# Clinical Lead Nurse - CMHT

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Preston
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-08T10:13:02.110Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8065230
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8065230?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.

An opportunity has arisen for a key position of Clinical Lead Nurse for the Community Mental Health Team in the Kendal and South Lakes area.  As a Nurse Clinical Lead within the Community Mental Health Team, you will be an experienced and motivated registered Mental Health Nurse.

The role of the Community Mental Health Team is to provide assessment and community- based interventions, which is undertaken in partnership with referred individuals and focusses on individual needs, self-determination and recovery.

As a Nurse Clinical Lead you will support the team with professional and clinical leadership, promoting a culture of learning and person centred care, whilst promoting the Trust values.

### Main duties of the job

- Undertaking expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- Supervising and teaching professionals from the multi-disciplinary teams, qualified and unqualified staff.
- Working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
- Providing clinical leadership and support to the Team Leader in ensuring  a high  quality cycle of care.
- Providing clinical assurances to effective caseload management within community teams.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

## Job Details

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.

An opportunity has arisen for a key position of Clinical Lead Nurse for the Community Mental Health Team in the Kendal and South Lakes area. As a Nurse Clinical Lead within the Community Mental Health Team, you will be an experienced and motivated registered Mental Health Nurse.

The role of the Community Mental Health Team is to provide assessment and community- based interventions, which is undertaken in partnership with referred individuals and focusses on individual needs, self-determination and recovery.

As a Nurse Clinical Lead you will support the team with professional and clinical leadership, promoting a culture of learning and person centred care, whilst promoting the Trust values.

## Job Description

Undertaking expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- Supervising and teaching professionals from the multi-disciplinary teams, qualified and unqualified staff.
- Working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
- Providing clinical leadership and support to the Team Leader in ensuring a high quality cycle of care.
- Providing clinical assurances to effective caseload management within community teams.

## Responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

## Person Specification

### Skills / Competencies

**Essential**

- Up to date and relevant knowledge of evidence based practice, e.g. NICE Guidance.
- Knowledge of regulatory bodies and the requirements associated with this in terms of standards of service delivery, e.g. CQC.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, e.g. Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act.

### Knowledge / Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of developing, delivering and evaluating specialist programmes of care and risk management plans.
- Evidence of improving service delivery in line with evidence based practice.

### Education / Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC.
- Post-registration experience and/or evidence of formal courses and training at post graduate diploma level.
- Mentorship Course, including Clinical Supervision Training.

## Documents

- [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 696.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10355980)

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