Band 7 Clinical Lead - Longbridge CMHT | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham, B45 9PL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	1 Sept 2026
Closing date:	1 Oct 2026

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Lead within Longbridge CMHT

The role requires working autonomously in providing high quality assessments, reviews, treatment interventions, clinical advice and expertise to the wider MDT in supporting service users with severe and enduring mental illness.

You will be responsible for providing additional leadership and guidance to team members in risk assessment, risk management and positive problem solving and lead on debriefs following incidents.

The Clinical Lead will work across the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and support the team manager in effective operation of the team by undertaking practice and professional lead responsibility for specified areas of care delivery.

To be responsible for the development and maintenance of effective clinical pathways between CMHT and other services

The take a leadership role to positively influence and improve the quality of clinical practice by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for staff within the CMHT.

Develop confidence and competence within the team for managing complex clinical cases and issues

To take a lead role in the provision of clinical leadership and caseload supervision to the team. They will be expected to act as a positive role model in promoting clinical excellence

Applicants should have relevant experience and competence in:

• Robust assessing of a range of mental health issues.

• Risk identification and management

• Positive relationship building across a variety of stakeholder groups

• Expert navigation of a range of support, VCSE, social and clinical services

• Co production at all levels

• Experience in providing supervision to others.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached jobdescription and person specification.

This advert closes on Sunday 13 Sep 2026

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