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We are seeking an experienced professional to lead our Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) at Moss House in Liverpool.
Job Summary
As Clinical Lead, you will shape high-quality, person‑centred care, mentor staff, drive clinical excellence, and support continuous improvement across the team.
Responsibilities
* Provide strategic clinical leadership in your specialist area, grounded in evidence-based practice.
* Develop and evaluate tailored treatment plans for defined service users, ensuring purposeful interventions.
* Lead delivery of outstanding clinical interventions and maintain high care standards.
* Support service KPI achievement and continuous improvement initiatives.
* Champion the mental and physical well‑being of service users, ensuring proactive health promotion, psychological, rehabilitative, and educational needs are met.
* Coordinate CMHT activities, delivering person‑centred care in accordance with Trust and local policies.
* Engage service users and carers in service development and evaluation.
* Develop care plans in line with the Community Mental Health Framework.
* Serve as key point of contact for users and families, addressing concerns with empathy and professionalism.
* Communicate complex information clearly and compassionately to staff, users, and carers.
* Prepare verbal and written reports on complaints, incidents, and investigations.
* Maintain expert knowledge in clinical practice, policy, and staff management.
* Conduct audits and promote best practices based on research evidence.
* Identify and manage clinical and non‑clinical risks, escalating as appropriate.
* Support the Operational Team Manager with budget, staffing, resource allocation, and service dependency.
* Manage staff absence and sickness in line with Trust policies.
* Identify service development opportunities and communicate them to leadership.
* Embed high standards of service delivery, governance, and compliance.
* Provide feedback on Trust policies and represent team perspectives.
* Ensure staff operate within the Community Mental Health Framework processes.
* Coordinate annual personal development plans, training, and skills development.
* Provide accurate feedback following formal meetings related to performance, sickness or absence.
* Exercise sound judgement in interpreting policies and contributing to protocol development.
* Lead investigations into incidents or complaints and report findings.
* Contribute to business plan development and communication.
* Assist with budget management, including Social Care budgets.
* Ensure comprehensive induction for new staff.
Qualifications – Essential
* Professional registration (e.g., Registered Nurse Mental Health, Allied Health Professional, Social Worker).
* Degree level education or equivalent.
* Minimum of 3 years’ clinical practice experience.
* Evidence of post‑graduate professional qualification or PSI certificate/diploma.
Qualifications – Desirable
* Master’s degree.
* Qualification or training in criminal justice mental health.
Knowledge & Experience – Essential
* Demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights.
* Ability to deliver innovation, quality improvement, and clinical development.
* Experience of audit & governance frameworks.
* Teaching expertise in applied settings.
* Client‑focused, interdisciplinary collaboration achievements.
* High degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement.
* In‑depth knowledge of clinical care and post‑registration development.
* Commitment to service‑user involvement.
* Self‑motivated, autonomous working style.
* Excellent communication and leadership skills.
* Ability to generate a learning culture and reflect on experience.
* Research, scholarship and publication record.
* Computer literate – spreadsheets, data management.
* Professional dissemination skills.
* Highly effective interpersonal skills.
* Articulate, effective communicator.
Knowledge & Experience – Desirable
* 2–3 years at Band 6 or above.
* Experience of Criminal Justice Liaison.
* Risk assessment experience.
Values – Essential
* Continuous improvement.
* Accountability.
* Respectfulness.
* Enthusiasm.
* Support.
* High professional standards.
* Responsive to service users.
* Engaging leadership style.
* Strong customer service belief.
* Transparency and honesty.
* Discreet.
* Change oriented.
Equal Opportunities
We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and encourage applications from BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under‑represented in our workforce. We also welcome applications from reservists and ex‑armed forces. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us. As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.
Disclosures and Checks
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information, see the NHS Careers website.
Employer Details
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Moss House, Moss Street, Liverpool, L19 2NA
Website: https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/
Job Highlights
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
Job Details
Position: Clinical Lead
Location: Moss House, Moss Street, Liverpool, L19 2NA
Posted: 13 November 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 7
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full‑time
Reference number: 350-MHC7588765-A
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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