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Job overview
The Clinical Lead for Kelvin Grove will provide visible clinical leadership for the Crisis House, ensuring the safe, effective and recovery-focused delivery of care in partnership with Penrose.
Working closely with the Operational Lead, Bedford Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT), Penrose Service Manager and wider multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will provide clinical oversight of the service, ensuring that residents receive high quality, person-centred care within a psychologically informed environment.
The Clinical Lead will support the day-to-day clinical operation of Kelvin Grove by providing advice to guidance both ELFT and Penrose staff. They will oversee referrals into the service, support clinical decision making, coordinate multidisciplinary reviews, provide clinical supervision and ensure effective discharge planning.
The post holder will work collaboratively with CRHT medical staff and community teams to ensure that residents receive appropriate assessment, treatment and follow-up throughout their stay.
The Lead Nurse will champion continuous service improvement, ensuring that Kelvin Grove operates safely, meets contractual and Trust standards, delivers excellent patient experience and contributes positively to the wider crisis pathway.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership for the safe and effective operation of Kelvin Grove.
- Ensure that referrals are clinically appropriate and meet agreed admission criteria.
- Support collaborative working between ELFT and Penrose staff.
- Lead on clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
- Ensure effective assessment, care planning, risk management and discharge planning.
- Monitor performance against agreed Key Performance Indicators.
- Promote a recovery-focused, trauma-informed and psychologically informed model of care.
- Support the development of staff through supervision, teaching and professional leadership.
- Ensure residents receive compassionate, person-centred care that promotes independence and recovery.
- Deputise for the Operational Lead when required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in undertaking audit/review
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Awareness of cultural and ethnic issues.
- Knowledge of current legislation/policies relating to community mental health.
- Knowledge of the needs and rights of service users and carers.
- Strong assessment skills.
- Well developed experience in working with severe and enduring mental illness, preferably in a community setting.
- knowledge of KPI's
Desirable
- Evidence of good organizational skills
- Computer literacy
Education/Qualification/Training
Essential
- Suitable experience at Band 6 Grade
- Good interpersonal skills
- Effective communication skills both orally and in writing
- Proven leadership
- Suicide prevention training
- experience of complex crisis assessments
Desirable
- Post Qualification training and development
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This advert is for Clinical Lead Nurse with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per year. The contract type is Secondment: 6 months. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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