About this role
Job summary
NLFT is seeking to appoint a permanent Clinical Lead to provide strategic, system-wide clinical leadership for the NCL Community CYPMHS Provider Collaborative, now entering its live operational phase.
This is a senior cross-provider leadership role responsible for:
Clinical governance and safety assurance across all providers.
Reducing unwarranted variation in pathways
Leading clinical strategy, policy standardisation and quality improvement
Supporting cross-provider transformation workstreams
Providing expert clinical oversight across the Collaborative's portfolio
Acting as clinical advisor to the Programme Director & Medical Director
Representing the PC at NCL ICB, Local Authority and system-wide forums
Providing 0.2 WTE clinical session with agreed Clinical Pathway to maintain active clinical practice
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide strategic clinical oversight, clinical transformation leadership, and senior governance across the NCL Community CYPMHS Provider Collaborative, ensuring high quality, safe and effective care across all partner organisations.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description Job responsibilities
Provide strategic clinical leadership to the Collaborative, working alongside the Programme Director and the Medical Director for CYPMHS. Ensure safe and effective clinical governance, quality oversight, and harmonisation of pathways across partner organisations. Lead the NCL Community CYPMHS Clinical Network, enabling crossprovider clinical collaboration and reducing unwarranted variation. Provide expert clinical input into transformation priorities, commissioning discussions, and systemwide planning. Represent the Clinical Voice of the Collaborative across the NCL Integrated Care Board (ICB), Local Authorities, and wider system forums. Maintain 0.2 WTE direct clinical activity within CAP, ensuring continued clinical practice and direct alignment with frontline CYPMHS services. Strengthen coproduction with children, young people, families, and the voluntary and community sector. The role is part of NLFTs commitment to supporting NCL system working through a clinically led, governancedriven, evidencebased approach to collaborative delivery. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical leader to shape the future of Community CYPMHS across NCL, influence system transformation, and make a significant impact on clinical outcomes and equity for children and young people across the region.
Person Specification
Eligibility Essential
MB BS or equivalent qualification or Educated to Doctorate Level Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start dateOR Be a Clinician registered with a recognised Clinical Professional Body Further professional qualification Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
Desirable
In good standing with GMC/NMC/HPC with respect to warning and conditions on practice Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management Open Dialogue Training Additional clinical qualification
Clinical Skills and Knowledge Essential
Excellent knowledge child and adolescent mental health Substantial clinical practice and leadership in children and young people's mental health services. Excellent clinical skills using biopsycho-social perspective and wide CYP mental health clinical knowledge. Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
Desirable
Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning Essential
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement. Participated in research or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
Desirable
Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Kings Cross- LentaSpace (Primary Base for Provider Collaborative Leadership)
180/186 Kings Cross Road
London
WC1X 9DE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)