# Clinical Lead

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Miranda House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Lead (legacy management group)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T12:10:47.692Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Yorkshire/Hull/Humber_Teaching_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health/Community_Mental_Health-v8378795
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8378795?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.humber.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) Clinical Lead provides clinical and professional leadership within a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist mental health services to adults with complex and enduring mental health needs. The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, recovery-focused and person-centred care that promotes wellbeing, independence and positive outcomes for service users and carers.

Working alongside the Team Manager and wider leadership team, the Clinical Lead will provide expert clinical leadership, support complex decision-making, oversee risk management processes and maintain oversight of clinical standards across the service. The role includes supporting staff development, promoting evidence-based practice and ensuring compliance with professional, organisational and statutory requirements.

The post holder will play a key role in the transformation of community mental health services, supporting the implementation of the Neighbourhood Mental Health Model, pathway development and integrated working with health, social care and voluntary sector partners. The Clinical Lead will lead quality improvement and clinical governance activities while championing recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches to care.

### Main duties of the job

- Provide clinical and professional leadership within the CMHT, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and recovery-focused care. Offer expert advice and guidance on complex clinical presentations, risk management, assessment, formulation and care planning.
- Support and develop multidisciplinary staff through supervision, coaching, mentorship and professional leadership. Promote evidence-based, trauma-informed and strengths-based practice throughout the service.
- Lead and contribute to clinical governance activities, including audit, quality improvement, service evaluation and the implementation of lessons learnt from incidents, complaints and feedback. Support workforce development through recruitment, appraisal, competency development and succession planning.
- Support the implementation of the Neighbourhood Mental Health Model by working collaboratively with primary care, social care, voluntary and community sector organisations and other partners to improve integration and access to services.
- Lead pathway development and service redesign initiatives to improve patient flow, transitions of care and service effectiveness. Monitor quality, performance and outcomes, implementing improvements where required.
- Maintain an appropriate clinical caseload and deputise for the Team Manager or senior leaders as required, contributing to the delivery of Trust and Directorate objectives

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
- Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area to advanced level of post-graduate diploma or equivalent knowledge /experiential learning

**Desirable**

- A breadth of clinical and professional practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing

### Skills & Competencies

**Essential**

- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring

**Desirable**

- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally

### Qualifications & Knowledge

**Essential**

- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts out of own area of work/responsibility
- Be a member of a recognised professional body and hold a current professional registration
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

**Desirable**

- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
- Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and audits within identified clinical area.
- Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification, if required

## Documents

- [being humber (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2687)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2760)
- [clinical lead jd (pdf, 256.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10707392)
- [destination humber nursing (pdf, 12.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2301)
- [recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2269)
- [application guide & interview tips (pdf, 600.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3021)

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