NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Interact Clinical Lead
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Interact Clinical Lead North East London NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and experienced professional to join the Interact Psychiatric Liaison Service as a Clinical Lead.
About North East London NHS Foundation Trust
At North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), we are committed to providing high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals and families across our communities. Our values focus on compassion, respect, and inclusivity, ensuring that every member of our diverse team feels valued and supported. We strive to create a positive impact through innovation and collaboration, fostering an environment where everyone can thrive and deliver meaningful change.
The Role
- Provide expert CAMHS mental health assessment, liaison, risk management, and care planning for children and young people presenting with complex mental health needs across emergency departments in North East London.
- Lead the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based care, ensuring compliance with Trust policies, NICE guidance, professional standards, and clinical governance requirements.
- Provide specialist clinical leadership through complex assessment, formulation, clinical decision-making, safeguarding, risk management, and consultation to multidisciplinary teams.
- Coordinate the day-to-day operational management of the service, including staff rostering, workload allocation, clinical prioritisation, and deputising for the Team Manager/Operational Lead when required.
- Lead, supervise, appraise, and line manage Band 6 and junior staff, fostering professional development, clinical excellence, reflective practice, and a positive team culture.
- Facilitate regular clinical reviews, provide specialist advice, and support staff through supervision, mentoring, teaching, and role modelling of best practice.
- Deliver education and training to multidisciplinary staff, students, and partner organisations to improve knowledge of mental health presentations, care pathways, and evidence-based practice.
- Promote integrated working across acute, community, and partner agencies, maintaining effective communication and collaborative care planning.
- Lead and contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit, research implementation, and the development of policies, protocols, and clinical pathways.
- Ensure accurate clinical documentation, data collection, reporting, and compliance with information governance, confidentiality, and record-keeping standards.
- Monitor service performance, staffing resources, and clinical outcomes, contributing to operational planning, financial accountability, and continuous service improvement.
- Act as a professional role model, upholding Trust values, maintaining high standards of conduct, and promoting the reputation and development of the service.
Essential Skills And Qualifications
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with a valid NMC registration.
- Proven experience in working within child and adolescent mental health services.
- Strong leadership and organisational skills, with the ability to manage clinical priorities effectively.
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This role will primarily cover core hours of 9:00am-5:00pm - Monday to Friday, with an additional expectation to contribute to out-of-hours clinical leadership and assessments (8:00pm-7:30am) where required across the acute children and young people's mental health pathway.
Job Overview
The post holder will provide clinical, operational, and professional leadership within the Psychiatric Liaison Service, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based mental health care for children and young people across acute hospital and community settings. They will undertake specialist mental health assessments, risk assessments, formulation, care planning, and crisis intervention for young people with complex mental health needs, providing expert clinical advice to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies.
The role is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day running of the service, including workload allocation, staff rostering, clinical prioritisation, and maintaining effective service delivery across multiple sites. The post holder will lead and support multidisciplinary teams through clinical supervision, line management, appraisal, mentoring, and teaching, promoting a positive team culture, professional development, and high standards of practice. They will deputise for the Team Manager or Operational Lead when required and provide leadership to the Young People's Home Treatment Team and overnight inpatient liaison service.
The post holder will ensure compliance with Trust policies, NICE guidance, professional standards, and clinical governance requirements by leading audit, quality improvement, service development, and the implementation of evidence-based practice. They will contribute to the development of clinical pathways, policies, and procedures while promoting integrated working with acute hospitals, community services, social care, education, and other partner organisations.
The role also includes responsibility for maintaining accurate clinical records, monitoring service performance, managing clinical risk, supporting information governance, and contributing to operational and financial management. Through expert clinical leadership, effective communication, and a commitment to continuous improvement, the post holder will uphold Trust values, enhance patient and carer experience, and ensure the delivery of responsive, compassionate, and person-centred mental health services.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes, Essex.
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Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Person Specification (Summary)
Essential
- Current NMC registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or equivalent professional registration.
- Significant post-registration experience within CAMHS, crisis services or mental health liaison services.
- Experience of leading and supervising multidisciplinary teams.
- Extensive experience undertaking risk assessments and managing complex mental health presentations.
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding, the Mental Health Act, clinical governance and national CAMHS guidance.
- Experience of staff supervision, appraisal and performance management.
- Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and make complex clinical decisions under pressure.
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification.
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification.
- Experience within home treatment, inpatient CAMHS or psychiatric liaison services.
- Experience leading audits, quality improvement initiatives and service development projects.
Working for Us
Joining #TeamNELFT means becoming part of a welcoming, supportive and ambitious organisation committed to delivering outstanding care.
NELFT is rated Good by the CQC, with a clear vision to achieve an Outstanding rating. We provide community and mental health services across North East London, Essex and Kent, supporting children, young people and adults.
We are proud of our award-winning equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives, comprehensive health and wellbeing programmes, and commitment to staff development. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised within the Working Families Top Employers Benchmark, and hold Carers UK Accreditation.
At NELFT, we believe that when our staff feel valued, supported and empowered, they can provide the very best care to the communities we serve.
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
Join us and help make a difference to the lives of children, young people and families across our communities.
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