Senior Practitioner

Job overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced mental health professional to join our Integrated Recovery Hub (IRH) in Wandsworth as a Senior Practitioner / Clinical Team Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role within a forward-thinking, integrated community mental health service, supporting adults with complex needs to achieve recovery and independence.

You will combine clinical expertise, leadership, and system-wide working to improve outcomes, reduce hospital admissions, and strengthen pathways between primary care, secondary care, and community services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a senior clinical practitioner, Deputy Team Manager, and Practice Development Nurse within the Integrated Recovery Hub (IRH), supporting delivery of high quality, recovery-focused community mental health care for adults with moderate to severe mental illness.

The role combines:

• Clinical leadership and caseload management
• Operational support to the Team Manager
• Practice development, quality improvement, and staff development

The post holder will:

• Contribute to clinical and operational leadership of the IRH team
• Support safe, effective flow through IRH pathways (psychosis, non-psychosis, complex emotional needs)
• Lead on practice development, training, and implementation of evidence-based care
• Promote multi-agency and integrated working in line with the IRH model

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist assessment, care planning, intervention and review for individuals with complex mental health presentations.
• Hold and manage a complex clinical caseload, including patients within standard and intensive/complex pathways.
• Ensure care aligns with:

• NICE guidance
• Recovery-focused care planning
• Trauma-informed approaches

• Lead on risk assessment, zoning, and crisis planning, ensuring safe management of risk.
• Provide clinical consultation and expertise to MDT colleagues

Leadership & Deputy Team Manager Responsibilities

Act as Deputy to the Team Manager, supporting:

• Day-to-day operational management
• Clinical oversight and decision making
• Caseload and workforce management

Provide clinical leadership within MDT forums, including:

• MDT meetings
• Daily huddles/zoning
• DIAM discussions.

Practice Development & Education

Lead on practice development across the IRH team, ensuring delivery of evidence-based care.

Design and deliver training programmes aligned to:

• IRH pathways (psychosis, CEN, non-psychosis)
• Risk management and safeguarding
• Trauma-informed care
• Engagement and recovery approaches

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