Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 444-7040312-CG
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Swanswell Point
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Community Mental Health Clinical Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team. If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.
Candidate Information Pack - final version - digital (canva.com)
Job overview
Community Mental Health Transformation
New Community Mental Health Clinical Lead
Band 7 Clinical Lead
Based at Swanswell Point, Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry.
Do you want to be part of a brand-new service as part of Coventry and Warwickshire’s Transformation of Community Mental Health Services?
This is truly an unique opportunity to be at the helm, lead, and develop our newly transformed Community Mental Health Team in Coventry.
The team will aim are to support those with severe mental illness, to be a patient lead, trauma informed service that is recovery focused.
The service is being developed in conjunction with health, social care, statutory and voluntary sector partners to have an integrated service with partnership working.
Our new team is taking shape, and we want this to be an integrated multi-agency and multi-disciplinary service. We have exciting new roles who the successful applicant will work alongside - Physical Health Clinical Lead and an ASD Clinical Lead.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will initially work within the Coventry Mental Health and Wellbeing Team whilst the team is developing and will move over to the new Community Mental Health Team in the new year. The new team will be compromised of 3 smaller teams which will be intrinsically linked to the local neighbourhoods/Primary Care Networks.
The role will have the expectation of clinically leading these teams.
You will work alongside managers/clinical leads to develop the service and begin to pick up a specific relevant clinical caseload. You will also be in charge of developing the model of practice, evidence based interventions and outcome monitoring as well as liaising with other agencies, charities and voluntary sectors. (Rethink/MIND/CGL/POD)
A training plan will be put in place for the team, the successful applicant will support the development of this.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Working for our organisation
The Organisation is going through a transformation of Community Mental Health Services. We have a significant level of investment to improve access to treatment, and develop closer working relationships with stakeholders.
We encourage staff development, and you will be supported throughout your supervision and appraisal process to develop your skills and reach your potential.
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To have oversight and leadership of the caseload management, duty function, clinical development of the service and supervision. You will need to have excellent communication skills, high clinical standards, and be able to build positive relationships with a variety of internal and external partners.
Questions are encouraged to appreciate this exciting, new and challenging role.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant Professional Qualification
- Training in working with people who are experiencing mental ill health.
- Current Registration with relevant professional body with unrestricted practice
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Experience of working in a community mental health team
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written communication skills
- Effective organisational and delegation skills
- Ability to demonstrate and apply in depth understanding of policies, procedures and legal frame works
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of Equal Opportunities
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to demonstrate and apply in depth understanding of safety issues
- Ability to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience and competence in working in working in a community setting with people experiencing mental ill health.
- Evidence of effective caseload management.
- Experience of supervising registered and/or non-registered staff (including students)
- Significant experience of risk assessment and positive risk management
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Saran Di-Chiara
- Job title
- Operational Place Manager - Coventry
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07587998716
- Additional information
If you would like any more information, please contact:
Saran Di-Chiara via email on [email protected]
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