Clinical Lead - Mental Health Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust

To provide professional and clinical nursing leadership across the crisis pathway.

To develop and deliver specialist training, education and development opportunities for staff and, as agreed, external stakeholders.

To lead within the service on promoting clinical innovation and delivering continual development of nursing practice based upon evidence and relevant research.

To ensure excellence in nursing practice and that service delivery is based on NICE guidelines and other relevant documents and guidance.

To support clinical leadership of the crisis service.

To supporttraining within the pathway/service.

To undertake clinical oncall duties within an agreed roster period (Approx 2 -3 per month).

To support and advise team lead in developing supervision for CAMHS nurses in the designated area.

To act as a point of contact and nursing resource on all nursing issues relating to the designated area.

To lead on maintaining existing and on-going development of pathway for the acute general hospital and relevant interfacing departments

To provide and deliver specialist nursing advice, care planning and interventions for young people with complex needs and their families and to work closely with the Team Lead in order to deliver a person-centred service.

To provide expert nursing advice and care to service users, carers and staff.

Working with Team Lead, and other Lead Clinicians to ensure the highest quality of nursing care is delivered within the pathway and that this is measurable.

To be actively part of the on call roster (approximately 2-3 x per month).

To lead in developing specialist nursing protocols for the service, and where agreed, other protocols including those which may impact across other professions/Care Groups.

To participate in and contribute to Trust strategies and working groups in relation to nursing practice.

To work with the Team Lead on the recruitment and appointment of nursing staff.

To lead on the provision of professional advice and support to Team Lead on issues of nursing performance and capability.

To be the nursing lead in identifying, developing, implementing, and undertaking research/ development activity within the pathway.

To take a lead role in ensuring, maintaining and monitoring excellent standards of clinical Supervision and revalidation within the pathway

Ensure that all Nursing care and Nurse Development is informed and shaped by the NMC code of Practice.

To support the development of the benefits and opportunities of multi-disciplinary working and identify solutions to problems which utilise the full skillset of the MDT.

Deputising for the Team Manager where required.

Ensure excellent communication and joined up clinical care pathways in CAMHS and key external stakeholders.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

To provide and deliver specialist nursing interventions for a caseload of young people with complex needs and their families.

To support colleagues within the crisis pathway by providing specialist advice, guidance and active involvement in cases where there is a high level of complexity, risk and need identified.

To undertake clinical on call duties in each roster period as agreed (approximately 2 – 3 per period).

To work alongside the lead clinicians within the pathway to ensure fully integrated multi-disciplinary approach and holistic, person centred care planning underpins approaches and intervention.

To work closely with acute general hospital departments/colleagues to ensure high quality in-reach nursing and clinical support is undertaken for young people.

To ensure nursing principles underpin and contribute to the development and implementation of crisis, home treatment care planning and intervention

To take lead role in the continuous development, maintenance and review of high quality safety and coping plans.

To support the on-going development of high quality risk assessment/management and formulation within the crisis pathway

To provide specialist advice and support in relation to physical monitoring and management of young people presenting in crisis with restricted eating

This advert closes on Thursday 30 Apr 2026