Clinical Lead Nurse
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation TrustDurham, North East
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust based in Durham. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117. Applications close on 14 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time, Clinical Lead within our inpatient services in Health and Justice. The successful post holder will...
The successful post holder will provide clinical leadership to support the Team Manager, as well as providing clinical oversight. You will be responsible for roster management, care planning, quality improvement along with training and development needs.
In addition to this, the post holder will provide clinical supervision, mentorship and guidance to less experienced staff and students.
The successful post holder will also be expected to work flexibly over a 7-day week across a 24hour period as per clinical requirements.
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Essential: - Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council. RMNH/RNLD; - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.; - Recognised Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within 6 months; - Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing clinical supervision OR willingness to work towards within 6 months
Essential: - 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at time of application.; - Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.; - Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.; - Supervising or assessing students on practice placement.; - Working in a multi-disciplinary team; - Quality improvement activities
Essential: - Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence based practice in caring for patients in the designated field; - Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).; - Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.; - Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.; - Clinical Governance and its application in practice.; - Research and development methodology.; - Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.; - Working knowledge of clinical medicines management, including administration of injections
How this role compares
We hold 349 NHS vacancies in North East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays more than about 60% of them.
There are 12,785 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 618 of them in North East.
You have 11 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 59 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has 68 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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