About this role
Job summary
The Clinical Lead for the Psychosis Pathway is a senior clinician responsible for providing day-to-day clinical leadership across adult community mental health psychosis services. The postholder will ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care to service users and their families, while supporting staff development and driving continuous service improvement.
The role involves leading clinical decision-making, overseeing the delivery of evidence-based interventions, and maintaining strong multidisciplinary and partnership working to improve outcomes for people experiencing psychosis.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical leadership and direction across the psychosis pathway Support and develop staff through clinical supervision, guidance, and training Ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based (NICE concordant) interventions Lead on clinical decision-making, including complex case discussions and care planning Oversee risk assessments, safety planning, and safeguarding practices Coordinate care to ensure timely, safe, and effective service delivery Work collaboratively with service users, families, and partner organisations Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and clinical governance Maintain high standards of clinical record-keeping and compliance with policies
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
Job description Job responsibilities
Provide clinical leadership and supervision to a multidisciplinary team, supporting high-quality, evidence-based care for people experiencing psychosis. Lead clinical discussions, oversee assessment, care planning, and risk management, and ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act, safeguarding, and Trust policies.
Coordinate and prioritise care delivery, support staff development, and contribute to recruitment, performance management, and team effectiveness. Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping and governance.
Contribute to service development by supporting quality improvement, reviewing pathways and protocols, monitoring outcomes, and engaging with service users, carers, and partners.
Act as a role model, promoting professional standards, continuous improvement, and collaborative team working, while maintaining own professional development.
Please see Job Description attached for further information.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications Essential
Relevant professional qualification (RMN, OT, Social Worker, Psychologist), educated to degree, masters level or have other relevant experience. Qualification/advanced practice in delivery of evidence-based intervention for people with psychosis.
Experience Essential
Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice in variable settings including working with people with psychosis. Experience of providing professional support/supervision and development of staff Experience of leading MDT's.
Desirable
Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance. Experience of delivery of evidence based clinical interventions for people with psychosis
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of the key policies driving work with adults in need of mental health services and rehabilitation. Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
Desirable
Ability to effectively deal with aggression when required. Ability to present service information and service development clearly.
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 Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address Ferryview Health Centre
25-27 John Wilson Street,
Woolwich
SE18 6PZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)