Clinical Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Lead to join the Mental Health Crisis Intervention and Home-Based Treatment Team. The role focuses on strengthening clinical leadership, governance, and patient safety within a fast-paced crisis service. It involves leading the development of clinical governance, ensuring patient safety, and providing clinical leadership across crisis intervention, home treatment, and the NHS 111 option 2 line. The post holder will also drive innovation, service development, and build partnerships with external services.
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional qualification i.e., Registered Nurse, Registered Social Worker, State Registered O/T or Psychologist.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses.
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of policy implementation and development
- Leadership/management qualification
- Knowledge and Experience
- Demonstrate ability to implement quality improvement programmes.
- Experience of leading change in a clinical environment.
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- A breadth of practice including specialising in the field where the post is held
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
- Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced/expert level
- Qualifications, Education and Training.
- Relevant professional qualification i.e., Registered Nurse, Registered Social Worker, State Registered O/T or Psychologist.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses.
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Evidence of policy implementation and development
- Leadership/management qualification
- Knowledge and Experience
- Demonstrate ability to implement quality improvement programmes.
- Experience of leading change in a clinical environment.
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- A breadth of practice including specialising in the field where the post is held
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
- Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced/expert level
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Lead to join our Mental Health Crisis Intervention and Home-Based Treatment Team. This newly created post will strengthen clinical leadership, governance and patient safety within a fast-paced crisis service.
This is a Monday to Friday role with no unsocial hours or weekend working, supporting a positive work-life balance.
The service provides intensive crisis intervention and home-based treatment, offering a safe alternative to admission and supporting care in the least restrictive environment. Care is recovery-focused, trauma informed, patient-centred and delivered through multidisciplinary, evidence-based practice.
The team also delivers the NHS 111 option 2 mental health crisis line, providing timely triage and support. The post holder will hold clinical responsibility for its safe and effective delivery, ensuring high standards of access and oversight.
Working within the senior leadership team, the post holder will provide clinical leadership across the service under the guidance of the Senior Clinical Lead.
A key focus will be clinical governance, patient safety and assurance, maintaining robust systems for oversight and continuous improvement. The role will also drive innovation and service development, w
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