Clinical Lead

NHS; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in North Cumbria seeks a Clinical Lead to manage clinical expertise for complex presentations, including personality disorder and PTSD. This role involves providing supervision, case management, and collaborative support across multiple services. The ideal candidate will showcase strong leadership, communication skills, and a solid background in mental health nursing. Join a compassionate team committed to high-quality care and dynamic service within challenging environments.

Qualifications

• Knowledge & experience of the Recovery Model.
• Proven track record of providing professional leadership within clinical services.
• Experience of working within a multi‑disciplinary team using the CBU approach.

Responsibilities

• Act as a role model to support the team in delivering high-quality standards of care.
• Provide clinical advice and supervision to the team.
• Lead/support and contribute to monitoring clinical performance via audits.

Skills

Excellent communication and liaison skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse / Registered Learning Disability Nurse

Relevant clinical training and postgraduate qualification

Management/leadership qualification

Job description

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Lead

The closing date is 20 January 2026

The Complex Emotional Needs team is delighted to be advertising a Specialist Practitioner post in North Cumbria. We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic clinician with suitable leadership and experience, who is motivated to join the team. The team works with a caseload of hard‑to‑reach, multi‑agency service users who present with high risks mainly to self.

The successful candidate will provide clinical expertise to a range of complex presentations including those diagnosable with personality disorder and complex post‑traumatic stress disorder. The postholder will provide supervision and case management across a range of agencies and services and liaise and communicate effectively with partner agencies.

Main duties of the job

• Act as a role model to support/guide the team in delivering high quality standards of care, be responsive to service demands and dynamic in supporting the team with complex and challenging situations.
• Demonstrate an excellent older adult mental health and safeguarding knowledge base.
• Apply robust assessment and risk management skills to ensure safe and effective practice.
• Showcase excellent communication skills, work well within the leadership team to prioritise daily clinical demands, and support the clinical team.
• Provide clinical advice and supervision (both individual and group) and contribute to individual appraisals.
• Deliver in‑house training to the team and wider services when needed, and embed clinical standards within the team.
• Lead/support and contribute to monitoring team’s clinical performance via clinical audits and work in conjunction with the Team Manager to support actions to improve the quality and performance of the service and outcomes for service users.
• Apply excellent organisational, time‑management and delegation skills to work in an area of changing priorities.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re‑Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 6th January 2026

Closing date : 20th January 2026

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge & experience of the Recovery Model.
• Proven track record of providing professional leadership within clinical services.
• Clinical supervision and application, adherence to Health and Safety policies.
• Casework management.
• Facilitation of personal development planning.
• Experience of CBU‑based model of care provision.
• Experience working within a multi‑disciplinary team using the CBU approach.
• Experience of positive clinical risk‑taking and WRAP.
• Knowledge of data systems.
• Experience working in multi‑agency systems.

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent communication and liaison skills.
• Evidence of time management and organisation.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills.

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse / Registered Learning Disability Nurse (as appropriate) or equivalent relevant professional qualification.
• Relevant clinical training and postgraduate qualification.
• Management/leadership qualification.

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust