Learning Disabilities and Severe Mental Illness (LD/SMI) Clinical Lead

Job summary

The Learning Disabilities and Severe Mental Illness (LD/SMI) Clinical Lead is responsible for upholding the core duties outlined in the main Clinical Lead Job Description, including clinical governance, service delivery, audit escalation, incident and complaints management, and reporting to senior leadership.

The interviews will take place during the following weeks:

• w/c 17th November 2025
• w/c 24th November 2025

Main duties of the job

• Oversee the delivery of NHS extended health checks, ensuring compliance with clinical standards and service-specific protocols for designated patient cohorts.
• Embed MECC (Making Every Contact Count) principles to promote and improve health outcomes.
• Drive service development by identifying and implementing improvements that enhance clinical quality and operational efficiency across both hub and community settings.
• Represent the service in commissioning discussions, advocating for equitable clinical provision and the expansion of services for individuals with learning disabilities, severe mental illness, or sensory impairments. This includes contributing to the creation of a disability-focused hub.
• Deliver at least one clinical session every two months to maintain clinical oversight, uphold quality standards, and support continuous service improvement, as outlined in the session allocation plan.

Our four sites, all located in Barking and Dagenham, are listed in the location section on the side.

About us

Together First CIC is a GP Federation formed in 2014 and reformed as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in 2020 to partner with its GP shareholders with a focus on service development and delivery.

Its aim is to deliver borough based high quality innovative solutions to the challenges faced by member practices. In doing so, to protect the interests of, and being the voice for, B&D general practice while at the same time offering the best possible care for patients within their own community. The Directorship is representative of local general practice in the borough. The Federation represents all practices at regional and local governing board including a core role in the BHR (Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge) Integrated Care Partnership.

Together First CIC also supports its members with the day to day running of their surgeries through improving patient outcomes by helping practices to deliver LIS, providing guidance around QoF, local enhanced services and CQC improvements as well as offering learning and development opportunities to clinicians and practice staff. The Federation has a keen interest in making B&D a destination for clinicians to work in the borough and in alleviating current GP workload pressures by introducing new methods of working and provisioning at scale services. This has included two extended access hubs providing extra GP 25,000 appointments 365 days a year.