Main area Adults & Specialist Mental Health Services Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 310-MASMH-7330206
Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kingfisher House Town Huntingdon Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/09/2025 23:59
First Response Service Clinical Lead
Band 7
Job overview
Are you a passionate and motivated mental health professional looking for your next challenge? We’re seeking an enthusiastic Clinical Leadto join our dynamicFirst Response Service— a pioneering, award-winning team providing 24/7 mental health crisis support to individuals of all ages.
As part of our service, you’ll work closely with key community partners including the police, ambulance services, and local authorities to deliver compassionate, responsive care during times of crisis. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives when they need it most.
* Provide 1:1 support through both telephone triage and face-to-face assessments
* Collaborate with service users to develop effective crisis and safety plans
* Lead and support a multidisciplinary team, offering clinical guidance and mentorship
What we're looking for:
* A qualified mental health practitioner with leadership experience or aspirations
* Strong clinical skills in crisis intervention, risk assessment, and safety planning
* Resilience, adaptability, and a calm approach under pressure
* A commitment to compassionate, person-centred care
* Be part of a forward-thinking, supportive team.
* Work in a role that offers variety, challenge, and the chance to grow professionally
If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and want to be part of a service that’s transforming mental health crisis care in our community —we want to hear from you
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in both direct care and team leadership. Your responsibilities will include:
* Coordinating shiftsand allocating referrals and assessments across the team
* Conductingtelephone triage and face-to-face community assessments, especially for complex cases
* Deliveringbrief clinical risk assessments, mental health formulations, and short-term contingency plans
* Liaising with professionals and agencies such as emergency services, GPs, schools, and care homes
* Working closely with other mental health services including secondary care and crisis teams
* Implementingsolution-focused interventionsto empower patients, carers, and families
* Developingsafe and effective care plansusing strong communication and clinical judgment
* Drawing on your knowledge of external resources to provide tailored support for individual needs
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Co-ordinate shifts and support colleagues.
Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients in liaison with the First Response Service.
Provide assessment, planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment.
Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner.
Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.
Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.
Act as the patients and relatives advocate.
Enable patients and carers to manage disability, loss and change.
Champion patients’ rights, including: dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.
When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing.
Delegate duties and prioritise urgency of assessments.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Mental Health Nurse Qualification/ NMC Registration.
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Undertaken/working towards accredited courses which enable potential Advanced Practitioner registration.
* Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
* Advanced Nurse Prescriber Qualification / or AMPH qualification
Experience
* Mental health care/treatment relevant to service.
* Working with people presenting in mental health crisis.
* Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff.
* Multi-agency working/working across service interfaces.
* Working within a multicultural framework.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff.
Skills & Abilities
* Assessing, formulating and working with people presenting in heightened state of distress.
* Communicating (oral and written) complex/highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Clinical risk assessment and contingency planning.
* Able to meet the service needs for mobility across the geographical area covered.
* Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
* Experience of delivering brief psychological interventions/strategies for managing crisis
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
* Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
* Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
* Children’s community services in Peterborough;
* Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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