Are you an experienced Band 7 Mental Health Nurse with strong leadership, community mental health and Assessment & Liaison experience, looking for a senior locum opportunity within a high?performing NHS service? We have an excellent position available with the Croydon Assessment & Liaison Team, offering full?time hours, competitive rates, and the chance to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering high?quality, recovery?focused care.
Job Title: Band 7 Team Leader / Senior Clinical Practitioner
Location: Croydon (Assessment & Liaison Team)
Duration: ASAP – Ongoing
Schedule: Monday – Friday | 9am–5pm
Start Date: ASAP
Rate of Pay: £31ph
Contact: Eric Lopes – 0203 475 4175 / elopes@hg-mh.com
Join a dynamic Assessment & Liaison service providing comprehensive mental health care to adults with complex bio?psychosocial needs. In this senior role, you will:
• Provide overall clinical and operational leadership to the team, ensuring safe, effective and evidence?based practice • Oversee service users’ care pathways, ensuring high?quality assessment, planning, intervention and review • Lead multidisciplinary working, maintaining strong communication with CMHTs, HTT, inpatient wards, social care and external agencies • Deliver low?intensity CBT, psychoeducation and recovery?focused interventions where appropriate • Ensure compliance with MHA, CPA, safeguarding, Human Rights Act and all relevant legislation • Provide regular supervision, appraisal and mentorship to junior staff and students • Support service development, quality improvement, audits, benchmarking and modernisation projects • Manage team resources, staffing levels, recruitment, bank/agency usage and cost?effective service delivery • Chair MDTs, interagency meetings and case discussions to support safe, coordinated care • Maintain high standards of documentation, communication and clinical governance • Respond to incidents, review Datix reports and implement learning to improve practice • Promote service?user involvement, dignity, independence and culturally sensitive care • Act as a senior point of escalation for complex clinical decisions, safeguarding concerns and operational issues
To be successful in this role, you will need:
• Current and valid NMC registration (RMN) or equivalent professional registration • Strong experience within Community Mental Health, Assessment & Liaison or similar settings • Proven experience managing a caseload and overseeing clinical practice • Experience supervising staff, completing appraisals and supporting professional development • Knowledge of evidence?based interventions for complex mental health needs • Strong understanding of MHA, CPA, safeguarding, Human Rights Act and relevant legislation • Excellent communication skills, including handling sensitive issues and chairing MDTs • Ability to work in a fast?paced environment and manage competing priorities • Experience working within a multidisciplinary team and across agencies • Commitment to service?user involvement and recovery?focused practice • Immediate availability preferred
This role offers 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with an ongoing contract and strong potential for extension.
This opportunity will move quickly. Contact Eric Lopes today on 0203 475 4175 or email elopes@hg-mh.com to apply.
Hunter Gatherer Mental Health is a leading UK recruitment agency for mental health professionals, specialising in locum and permanent roles across the NHS and private sector.
• Fast & simple locum registration • High?paying roles with reliable weekly payroll • Specialist consultants who understand your clinical field • Exclusive NHS & private sector opportunities • Ongoing support throughout your placement