AHP Clinical Team Lead – Inpatients

Overview

In this role, you will lead an inpatient mental health therapy team at Woodlands, overseeing recovery-focused interventions in an acute setting. You’ll balance line management with a clinical caseload, supporting staff across two adult wards, an older people’s ward and a PICU. You’ll work alongside psychologists and art therapists to deliver evidence-based care that improves patient outcomes and experience. This is a chance to shape service development and uplift AHP provision within a dynamic Trust.

Pay / Benefits

• ongoing training and development opportunities
• regular supervision
• supportive working environment
• flexible working

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical and people leadership to the AHP team across inpatient wards
• Line management, recruitment, development and supervision of staff
• Contribute to service and policy development and governance reporting
• Ensure high-quality, compliant service delivery and achievement of KPIs
• Support complex case work with specialist clinical input
• Coordinate therapeutic timetables and allocate activity resources
• Foster collaboration with MDTs to integrate care and improve outcomes
• Balance management duties with maintaining an active clinical caseload

Key requirements

• Knowledge of mental health legislation and policy
• Experience leading a multi-professional service
• Collaborative working with statutory and voluntary services
• Desirable leadership experience in a mental health environment
• HPCP registration (UK professional registration)

• leadership
• collaborative communication
• staff development and mentoring
• recovery-focused practice
• developing performance management structures
• service and policy development within mental health

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