Clinical Lead

Job overview

Exciting Leadership Opportunity – Clinical Lead at Moss House CMHT

Are you ready to take the next step in your clinical career and make a real impact in community mental health? Moss House Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is thrilled to offer a rewarding opportunity for a passionate and experienced professional to join us as Clinical Lead.

Moss House CMHT delivers vital care to adults facing severe and complex mental health challenges. As Clinical Lead, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping high-quality, person-centred care. You’ll play a key role in:

Conducting comprehensive assessments and crafting tailored treatment plans

Leading the delivery of outstanding clinical interventions

Driving excellence across the team and ensuring care standards remain consistently high

Supporting the service in achieving key performance indicators and continuous improvement

This is more than a job—it’s a chance to lead, inspire, and contribute to meaningful change in the lives of those we serve.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Bring to the Role:

Provide strategic clinical leadership in your specialist area, grounded in the latest evidence-based practice and cutting-edge theory.

Deliver expert assessment, planning, and evaluation of care for a defined group of service users, ensuring every intervention is purposeful and impactful.

Offer specialist clinical guidance to service users, carers, colleagues, and partner professionals—your insight will shape decisions and elevate care.

Demonstrate advanced clinical competence in navigating complex decision-making, managing high-level clinical needs, and leading within your area of expertise.

Collaborate closely with service users, carers, and external agencies to drive outcomes that matter, ensuring care is holistic, inclusive, and effective.

Experience and skills in prescribing medication are highly desirable and will enhance your ability to deliver comprehensive, responsive care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Champion the mental and physical well-being of service users by ensuring their health promotion, psychological, rehabilitative, and educational needs are proactively addressed.

Lead and coordinate the activities of the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), ensuring comprehensive, person-centred care is delivered in accordance with Trust and local policies and procedures.

Actively engage service users and carers in the development and evaluation of services, ensuring their voices inform high standards of care delivery.

Ensure care plans are developed in line with the Community Mental Health Framework, tailored to meet the assessed needs of each individual.

Serve as a key point of contact for service users and families, responding to concerns with empathy and professionalism, using advanced communication skills to provide reassurance and negotiate effective solutions.

Communicate sensitive or complex information clearly and compassionately to staff, service users, and carers, using both verbal and non-verbal techniques to overcome barriers such as emotional distress or resistance.

Prepare verbal and written reports for internal departments and the Operational Team Manager on matters including complaints, incidents, and investigations.

Maintain expert knowledge in clinical practice, policy, and staff management to ensure consistently high standards of service delivery.

Conduct regular audits to identify and promote best practices based on robust research evidence, supporting the implementation of service improvements.

Identify and manage clinical and non-clinical risks appropriately, escalating concerns to the Operational Manager when external support is required.

Support the Operational Team Manager in managing service delivery factors such as budget, staffing, resource allocation, and service user dependency.

Manage staff absence and sickness in line with Trust policies, ensuring appropriate actions are taken at each stage.

Identify opportunities for service development and communicate these to the Operational Team Manager.

Embed high standards of service delivery and ensure Service Governance is integral to team operations. Promote staff awareness and engagement with the governance agenda.

Support the implementation of Trust policies locally, ensuring compliance and escalating any delivery challenges to the Line Manager.

Provide feedback on Trust policies to ensure team perspectives are represented.

Ensure all staff operate within the Community Mental Health Framework, including assessment, care planning, review, and audit processes.

Liaise with the Operational Team Manager regarding disciplinary or grievance matters, and take responsibility for resolution in line with the scheme of delegation.

Coordinate annual Personal Development Plans (PACE), incorporating training and development needs for all staff.

Provide timely and accurate feedback following formal meetings related to performance, sickness, or absence.

Exercise sound judgement in interpreting policies and procedures, seeking guidance when necessary, and contributing to the development of directorate protocols.

Lead investigations into incidents or complaints as directed, ensuring timely completion and clear, objective reporting of findings and recommendations.

Contribute to the development and communication of the business plan, ensuring staff are informed and involved in shaping service priorities.

Assist in budget management, including oversight of devolved Social Care budgets, and report any issues impacting financial performance.

Ensure all new staff receive a comprehensive induction, and that this is appropriately documented.