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Clinical Team Leader
The closing date is 07 June 2026
We have new opportunities within our All Age Continuing Care Specialist s117 Aftercare and Acquired Brain Injury Team. We are looking for clinical leaders with detailed knowledge in mental health and s117 aftercare, who are passionate about patient care and improving peoples life opportunities. You must share our leadership values of being compassionate, person centred, honest, innovative, and collaborative. Posts involve working across Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight.
As Clinical Team Leader (Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disabilities Nurse or Social Work registration with mental health specialism) you will be responsible for leading a team of professionals supporting clients who require care, treatment and support under the Mental Health Act, including overseeing comprehensive assessments of clients and championing a positive risk-taking approach alongside least restrictive practices and strengths-based approach.
You will have excellent leadership skills, able to motivate and support staff and lead compassionately. You will need extensive interpersonal and communication skills to establish good rapport with teams, stakeholders and clients and an ability to make decisions in a challenging but supportive environment. You will have the opportunity to develop strong links with health and social care colleagues to ensure effective multi-disciplinary working and develop a strong understanding of local NHS and independent sector service provision in individual’s own homes and in care homes
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be able to use specialist knowledge and clinical skills to ensure that coordination and outcomes are determined in a consistent manner to ensure effective application and interpretation of the MHA S117.
Main responsibilities
- Managing a team of professional staff and administrators, providing clinical supervision and professional expertise around complex s117 aftercare
- Leading and contributing to the training and development of all staff
- Screening and approve new funding applications and packages of care against least restrictive practice and strengths-based principles
- Monitoring and actively managing the clinical caseload and decision-making
- Participating in discharge planning meetings, Dialogue plus and Care and Treatment Reviews
- Providing proactive case management to individual complex and rehabilitation clients
Main attributes
- Be accustomed to a high degree of autonomy on a day-to-day basis
- Be able to assimilate large amounts of information and have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with attention to detail
- Ability to develop relationships and foster effective networks with key stakeholders, families and carers
- Be able to assess and prescribe care dependent on the individuals holistic health and care needs
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office and have intermediate typing skills
- Be able to commit to regular onsite working and able to travel daily across the county and occasionally countrywide
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job responsibilities
Experience in the Mental Health Act is essential along with an aptitude for leadership – if you have the right skills and attitude, we can support you to develop the specific leadership skills required. The Trust has a suite of educational opportunities to develop skills and we offer team training opportunities and Deputy Heads of Service who are non-case holding in order to mentor and develop our Clinical Team Leaders with knowledge and critical thinking about safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act and Court of Protection. You will be part of a wider All Age team, comprising administration, brokerage, commissioners, Deprivation of Liberty experts, proportionate care practitioners and case practitioners who provide a wide range of expertise and support. If you are looking for your next opportunity, this could be it. Working within All Age Continuing Care teams really develops and diversifies your skills.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone – if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust’s Recruitment team – detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working – all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional with current registration with professional body i.e. NMC, SWE.
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in health or social care.
- Qualified Best Interest Assessor
Experience
- Demonstrates excellent knowledge of NHS Funded Continuing Health Care criteria — guidance and policies and other legal frameworks as required (Children and Complex Care, s117 Aftercare, Mental Health Act etc.) Court of Protection/legal case management, responsible commissioner “who pays” guidance
- Knowledge of complex neurological conditions and experience of working with clients with complex brain injuries. Specific knowledge of the National Service Frameworks and appropriate national policy related to rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury/ neurological dysfunction (Specialist Rehabilitation / ABI team)
- Knowledge of complex neurological conditions and experience of working with clients with complex brain injuries. Specific knowledge of the National Service Frameworks and appropriate national policy related to rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury/ neurological dysfunction (Specialist Rehabilitation / ABI team)
- Experience of line managing staff.
- Experience of working effectively under stressful conditions in a rapidly changing environment.
- Experience of application of the Mental Capacity Act and relevant legislation in complex situations
- Experience of implementing and managing Personal Health Budgets
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.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£49,387 to £56,515 a yearPlease note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
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