Clinical Lead

Haringey GP Federation; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Clinical Lead to help establish a new mental health rehabilitation service in Beckenham. This role involves ensuring high-quality care delivery, providing clinical leadership, and mentoring staff. The ideal candidate will have NMC nurse registration and significant experience in mental health. The position offers competitive benefits including annual leave, enhanced pension, and a supportive work environment focused on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced pension

Wagestream access to pay

Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme

Enhanced life assurance scheme

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience.
• Knowledge of complex mental health conditions and safe medication management.
• Experience with high clinical needs and achieving positive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure service user and carer needs are assessed and met.
• Lead and support staff to deploy resources effectively.
• Oversee safe medication management and provide clinical guidance.
• Identify and manage clinical risks proactively.
• Contribute to and monitor the service budget.

Skills

Strong clinical decision-making

Risk management

Safeguarding knowledge

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Team leadership

Coaching and mentoring

Organisational skills

Education

NMC First Level Registered Nurse

Tools

MS Office

CRM

Job description

We're thrilled to be launching a brand‑new residential service in Beckenham, developed in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. This marks an exciting milestone as we expand Everyturns services into London for the very first time.

Our new 12‑14 bed CQC registered service will provide specialist, clinically led community rehabilitation for people with complex mental health needs, delivering 24/7 clinical support in a safe, therapeutic, and recovery‑focused environment.

We're now looking for an experienced and values‑driven Clinical Lead to help establish, shape, and guide this service from the ground up. This is a rare and meaningful opportunity to influence a brand‑new model of life‑changing care, provide exceptional clinical leadership, and make a lasting impact on peoples’ recovery journeys.

Main duties of the job

What you’ll do:

• Ensure the needs of service users and their carers are assessed and met, providing person‑centred, outcomes‑focused care with dignity and accuracy.
• Maintain timely, high‑quality patient records in line with all clinical and regulatory standards.
• Lead and support the staff team to ensure effective deployment of resources, achievement of targets, and strong team wellbeing.
• Oversee safe medication management, offering clinical guidance aligned with professional, medical, and nursing standards.
• Coach, mentor, and support student and newly qualified nurses, fostering professional growth and high clinical standards.
• Identify and manage clinical risks proactively, implementing measures to reduce and mitigate potential harm.
• Contribute to and monitor the service budget, identifying efficiencies that support financial sustainability.
• Use service user feedback to drive meaningful improvements to care and service delivery.
• Conduct regular audits of clinical practice, review incidents and near misses, and report findings to the Quality and Safety team.
• Address and manage team conflict constructively, promoting a respectful and supportive working environment.
• Deputise for the Service Manager when required, ensuring continuous leadership and clinical oversight.
• Undertake any reasonable duties to support the organisation and maintain high standards of care.

About us

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell days.
• Enhanced pension.
• Wagestream – ability to release earnings, giving instant access to your pay.
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme, including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access, counselling sessions and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card.
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary.
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer!

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+, Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

Once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

What you’ll have

We’d love to hear from you if you possess the following:

• NMC First Level Registered Nurse with significant post‑registration experience.
• Knowledge of complex mental health conditions, behaviours that challenge and safe medication management.
• Experience supporting service users with high clinical needs and delivering positive outcomes.
• Strong clinical decision‑making, risk management and safeguarding knowledge.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and team leadership skills.
• Experience coaching, mentoring and supporting staff development.
• Ability to investigate complaints and implement practical solutions.
• Strong organisational, time‑management and IT skills (MS Office, CRM).
• Commitment to CPD, reflective practice and upholding Everyturn’s values of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and innovation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.