Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Lead within Zinnia CMHT. You will be joining us at an exciting time of the planning and implementation of Community transformation. The role requires working autonomously in providing high quality assessments, reviews, treatment interventions, clinical advice and expertise to the wider MDT in supporting service users with severe and enduring mental illness. The Clinical Lead will work across the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and support the team managers in effective operation of the team by undertaking practice and professional lead responsibility for specified areas of care delivery. You will be responsible for providing additional leadership and guidance to team members in risk assessment, risk management and positive problem solving and lead on debriefs following incidents. The Clinical Lead will take a leadership role to positively influence and improve the quality of clinical practice by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for staff within the CMHT. Develop confidence and competence within the team for managing complex clinical cases and issues. To take a lead role in the provision of clinical leadership and caseload supervision to the team. They will be expected to act as a positive role model in promoting clinical excellence. For further information about the main responsibilities, please view the attached job description and person specification. We welcome you to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation. Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Responsibilities
* Provide high quality assessments, reviews, treatment interventions, clinical advice and expertise to the wider MDT in supporting service users with severe and enduring mental illness.
* Provide leadership and guidance to team members in risk assessment, risk management and positive problem solving, and lead debriefs following incidents.
* Work across the CMHT and support the team managers in effective operation of the team by undertaking practice and professional lead responsibility for specified areas of care delivery.
* Develop and maintain effective clinical pathways between CMHT and other services.
* Take a leadership role to positively influence and improve the quality of clinical practice by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for staff within the CMHT.
* Develop confidence and competence within the team for managing complex clinical cases and issues.
* Take a lead role in the provision of clinical leadership and caseload supervision to the team. Act as a positive role model in promoting clinical excellence.
Qualifications
* Robust assessing of a range of mental health issues.
* Risk identification and management.
* Positive relationship building across a variety of stakeholder groups.
* Expert navigation of a range of support, VCSE, social and clinical services.
* Co production at all levels.
* Experience in providing supervision to others.
Benefits
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025
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