Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Lead

The closing date is 09 March 2026

Job summary

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic practitioner ready to take the next step in clinical leadership? Do you have a passion for delivering outstanding care to children, young people, and their families, while supporting and inspiring colleagues? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Our CYPS Community Team in Northeast Hampshire (covering Hart & Rushmoor) is a highly supportive, friendly, and innovative service. Guided by the i-THRIVE framework, we focus on providing Getting More Help and Risk Support to children and young people. As Clinical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping care delivery, ensuring high standards of practice, and fostering collaboration across the multidisciplinary team.

What we're looking for:

Professional registration with NMC or HCPC.
Significant experience working with children and young people under 18.
Strong leadership and relationship-building skills.
A commitment to innovation, collaboration, and delivering excellent outcomes.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an experienced Clinical Lead to provide leadership and management support within our CYPS Community Team in Northeast Hampshire. This is a dynamic and varied role, offering the opportunity to make a real impact on the delivery of care across the locality.

Key responsibilities include:

Assist with providing overall leadership and management support to the CYPS Community Team .
Supervising and guiding colleagues to ensure high standards of clinical practice.
Building strong, collaborative relationships across services in Northeast Hampshire.
Working in close partnership with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and senior leadership to deliver integrated, patient-focused care.
Manage a caseload of young people for assessment, interventions and supporting the Duty system.

About you:

Proven experience in managing and supervising clinical teams.
A collaborative mindset, with the ability to work effectively across services and disciplines.
Commitment to delivering high-quality care through partnership and innovation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated lead to shape services, strengthen partnerships, and ensure the best outcomes for children, young people, and families in our community within a strong and well established leadership team.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey and Hampshire are beautiful counties lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

26 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£50,008 to £56,908 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7683439-CYPS-B

Job locations

Aldershot Centre for Health

Hospital Hill

Aldershot

GU11 1AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working closely with the General Manager and multidisciplinary team to develop and improve services.
Coordinating assessment clinics and responding to urgent mental health needs.
Providing line management, clinical supervision, advice, and consultation to colleagues.
Liaising with agencies and services within the locality to ensure joinedup care.
Supporting service development in line with national standards, local priorities, and financial frameworks.
Promoting continuous quality improvement, safeguarding, and compliance with statutory requirements.
Maintaining a small clinical caseload of complex young people.
Deputising for the General Manager when required.

This role requires strong skills in clinical assessment, crisis and risk management, safeguarding, and interagency liaison, alongside the ability to operate with professional autonomy while working collaboratively.

Please review the job description for further details

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working closely with the General Manager and multidisciplinary team to develop and improve services.
Coordinating assessment clinics and responding to urgent mental health needs.
Providing line management, clinical supervision, advice, and consultation to colleagues.
Liaising with agencies and services within the locality to ensure joinedup care.
Supporting service development in line with national standards, local priorities, and financial frameworks.
Promoting continuous quality improvement, safeguarding, and compliance with statutory requirements.
Maintaining a small clinical caseload of complex young people.
Deputising for the General Manager when required.

Please review the job description for further details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Clinical qualification at Degree level or above in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy
Registration with NMC/HCPC/SWE
Diploma level specialist training, experience, and short courses in the areas of child development, attachment or family functioning

Experience

Essential

Sound experience of working with CYP with a variety of mental health issues
Demonstrable expertise in complex assessment of people with both mental and physical health issues
Demonstrable ability to develop practical innovations and approaches to issues and complex problems
Expertise and experience in supervision and supporting the growth of other staff.
Proven ability to provide training and education regarding mental health and complex clinical topics

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Clinical qualification at Degree level or above in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy
Registration with NMC/HCPC/SWE
Diploma level specialist training, experience, and short courses in the areas of child development, attachment or family functioning

Experience

Essential

Sound experience of working with CYP with a variety of mental health issues
Demonstrable expertise in complex assessment of people with both mental and physical health issues
Demonstrable ability to develop practical innovations and approaches to issues and complex problems
Expertise and experience in supervision and supporting the growth of other staff.
Proven ability to provide training and education regarding mental health and complex clinical topics

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.