Team LeaderNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to help shape a new specialist community mental health service in Hounslow.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Band 7 Clinical Team Lead to join our newly formed Hounslow Intensive Outreach & Rehabilitation Team (HIORT).

HIORT brings together our established Community Rehabilitation (CRS) and Assertive Outreach (AO) pathways into one integrated multidisciplinary team. This is an important development for Hounslow and an opportunity to build on the strengths, expertise and experience of both services, while retaining the distinct clinical approach each pathway needs and creating a more joined up offer for people with complex and enduring mental health needs.

As our Clinical Team Lead, you will be right at the heart of this development.

Working alongside the Band 8a Team Manager, and our wider multidisciplinary colleagues, you will help bring the new team together and shape how we work in practice. You will provide visible, supportive clinical leadership across both pathways, line manage and develop staff, support effective caseload management and clinical decision making, and help us establish a positive, accountable and compassionate team culture.

Main duties of the job

This is a hands-on clinical leadership role. Alongside your leadership and first line management responsibilities, you will retain a small caseload of people with highly complex needs and work alongside practitioners when clinical situations require senior support. We want someone who enjoys being close to clinical practice, supporting staff and finding practical solutions when things are difficult.

There is a real opportunity to make your mark. As HIORT develops, you will help us strengthen our clinical standards, embed effective ways of working across rehabilitation and assertive outreach, improve the experience of people using our services and ensure that staff feel supported to deliver excellent care.

You will be a registered mental health professional with a strong background in community mental health and in working with people with severe and enduring mental health needs. You will bring sound clinical judgement, confidence in managing complexity and risk, and the ability to lead people with warmth, clarity and accountability.

If you are ready for your next leadership challenge and excited by the opportunity to help build and shape a developing service, we would really like to hear from you.

Job description

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.

About us

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.