Clinical Lead
The closing date is 18 November 2025
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Sunderland and South Tyneside Crisis Team are delighted to be recruiting into one of our clinical lead posts which has come available within the team.
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic clinician with suitable leadership and experience, who is motivated to join the collective leadership team who support the team.
The successful candidate will support to provide the day to day clinical oversight of the team to ensure that we delivery safe, effective and efficient care to service users. You will work alongside the other clinical leads and operational team managers (and the rest of senior/collective leadership team) who support the ICTS, Adult and Older Adult pathways which makes up the Universal Crisis Team for the South Locality.
The post holder will work predominately across the Older Adult pathway however will be excepted to provide support when required to both the Adult and ICTS pathways as the team do work universally.
Main duties of the job
* Overall the role will entail working within the leadership team to ensure that as a service we provide 7 day clinical lead oversight/cover.
* Act as a role model to support/guide the team deliver high quality standards of care, be responsive to service demands and dynamic in supporting the team with complex and challenging situations.
* Demonstrate excellent communication skills, work well within the leadership team to prioritise daily clinical demands / needs of service, whilst supporting the clinical team.
* Provide clinical advice and supervision (both individual and group supervision) and contribute to individuals appraisals.
* Provide in house training to team and wider teams/services when needed.
* Support and embed clinical standards within the team.
* Lead/support and contributing to monitoring team's clinical performance via clinical audits and work in conjunction with Team Manger to support actions to improve the quality and performance of the service and outcomes for services users
* Show excellent organisational, time management and delegation skills to work in an area of changing priorities.
* Be a cohesive member of the Leadership Team, work flexibly and support the Team Manager where needed, offer expertise and experience to develop new staff and support in retention and wellbeing of the team.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
We welcome your application.
Anyone interested, please contact via email to arrange teams call or informal visit to the team to discuss the post in more detail.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of providing clinical supervision to clinical staff and facilitating CPD for others
* Experience of positive clincial risk taking and risk safety planning .
* proven track record of providing professional leadership within clinical services
* Knowledge of data systems
* Experience of positive Clinical risk taking and WRAP
Skills and Competencies
* Excellent communication skills and liaison skills
* Evidence of time management and organisation
Education & Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Registered Learning Disability Nurse (as appropriate) or equivalent relevant professional qualification
* If applicable to service Non Medical Prescriber
* Relevant Clinical Training and post graduate Qualification
* Management/leadership Qualification
Personal charateristics
* Ability to motivate others and work under pressure
* Flexibe attitude to work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
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