Job summary
- Main area
- Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - rotation on shifts and nights
- Job ref
- 270-TG022-MH
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Berrywood Hospital
- Town
- Northampton
- Closing
- 06/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 6 Clinical Team Lead Meadowbank
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Meadowbank is unique in that it supports development of skills for community survival in an environment that aims to replicate the demands of every-day living, including the opportunity to explore employment.
People who may benefit from rehabilitation will be identified as early as possible within their care pathway to enable the development of positive relationships and a thorough understanding of that person’s needs.
In order to support a seamless transition for the individual the post holder will be working in an integrated skill mix team, including Psychologist, Occupational Therapist and other qualified clinicians and will help facilitate close liaison with other community mental health and in-patient services the Local Authority, and a wide range of non-statutory service providers.
This role requires flexibility, personal resilience, working under pressure and an ability to empathise with and support people who have complex needs.
Main duties of the job
The primary focus to enable a recovery focussed individualised approach for rehabilitation through to community services. The role will be to support the clinical team to coordinate and define the rehabilitation needs of individuals alongside the Multidisciplinary team. Support needs and individual interventions to optimise recovery will be defined by drawing on innovative and evidence based models of practice and assessment tools, such as the Life Skills Profile and CHIME.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Lead, coordinate and support the team to carry out clinical duties ensuring delivery of high quality rehabilitation care
· Support the Unit Manager and Service manager in the management and administration of the Unit.
· Support and encourage professional and personal development of recovery and rehabilitation competencies
· Support the team to review goals for recovery and rehabilitation using identified tools/models such as the Life Skills Profile and CHIME
· Support the team to work with service users to achieve their prioritised recovery goals and improve their quality of life based on clinical and patient reported outcome measure e.g. ReQol’s
· Be a key participant in the Multidisciplinary assessment and admission of individuals to the unit
· Participate in the nominated Clinical Team Lead rota for the Berrywood site.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • RMN or RN Dip/HE (Mental Health). • Experience post registration for 18 months minimum. • Experience of Adult Acute inpatient nursing ( in past 18 months). • Post qualification/registration experience in adult mental health.
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience in the Supervision and Assessment of students • Experience of rehabilitation and recovery • Caseload management experience • Understanding of wide rang of mental health conditions
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • Able to work collaboratively within a team structure. • Flexible with regard to shift work. • High clinical standards. • Leadership/management skills
Desirable criteria
- • Able to teach/supervise staff. • IT skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- CARLOTTA OAKENFULL
- Job title
- Service Manager Mental Health Recovery Pathway
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07850542714
- Additional information
Katarzyna Adamiuk
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