Clinical Team Leader
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This Clinical Team Leader role is within the Integrated Community Re-enablement and Assessment Service (ICRAS), a multidisciplinary team supporting people in the community at risk of hospital admission or transitioning from acute care. The post holder will provide clinical leadership and management to a team, ensuring efficient, effective, and high-quality care delivery. They will be responsible for the clinical service in the city-wide area, focusing on leadership, management, and communication to achieve coordinated and responsive patient care. Candidates with a Nursing Background are sought to implement a new service model.
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent qualification.
- Appropriate prescriber - if required within the role.
- Evidence of CPD/Short courses.
- Registration with relevant professional body.
Desirable criteria
- First line management qualification.
- Knowledge/ Experience
- Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience.
- Experience of management and clinical leadership.
- Experience of successful multi-agency working
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
- Understanding how other agencies work
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
- Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues.
- IT literate.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload.
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to understand and analyse complex data.
- Risk assessment skills.
- Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Self-management and motivation skills.
- Report writing skills.
- Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues.
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries.
- Research skills
- Degree or equivalent qualification.
- Appropriate prescriber - if required within the role.
- Evidence of CPD/Short courses.
- Registration with relevant professional body.
- First line management qualification.
- Knowledge/ Experience
- Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience.
- Experience of management and clinical leadership.
- Experience of successful multi-agency working
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
- Understanding how other agencies work
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
- Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues.
- IT literate.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload.
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to understand and analyse complex data.
- Risk assessment skills.
- Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Self-management and motivation skills.
- Report writing skills.
- Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues.
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries.
- Research skills
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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Job summary
Integrated Community Re-enablement and Assessment Service (ICRAS) is that a multidisciplinary team work together to manage the care of people both in the community, requiring support of an urgent nature and who are risk of imminent hospital admission as well as those transitioning from an acute environment who require additional support.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for additional Team Lead positions to join our existing workforce as we move forward implementing a new model.
We are looking for candidates with Nursing Backgrounds to join our service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of the clinical service in the city wide area. The post holder will be required to provide team leadership and management to a team. The primary function of the role is to provide leadership, management, and communication to and for the team, ensuring the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and responsive high quality care to patients/clients.
Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, Nort
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