Job summary
Join Our Outstanding Community Mental Health Team in Suffolk!
Are you a passionate and experienced mental health nurse looking for a leadership role where you can truly make a difference? Do you want to lead a well-resourced team with small caseloads, enabling you to focus on high-quality care and recovery? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
We are looking for a Band 7 Clinical Team Leader to join our Suffolk Secure Services Forensic Community Mental Health Team, a dynamic and well-supported team dedicated to providing recovery-focused community care for individuals transitioning from secure settings.
Why Join Us?
- Manageable caseloads - focus on delivering truly personalised care
- A highly skilled and experienced team - work alongside dedicated professionals who share your commitment to mental health recovery
- Strong team support & development - regular reflective practice, clinical supervision, and career progression opportunities
- Excellent resources - benefit from additional funding dedicated to enhancing service user outcomes
- A chance to make an impact - help reduce hospital readmissions and promote successful reintegration into the community
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As a Clinical Team Leader, you will:
- Lead and motivate a passionate team to deliver high-quality care
- Manage a small caseload, ensuring focused and effective intervention
- Work closely with service users, carers, and partner agencies to support individuals in their journey to recovery
- Build upon the team's success following a recent outstanding Quality Standards Review
- Drive continued service improvements and help us achieve an outstanding CQC rating
Who We're Looking For
We welcome applications from mental health nurses with leadership experience who are committed to recovery-focused, person-centred care. If you have a strong background in forensic, community, or general mental health settings, we'd love to hear from you!
What We Offer
- Competitive NHS salary & pension
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 33 days) plus bank holidays
- Ongoing professional development & training
- Flexible working opportunities
- Access to NHS staff discounts, physio services, and more
Be Part of Something Special
At NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, and supportive team. Join us and be part of a service that values your expertise, prioritises work-life balance, and is committed to making a real difference in the lives of our service users.
Apply today and take the next step in your nursing leadership career!
For more information, visit our Facebook and Twitter pages @NSFTjobs or check out the full job description attached.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
By joining our team, you will be well supported to develop further your knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based interventions for the group of service users. Personal development will be supported through meaningful Appraisal and via a bespoke training package (a comprehensive in house & external training programmes). On a monthly basis you will be offered reflective practice sessions, mandatory clinical supervision, and Line management supervision. You will also have an opportunity to actively take part in Quality improvement projects within the service.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job responsibilities
By joining our team, you will be well supported to develop further your knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based interventions for the group of service users. Personal development will be supported through meaningful Appraisal and via a bespoke training package (a comprehensive in house & external training programmes). On a monthly basis you will be offered reflective practice sessions, mandatory clinical supervision, and Line management supervision. You will also have an opportunity to actively take part in Quality improvement projects within the service.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent, or HCPC registered
Desirable
- ILM Certificate in management or equivalent
- Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development.
- Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management / supervision experience.
- Experience with risk assessment and ongoing management
Other
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent, or HCPC registered
Desirable
- ILM Certificate in management or equivalent
- Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development.
- Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management / supervision experience.
- Experience with risk assessment and ongoing management
Other
Essential
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
