Job overview

Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) ready for a new challenge as a Band 6 Clinical Team Leader within a specialist older adult inpatient service? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Come and join our dedicated multi‑disciplinary team, where we work together to support older adults in maintaining dignity, wellbeing and a meaningful quality of life. We are seeking a Registered Mental Health Nurse who is passionate about caring for older people and committed to delivering the highest standards of mental and physical healthcare. You will bring commitment, innovation and a positive attitude, with the ability to engage service users and carers in all aspects of their care.

To thrive in this role, you will need to be resilient, motivated and adaptable, with the confidence to work effectively in a fast‑paced and ever‑changing environment. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate how they plan to carry out the responsibilities of the role, as well as their commitment to collaborative team working. 

The Clinical Team Leader will play a key role in leading others in the development of knowledge, ideas and clinical practice particularly in the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of care plans for older adults with both functional and organic mental illness.

You will support, guide and monitor the performance of nursing staff, including supervising the work of Staff Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and student nurses.

Main duties of the job

• To establish and maintain communication with individuals or groups of patients, carers and staff, about difficult or complex matters, overcoming any problems in communication.

•To develop own knowledge and skills and contribute to the development of others.

•To monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others in own work area.

•To contribute to the implementation of services.

•To contribute to quality improvement.

•To promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.

• To assess the care needs of people whose needs are relatively stable and consistent with others in the ward.

•To plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care to address people’s needs, which are relatively stable and consistent with others in the ward.

•To participate in partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies.

• To lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice.

•  To plan, allocate, assess and provide feedback to team members.

•   To maintain and support the efficient use of physical and/or financial resources.

Working for our organisation

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 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by 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.