We currently have opportunities forthree Clinical Team Leader postswithin inpatient wards in the Low Secure and Forensic Community Directorate. As a Clinical Team Leader, you will support the Ward Manager in providingoperational leadership and day‑to‑day managementof nursing staff, working closely within amulti‑disciplinary team. You will play a key role in developing effective care pathways and promotingrecovery‑focused, patient‑centred careacross all stages of treatment. The role requires strongleadership, communication, and organisational skills, with the ability to act as a professional role model for nursing staff. You will contribute to maintaining high standards of care while supporting staff development and service improvement within a secure environment. Applicants must becurrent Band 5 Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurseswithin West London Forensic Services, with at least18 months’ experience. You will be a motivated and resilient individual, capable of managing complex clinical situations and supporting high‑quality care delivery. This is a challenging but rewarding role, offering an excellent opportunity to develop leadership skills while enhancing care outcomes for service users. • To provide support and supervision to a group of nursing staff • To develop and maintain communication with individuals or groups of patients, carers and staff, about difficult or complex matters, overcoming any problems in communication in different situations. • To develop own knowledge and skills and contribute to the development of others. • To promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security of self and others in own work area. • To appraise, interpret and apply suggestions, recommendations and directives to improve services. • To contribute to quality improvement. • To promote people’s equality, diversity and rights. • To contribute to promoting health and well-being and preventing adverse effects on health and well-being. • To assess complex health and well-being needs and develop, monitor and review care-plans to meet those needs. • To plan, deliver and evaluate care to address people’s complex health and well-being needs. West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK. Our 5,419 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country. We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units. We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve. We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ and experience of mental illness. The regulations mandating vaccination for in-scope roles in the NHS have now been removed. The Trust does however continue to encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. Vaccination data will be collected by our recruitment team during your on-boarding if you are happy to provide a copy of your COVID pass. The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. This advert closes on Sunday 24 May 2026