Clinical Lead - Community Mental Health Rehabilitation
Band 7 | Clinical Lead | Grade Band 7 | Contract 5 months (Secondment or Fixed term opportunity until 31st March 2026) | Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5 Monday to Friday) | Job ref 201-25-832 | Site Engineers House | Town St Austell | Salary £47,810 - £54,710 Per Annum/Pro Rata | Closing 17/11/2025 23:59
We are delighted to offer an exciting secondment/fixed term contract opportunity for a passionate and experienced clinician to join our Community Mental Health Rehabilitation Service as a Clinical Lead. Based at Engineers House on the St Austell Hospital site, our team provides county-wide support to individuals recovering from complex and enduring mental health conditions. Working in close partnership with Fettle House, our inpatient rehabilitation facility, we offer a seamless and person-centred pathway that supports patients in transitioning to independent living within the community.
This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county, including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.
Responsibilities
* Provide specialist skills, knowledge, and expertise in the assessment, care, and management of all patients referred to the Community Mental Health Rehabilitation Team (CMHRT).
* Conduct comprehensive assessments and collaboratively develop, implement, and evaluate individualised care plans with service users, carers, and professionals across health and social care.
* Undertake thorough risk assessments and apply appropriate risk management strategies to ensure safety and wellbeing.
* Demonstrate advanced and specialised knowledge in mental health care, contributing to high standards of clinical practice.
* Empower service users by enhancing their understanding of their mental health conditions and providing accessible information and health promotion resources.
* Work in partnership with families and carers, offering support to help reduce psychological distress associated with the caring role.
* Ensure robust implementation of risk management procedures, including safeguarding policies for both adults and children.
* Respond to complaints, concerns, or queries from service users and others, initiating local resolution in line with Trust policies and procedures.
* Adopt a flexible attitude to meet the changing needs of the service, working flexibly between all mental health services.
* Facilitate the development of evidence-based clinical pathways and promote inter-agency work with statutory and voluntary agencies.
* Participate in clinical audit and outcome measuring activities, as agreed with the CMHT Team Manager.
* Participate in the design and implementation of audit and local research projects under the supervision of the project board.
* Undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.
Essential Qualifications and Experience
* Current professional registration NMC/AHP.
* Professional qualification RMN/AHP.
* Management / Leadership qualifications or current study or equivalent experience.
* Substantial experience of working in adult mental health settings.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
* Solution-focused training/experience.
* Additional training in mental health assessment.
* Experience of working with substance misuse.
Essential Skills and Aptitude
* Leadership and management skills.
Benefits
* Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues' physical and mental health.
* Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff.
* Free DBS checks where required.
* Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions.
* NHS Pension Scheme.
* Salary sacrifice car scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.
The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment. If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles throughout the organisation.
Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644.
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