Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Evidence of leadership and organisational development issues that have had a positive impact on service delivery
- Experience
Experience of successful clinical policy implementation and change
- Experience
Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice in community mental health setting
- Experience
Evidence of professional development work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change, that impacts beyond own area of work
- Experience
Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the service area
- Experience
Proven leadership experience at an advanced level which has had a positive impact/created change within service delivery/practice
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to work across organisational boundaries, developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
- Skills and Competencies
Organisational networking locally, regionally, nationally
- Skills and Competencies
Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Skills and Competencies
Good time & project management skills
- Skills and Competencies
Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Skills and Competencies
Be able to effectively Chair meetings
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
- Skills and Competencies
Sound experience/knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Skills and Competencies
Standard IT skills with working knowledge of IT systems relevant to own area of work
- Skills and Competencies
Frequent concentration required where the work pattern is unpredictable.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Registered under the NMC or HCPC
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Educated to Post Graduate Level or Degree plus significant advanced knowledge acquired through experience of community based mental health interventions and additional specialist training.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. mental health act, mental capacity Act,
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Teaching qualification
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Advanced clinical qualification in CBT,DBT etc / Medication Management / Advanced Practice
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Member of organisational group/network, locally/regionally/nationally
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Post-graduate/Masters level certificate
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Be on the live register of mentors if required for the service area
Job overview
Are you a compassionate and inspiring clinical leader ready to shape the future of community mental health care?
This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering and developing an innovative Mental Health Neighbourhood Model, helping transform how care is provided to local communities. Working at the forefront of community mental health transformation, you will provide clinical leadership that drives quality, innovation, and recovery-focused care across adult community mental health services.
If you are passionate about delivering outstanding clinical care, developing multidisciplinary teams, influencing service design, and improving outcomes for people experiencing mental ill health, this could be the ideal next step in your career.
About You: You are an experienced and highly credible registered mental health professional with a strong track record of clinical leadership within community mental health services. You possess excellent leadership, communication, and partnership-working skills and are passionate about improving outcomes for people experiencing mental ill health.
You thrive in collaborative environments, are committed to continuous improvement, and are motivated by the opportunity to shape and influence the future of community mental health care.
Main duties of the job
- As the Clinical Lead for the Enhanced Mental Health Community Pathway, you will provide strategic and operational clinical leadership across adult community mental health services. You will be accountable for ensuring the delivery of high-quality clinical care while supporting the ongoing transformation of services in line with local and national community mental health programmes.
- Working closely with the Operational Lead and wider multidisciplinary teams, you will balance clinical leadership, workforce development, governance, innovation, and service improvement to create services that are safe, effective, accessible, and recovery-focused.
- You will be a visible and influential leader who inspires confidence, promotes best practice, and supports teams to deliver exceptional care for the communities we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regards 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.
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This advert is for Clinical Lead with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust in Willerby, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Lead (legacy management group) role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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