Overview
Are you a passionate and motivated mental health professional looking for your next challenge? We're seeking an enthusiastic Clinical Lead to join our dynamic First Response Service— a pioneering, award-winning team providing 24/7 mental health crisis support to individuals of all ages. As part of our service, you'll work closely with key community partners including the police, ambulance services, and local authorities to deliver compassionate, responsive care during times of crisis. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives when they need it most.
Why join us? You'll be part of a forward-thinking, supportive team and take on a role that offers variety, challenge, and the opportunity to grow professionally.
Responsibilities
* Provide 1:1 support through both telephone triage and face-to-face assessments
* Collaborate with service users to develop effective crisis and safety plans
* Lead and support a multidisciplinary team, offering clinical guidance and mentorship
* Coordinate shifts and allocate referrals and assessments across the team
* Conduct telephone triage and face-to-face community assessments, especially for complex cases
* Deliver brief clinical risk assessments, mental health formulations, and short-term contingency plans
* Liaise with professionals and agencies such as emergency services, GPs, schools, and care homes
* Work closely with other mental health services including secondary care and crisis teams
* Implement solution-focused interventions to empower patients, carers, and families
* Develop safe and effective care plans using strong communication and clinical judgment
* Draw on knowledge of external resources to provide tailored support for individual needs
* Co-ordinate shifts and support colleagues
* Provide evidence-based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice
* Develop, plan, and implement brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients in liaison with the First Response Service
* Provide assessment, planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment
* Ensure episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner
* Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making
* Undertake clinical risk assessments in line with latest evidence and local policies
* Act as patient and relative advocate and enable management of disability, loss and change
* Champion patients' rights, including dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect
* Ensure good documentation and appropriate record sharing; escalate concerns when needed
* Delegate duties and prioritise urgency of assessments
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
* Social work qualification
* Mental Health Nurse qualification / NMC registration
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Undertaken or working towards accredited courses enabling potential Advanced Practitioner registration
* Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
* Mental health care/treatment relevant to service
* Experience working with people presenting in mental health crisis
* Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff
* Multi-agency working / across service interfaces
* Working within a multicultural framework
* Ability to travel across the geographical area and meet service needs
* Commitment to high quality care and service provision
Desirable
* Advanced Nurse Prescriber qualification or AMPH qualification
* Leadership qualification/training
* Experience delivering brief psychological interventions for managing crisis
Other Requirements
* Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check required
* UK registration with the appropriate professional body
About Us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, and to empower them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver NHS services across inpatient, primary care, and community settings, including Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
Details
Date posted: 22 October 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Location: Kingfisher House, Huntingdon, PE29 6FN
Notes
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county and hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as it will not meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
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