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Job overview

Are you a passionate and experienced mental health professional ready to lead and inspire a team to provide exceptional care? Look no further! Holford ward is seeking a dedicated Clinical Lead to guide our team towards excellence in patient care and treatment.

We are a dedicated team working within a recovery-focused service, committed to providing exceptional care to our patients. As a key member of our in-patient multi-disciplinary team, you'll play a vital role in coordinating, delivering and maintaining high-quality clinical care.

Holford ward provides psychiatric intensive inpatient care. We also have provision to accept patients from prison or other mental health services. We provide assessment and intensive acute treatment for detained individuals in the most disturbed phase of their mental illness, whose capacity for self-control and associated risks cannot be therapeutically managed on a general open acute ward.

You may be required to work in other areas of the Trust to meet service needs.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Lead, you'll provide support to the ward manager and clinical leadership to the ward team and you'll lead the clinician management of patients to ensure that high standards of nursing care are achieved and maintained.

Additionally, you'll identify, provide and supervise therapeutic activities, emotional support and stability to patients to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries and take a lead on a range of interventions available, whilst ensuring that evidence-based practice is adopted and maintained. You'll also be responsible for the administration of prescribed medication in line with Trust policy and drug administration standards.

You'll maintain personal clinical expertise as required by the needs of a changing service and statutory bodies.

Working for our organisation

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, continuing professional development and regular informal conversations around career progression, annual recognition awards to celebrate and recognise our colleagues achievements throughout the year and not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

We work hard to make sure that inclusion is part of everything we do. We know that true inclusion means we’re able to provide the best care for our patients and provide a fulfilling career for all our colleagues.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London – there is truly something for everyone!

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.

We have six active and impactful colleague networks. These networks provide a safe space for colleagues to share their experiences and learn from one another, but also influence change across our trust:

• Multicultural Network
• Women’s Network
• Armed Forces’ Network
• LGBTQ+ Network
• Lived Experience Network, for colleagues living with disabilities
• Autistic Colleague Network