Clinical Lead

Overview

The closing date is 28 September 2025

We are seeking three dynamic, experienced Clinical Leads to provide expert leadership in developing our new adult community mental health intensive outreach team. Positions are available in West Cornwall, where you'll work collaboratively to ensure high-quality care for service users.

You will help shape an innovative, community-based service for individuals with complex psychosis who face barriers accessing traditional care. This is a unique opportunity to contribute directly to a new model of intensive outreach, targeting people with multiple, often unmet needs.

Your role will include applying advanced clinical expertise to assess, formulate, and guide care planning for individuals with complex presentations. You will support clinical teams in enhancing patient care pathways, especially where additional assessment is essential.

Strong clinical and risk assessment skills are essential, alongside a holistic view of both health and social needs. You/u2019ll be working in a progressive, supportive organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and staff development.

Join us and help redefine care delivery for some of the most vulnerable in our communities. We/u2019re excited to hear from clinicians passionate about making a lasting difference.

Main duties

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

- Cornwall Foundation Trust

- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

- Provide specialist skills, knowledge and expertise in the assessment, care and managements of all service users.

- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans in partnership with service users, carers, and the health and social care community.

- Undertake comprehensive risk assessments and implement risk management strategies. Demonstrate highly developed and specialised knowledge and skills in the area of Community Mental Health Services.

- Work closely with families and carers where appropriate to reduce psychological distress associated with the caring role.

- Provide clinical, ethical, practical and legal advice to colleagues where appropriate

About us

We/u2019re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people/u2019s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you/u2019ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people/u2019s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- Non-medical prescriber or working towards

- Management / Leadership qualifications or current study or equivalent experience

Experience

- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and knowledge base underpinning crisis assessment and intervention

- Extensive experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments

- Leadership and management skills

- Substantial experience of working in adult mental health setting

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.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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