Overview
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Clinical Manager
The closing date is 12 October 2025
We are seeking a dedicated and motivated Clinical Manager to join and lead the Acute Community Services. Our service is focused on providing high-quality crisis assessment and short-term treatment to individuals in mental health distress, aiming to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
The job brings together five key teams working across three sites, with the service broken down into three broad functions:
Telephone Mental Health Crisis Line
Mental Health Crisis assessment
Intensive Mental Health Crisis treatment
The successful candidate will work closely with the Service Manager to deliver all functions safely, with a focus on improvement and co-production with service users and system stakeholders.
Closing Date: Sunday 12th October
Shortlisting Date: Monday 13th October
Interview Date: Thursday 23rd October (Subject to change)
Main duties
Key Responsibilities in collaboration with the Acute Community Services, Service Manager are:
* Lead and manage a group of multidisciplinary teams in delivering effective crisis assessment and short-term treatment.
* Oversee the development and implementation of care delivery for individuals experiencing acute mental health crises.
* Ensure high standards of clinical practice and adherence to service policies, targets and procedures.
* Foster a collaborative and supportive team environment, promoting continuous professional development, improvement and staff wellbeing.
* Work closely with external agencies, community resources, and families to deliver comprehensive care pathways.
* Monitor and evaluate service delivery and outcomes, identifying areas for improvement.
* Provide an escalation route and support system within the ACS leadership structure.
* One night a month on call as the on-call senior manager.
Qualifications and Experience
* Professional registration in mental health nursing, social work, or occupational therapy.
* Significant experience in mental health crisis management and community services.
* Proven leadership skills with experience in managing and developing teams.
* Strong assessment and clinical decision-making skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
* We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
* We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
* We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
* Increase mileage rates for > 3500
* A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
* A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
* Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Right to Work
Right to Work in the UK
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trusts eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.
Person specification
Qualifications
* A core mental health qualification e.g. Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Clinical Psychology
* Current registration/accreditation with professional governing body
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Post Graduate level education in relevant area or equivalent experience
* Educated to Masters Level or working towards
* Undertaken modules that support an Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification in mental health.
Experience
* Mental health care/treatment relevant to service (Significant experience)
* Working with people presenting in mental health crisis (Significant experience)
* Clinical leadership.
* Operational management of a clinical team
Disclosure and Background 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.
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