and national and local policy
- Good written and oral communication, and IT skills
- Assessment, intervention and evaluation skills, and clinical supervision skills
Checks & eligibility
- DBS check, with the fee deducted from salary after appointment
Other
- Ability to work as part of a team and handle conflict
- Flexibility to work occasional unsocial hours and bank holidays
- Physical ability for the full range of clinical duties, and ability to undertake violence reduction training
- Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training
- Demonstrate Trust values and commitment to EDI at interview
Nice to have
- Ability to deal with and resolve conflict
- Continued professional development to maintain registration
- Non-medical prescribing qualification, or willingness to work towards one
- Awareness of national and local issues affecting nursing care
- Experience of clinical or managerial leadership within an MDT, and own approach to management
What's offered
- Employee-led staff networks, including EDI, Green Champions, Freedom to Speak Up, Health and Wellbeing and Menopause Champions
- In-house occupational health and staff counselling services
- Dedicated Health and Wellbeing team
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
