The Clinical Lead for the Psychosis Pathway is a senior clinician responsible for providing day-to-day clinical leadership across adult community mental health psychosis services. The postholder will ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care to service users and their families, while supporting staff development and driving continuous service improvement.
The role involves leading clinical decision-making, overseeing the delivery of evidence-based interventions, and maintaining strong multidisciplinary and partnership working to improve outcomes for people experiencing psychosis.
Provide clinical leadership and direction across the psychosis pathway
Support and develop staff through clinical supervision, guidance, and training
Ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based (NICE concordant) interventions
Lead on clinical decision-making , including complex case discussions and care planning
Oversee risk assessments, safety planning, and safeguarding practices
Coordinate care to ensure timely, safe, and effective service delivery
Work collaboratively with service users, families, and partner organisations
Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and clinical governance
Maintain high standards of clinical record-keeping and compliance with policies
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We’re Kind
We’re Fair
We Listen
We Care
Provide clinical leadership and supervision to a multidisciplinary team, supporting high-quality, evidence-based care for people experiencing psychosis. Lead clinical discussions, oversee assessment, care planning, and risk management, and ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act, safeguarding, and Trust policies.
Coordinate and prioritise care delivery, support staff development, and contribute to recruitment, performance management, and team effectiveness. Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping and governance.
Contribute to service development by supporting quality improvement, reviewing pathways and protocols, monitoring outcomes, and engaging with service users, carers, and partners.
Act as a role model, promoting professional standards, continuous improvement, and collaborative team working, while maintaining own professional development.
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