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Job overview

This is a new and exciting opportunity within our CMHT to look at career development and an opportunity to lead the clinical output within a team who work with individuals managing their most acute mental health needs within their community.

The individual would work alongside the Team Manager (who covers 21.5 hours a week) and leads on Team operational output. The individual successful in this Clinical Lead role will then focus on clinical areas, including flow of patients in and out of the team, lead HCP of the most clinical complex patients, supporting the wider team on all clinic concerns and offering clinical supervision to the wider team.  

Our Community Team is driven by a shared passion for patient care and staff well-being. We take pride in creating a supportive and inclusive work environment which has earnt us recognition as one of the best mental health and learning disability Trusts in the country. We are also honoured to be the number one Trust for staff morale.

You'll only work between Monday to Friday, with no weekend, bank holiday, or out-of-hours requirements. We are open to further discussions around flexible working hours within this to support personal needs to create an important work life balance. If you aren’t local, we can provide you with a relocation incentive of up to £8,000.  If you would be interested in relocating then Lincolnshire is a very appealing place to live with its beautiful landscapes, affordable housing, thriving

Main duties of the job

To be clinical leader of the nursing team providing care for people with severe mental illness and mental health problems

To provide clinical services that work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust.

To work as part of a team providing a user-focused, accessible and responsive acute nursing service that is safe, supportive and competent for people who experience acute mental health problems.

To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for those who are experiencing acute mental health needs, within agreed limitations.

Patterns of working will be by arrangement and may include evenings, weekends, bank holidays and on call responsibilities

Provides management supervision to Band 5’s

To undertake managerial duties in the absence of the Ward Manager

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.