Consultant

Transformationunitgm; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS healthcare provider is looking for a Clinical Lead for its community mental health service in West London. The role involves providing clinical leadership, developing quality strategies, and maintaining collaborative relationships within the healthcare community. Candidates require an MBBS or equivalent qualification, be fully registered with the GMC, and have excellent communication and leadership skills. This role is critical in providing high-quality support and care for patients in need of mental health services.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.
• GMC Specialist Register or within six months.
• Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the mental health service team.
• Maintain positive relationships with primary care and other mental health teams.
• Develop strategy, quality improvement, and clinical guidelines.

Skills

Clinical skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Job description

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to lead an innovative integrated community mental health service. You will play an integral role in further developing the service, teaching and training new team members and primary care staff and providing clinical and managerial leadership to the team.

MINT is a model of community-based mental healthcare for adults aged 18+ with a wide range of mental health difficulties. The MINT model focuses on supporting people’s mental health, alongside their physical health and social needs, providing joined-up, community-based care tailored for each individual. The service aims to offer therapeutic intervention and support within 28 days.

MINT has been developed to reflect NHS England’s Long Term Plan and the Community Mental Healthcare Framework with an ethos of The right care. At the right time. In the right place.

There are nine MINTs across the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow. Each MINT team is aligned to between one and three primary care networks, which are made up of a cluster of general practitioner surgeries.

Main duties of the job

Clinical leadership: You will have a key role in a liaison/consultation model to provide early, easy access advice to GPs and the Primary Care Networks to support care of patients in the locality. GPs in the borough will be able to contact you via telephone or email for advice during working hours. You will also provide clinical leadership to the team in clinical multi-disciplinary team meetings and referrals meetings as well as being available for case discussions, advice and supervision within and outside team meetings, assessments and more direct input in particular in risk and/or medication management and diagnostic assessments.

Relationships: you will be expected to maintain positive relationships with colleagues in the Primary Care Network as well as in other secondary care mental health teams, Talking Therapies, Local Authority and 3rd sector partners.

Service development: You will work in partnership with the Team Manager to provide leadership and development to the MINT Team. This will include developing strategy, quality improvement, audit, and written policies and guidelines for the future delivery of MINT Services through working collaboratively with others in WLNT and the PCNs and other stakeholders.

Training and education: You will be expected to participate in training for key individuals in the Primary Care Network such as GPs as well as within the MINT team itself.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
• GMC Specialist Register or within six months
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Academic skills and lifelong learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
• Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit

Other Requirements

• Commitment to and compliance with Trust values
• Mobile and able to travel to Trust sites

Clinical Knowledge

• Excellent clinical skills
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Excellent knowledge in speciality
• Wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre‑employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks . After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment applications to fully showcase their unique skills, experiences, and achievements. While technology can be a helpful tool, we do not encourage the use of AI‑generated content in applications. Relying on AI to generate responses rather than highlighting your own strengths and experiences may negatively impact the success of your application. Please note that all applications will be carefully assessed based on the essential and desirable criteria for the role, and it is crucial that your application and supporting information clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.