# Clinical Team Leader - Community Mental Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-team-leader-community-mental-health/75304b9f-4574-44ee-9957-703ad497e609 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-team-leader-community-mental-health/75304b9f-4574-44ee-9957-703ad497e609.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** HMP Bronzefield - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical service manager - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-02T15:10:55.165Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Nursing/Mental_Health_Nursing-v8393238 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8393238?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Would you like to work for an exciting, progressive team where 90% of the management team have been promoted from within? If so, this could be the job for you! An opportunity has arisen to work as one of the Mental Health Clinical Team Leaders for Brent Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH). We are looking for candidates with robust clinical expertise who are also able to demonstrate progressive skills in clinical leadership and management. Brent CMHT is one of the leading performing teams in the trust and an early onsetter of the community transformation which is now successfully embedded. This progressive trust supports staff to develop and creates learning opportunities at all levels. Bringing your authentic self to the organisation is something we can value and use positively to enhance our engagement with the various community groups we serve. The post holder will be required to provide strong clinical leadership for the team and work closely with allocated named workers to establish and maintain clinical care standards, ensuring that the quality of care provided is continually informed by evidence-based practice. Working within a busy Community Mental Health Hub, the post-holder will lead on actively supporting a multidisciplinary team with a diverse skill set. They will directly contribute to an environment that champions team cohesion and cooperation. ### Main duties of the job Leadership To co-ordinate the day-to-day clinical activities of the team to ensure the smooth running of the CMHH To always promote patient care by treating service users, carers, and loved ones with respect and courtesy and maintain their dignity To provide specialist support, consultation, advice and expertise to the team on cases as required Service Development To assist with the setting and maintenance of high standards of care and clinical practices within the multi-disciplinary team To work closely with the Team Manager to ensure the continual development of the CMHH in Brent To develop a positive and effective liaison with services, agencies and individuals as identified above and ensure that any service interface problems identified are promptly notified to the Team Manager Clinical To provide appropriate support and contact for service users, considering their health, social and cultural needs. To carry out risk assessments for service users in line with the Trust’s and local policies and procedures To take responsibility for ensuring that discharges from the CMHH are done in a safe and timely manner to ensure ongoing throughput To develop and maintain innovative and creative ways of working with service users experiences mental health challenges ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post-holder will ensure that effective recovery-focused approaches to service user care are promoted and embedded within the service. They will also be expected to make valuable contributions to multidisciplinary team assessments, and the formulation and implementation of multidisciplinary care plans. The post holder will manage a small caseload alongside taking responsibility for the day-to-day co-ordination of clinical activities, ensuring that clinical priorities are set and the team caseload is regularly reviewed. They will be required to supervise clinical staff and provide knowledge and expertise on complex care issues, as well as statutory requirements and duties. The post-holder will be familiar with the data/performance requirements of the Community Mental Health Hub and ensure that these are met by the team. They will take responsibility for allocating caseloads in a manner that takes full account of the needs of the service user and expertise/skills available within the team. The post-holder will lead on achieving the clinical objectives of the team, including but not limited to chairing multi-disciplinary team meetings, managing transfers of care into and out of the service, and reviewing caseloads. They will also support the Team Manager in achieving operational objectives. ### 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** - Extensive experience of working in a mental health community setting - Experience of working within CMHT delivery model. - Experience of working with people experiencing psychosis. - Experience of supervising/mentoring students or junior staff. - Significant experience of Care Management/Care Co-ordination under CPA guidelines. - A team player with experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and with multiple agencies; statutory or voluntary, or service providers on a range of patient care issues - Experience of supervision and teaching/mentoring professional staff group. **Desirable** - Experience of dual diagnosis work. - Experience of Relapse Prevention Work. ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Sound knowledge of the concept, principles and practice of CMHT in mental health practice. - Knowledge of relapse prevention, psychosocial intervention and the assertive outreach model - Possess extensive knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Amendments (2007), Code of Practice and related legislations. - Knowledge of the Children Act 1989 - Possess extensive knowledge of CPA, Evidence of the ability to conduct research/audit and the implementation of evidence-based clinical practice. - Evidence of excellent interpersonal relationship skills and appropriate diplomacy for providing care, developing and maintaining positive working relationships with service users, staff and the wider professional groups or individuals. - Evidence of well-developed communication skills with emphasis on effective handover/communication of client concerns and the ability to interpret and disseminate protocols, policies and procedural guidelines. - Evidence of well-developed communication skills with emphasis on effective handover/communication of client concerns and the ability to interpret and disseminate protocols, policies and procedural guidelines - Evidence of excellent persuasive skills and the ability to motivate and engender positive attitude amongst staff. - Demonstrate good understanding of issues around the delivery of mental health services to a diverse multi-ethnic population within an inner city/urban geographical area. - Ability to work flexibly according to the needs of the service. - Possess excellent negotiation skills and the ability to engage service users in a variety of creative ways. - Time management skills and ability to organise and prioritise conflicting demands. - Some evidence of good clinical skills/knowledge base, particularly in the areas of risk assessment, care planning, care implementation and co-ordination. - Working knowledge of responsibilities under Community Care Act, 2014. - Good Knowledge and Understanding around Safeguarding. - Possess proven ability in the use of Microsoft packages. **Desirable** - Knowledge of child protection issues. ### EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Professional qualification either Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy. - Evidence of Post Qualification Training relevant to Post. **Desirable** - Certificate in Leadership and management. - Relevant Professional qualification/training, e.g. psychosocial intervention, counselling, family therapy ## Documents - [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162) - [job description (pdf, 160.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10735822) - [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868) - [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160) - [person specification (pdf, 136.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10735823) - [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773) - [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869) - [accommodation information for new starters (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2438) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.