Clinical Team Leader
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is a leadership role for a Clinical Team Leader on Harbour Ward at St Ann's Hospital, a 16-bedded male treatment ward. The role involves demonstrating knowledge and abilities, continually improving services, and providing hands-on care to service users. Clinical Team Leaders undertake a dual clinical and leadership role, acting as a deputy for the Ward Manager and playing a key role in day-to-day ward management. They support, supervise, and manage staff, and assist in delivering local and national outcomes. This is a 10-month secondment position.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
- Job Specific Experience
- Experience at Staff Nurse Band 5 level for a substantial period
- Experience of receiving clinical supervision
- Multi-disciplinary networking
- Ability to lead and work in multi- professional teams.
Desirable criteria
- Awareness multi-cultural issues within acute psychiatry
- Managerial Experience
- Experience in receiving feedback and adapting practice based upon this
- Ability to supervise others' work
- Additional Requirements
- Ability to meet contractual requirements and participate in 24hrs care
- A level of fitness and ability to participate and complete PMVA, Breakaway training and Manual Handling (practice and theory).
- Infromation Technology
- Basic IT skills, normally obtained through practice or practical training
- Knowledge, Skills and Training
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
- Job Specific Experience
- Experience at Staff Nurse Band 5 level for a substantial period
- Experience of receiving clinical supervision
- Multi-disciplinary networking
- Ability to lead and work in multi- professional teams.
- Awareness multi-cultural issues within acute psychiatry
- Managerial Experience
- Experience in receiving feedback and adapting practice based upon this
- Ability to supervise others' work
- Additional Requirements
- Ability to meet contractual requirements and participate in 24hrs care
- A level of fitness and ability to participate and complete PMVA, Breakaway training and Manual Handling (practice and theory).
- Infromation Technology
- Basic IT skills, normally obtained through practice or practical training
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 12d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
We are seeking a Clinical Team leader to join Harbour Ward at St Ann's Hospital. This is a leadership role with great opportunities to demonstrate your knowledge and abilities, whilst continually improving services and providing hands on care to service users.
This role is for a 10 month Secondment.
Harbour Ward: a 16 bedded male treatment ward, providing treatment and care for a wide range of mental health illnesses such as: Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Depression, Anxiety and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. The age of the patients ranges from 18 to 64.
The multi-disciplinary team on Harbour are supportive, knowledgeable and have wide ranging skills to:
- Treat informalpatients and thosedetained under the Mental Health Act using positive engagement, talking therapies (CBT/DBT) and medicines
- Place the patient front and centre in their recovery journey
- Engage creatively withpatients to co-produce theirindividual care plans
- Prioritise both mental and physical health wellness
- Help patients get active, eat well and take care of their own wellbeing
- Promote freedom of choice and least restrictive practice, in a safe and therapeutic environment
Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
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