Islington Pathway Lead

Job overview

Islington Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation. North London Foundation Trust are at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to build  support systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of Primary Care Networks, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mental health model. The purpose of this post is to lead on one of the pathways in the Locality Team.

Main duties of the job

This Band 7 Psychosis Pathway Lead Nurse post is essential for delivering a safe, effective, and sustainable service. The role provides the clinical leadership required to oversee complex triage functions, supervise multidisciplinary staff, maintain operational stability, and uphold patient safety. Without this post, the risks to service users and the wider system are substantial and immediate. Recruiting to this role ensures the Trust can meet its clinical governance requirements, transformation goals, and commitment to high-quality community mental health care.

This post is essential to ensure the safe, effective, and sustainable delivery of community mental health services. The team requires a permanent senior clinician who can provide consistent leadership, clinical oversight, and operational management. The role is critical for maintaining service quality, ensuring staff are supported, and meeting the Trust’s expectations around productivity, supervision standards, and patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Relationships/Communications The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.

Internal Relationships  • Colleagues and Co-workers • Senior Managers

External Relationships • Partners such as VCO’s • Other Mental Health providers in the locality  • Other NHS Organisations • Local GP’s • Adult Social Care  • London Borough of Camden