Band 7 Clinical Lead - Longbridge CMHT
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Lead within the Longbridge Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). The role involves providing high-quality assessments, reviews, and treatment interventions, as well as offering clinical advice and expertise to the multidisciplinary team for service users with severe and enduring mental illness. You will provide leadership and guidance on risk assessment, risk management, and problem-solving, and lead debriefs after incidents. The post also includes supporting the team manager in the effective operation of the team and influencing clinical practice through supervision and professional development.
Essential criteria
- Registered professional / evidence of post registration experience
- Evidence of continuing professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification or training
- knowledge and experience
- Significant experience of leadership and proven track record of supervising staff.
- Evidence of improving service quality
- Evidence of working at Band 6 level or above within CMHT setting or other specialist mental health setting.
- Experience of leading on audit and/or research activity related to clinical practice
- Good risk assessment and mitigation skills
- Resource management - the ability to develop team and individual key strengths through clinical and professional supervision
- Good leadership skills with the ability to teach and act as a role model for both qualified and non qualified staff including students
- Promotion of high quality reflective practice
- Ability to work within the accountability framework
- Understanding of audit and research processes
- Training and qualifications
- Registered professional / evidence of post registration experience
- Evidence of continuing professional Development
- Leadership qualification or training
- knowledge and experience
- Significant experience of leadership and proven track record of supervising staff.
- Evidence of improving service quality
- Evidence of working at Band 6 level or above within CMHT setting or other specialist mental health setting.
- Experience of leading on audit and/or research activity related to clinical practice
- Good risk assessment and mitigation skills
- Resource management - the ability to develop team and individual key strengths through clinical and professional supervision
- Good leadership skills with the ability to teach and act as a role model for both qualified and non qualified staff including students
- Promotion of high quality reflective practice
- Ability to work within the accountability framework
- Understanding of audit and research processes
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.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 7d
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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Clinical Lead - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Lead within Longbridge CMHT
The role requires working autonomously in providing high quality assessments, reviews, treatment interventions, clinical advice and expertise to the wider MDT in supporting service users with severe and enduring mental illness.
You will be responsible for providing additional leadership and guidance to team members in risk assessment, risk management and positive problem solving and lead on debriefs following incidents.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Lead will work across the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and support the team manager in effective operation of the team by undertaking practice and professional lead responsibility for specified areas of care delivery.
To be responsible for the development and maintenance of effective clinical pathways between CMHT and other services
The take a leadership role to positively influence and improve the quality of clinical practice by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for staff within the CMHT.
Develop confidence and competence within the team for managing complex clinical cases and issues
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