Clinical Lead Mental Health Nurse

Role:
Clinical Lead Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Location: Manchester and Cheshire

Contract: 40 hours and permanent

Salary: £46,000 per annum

Make a real difference to people living with complex mental health needs.

We're looking for an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to join our clinical team as a Clinical Lead Mental Health Nurse, providing specialist clinical leadership and oversight to people with complex mental health and psychological needs across community settings and specialised living establishments.

This is a senior clinical role for an RMN who understands the complexity of mental health care and is confident in supporting people across the pathway — with a strong understanding of both inpatient mental health services and community-based care.

You'll have clinical accountability for a caseload of complex mental health service users, ensuring they receive safe, evidence-based and recovery-focused care. You'll also play a key role in supporting and developing the carers and nurses delivering day-to-day care.

You'll work closely with service users, families, carers and a wide range of professionals to assess needs, manage risk and develop detailed, individualised mental health and crisis plans.

Your clinical expertise will be particularly important when supporting people experiencing complex presentations, deterioration in mental state or periods of crisis.

• Provide specialist clinical leadership for complex mental health service users in the community and specialised living settings across Manchester and Cheshire with remote service nationally
• Conduct regular mental health assessments, risk assessments, psychological reviews and face-to-face home visits
• Develop, implement and regularly review holistic mental health care and crisis plans
• Assess and manage complex risks, including self-harm, suicide, substance misuse, safeguarding, self-neglect and mental capacity
• Provide specialist advice and support to carers, nurses and operational teams working with complex clients
• Support staff to understand and respond effectively to complex mental health presentations
• Provide clinical supervision and training, including de-escalation, motivational interviewing, crisis intervention and understanding complex mental illness
• Support evidence-based, recovery-focused and trauma-informed approaches to care
• Work collaboratively with GPs, psychiatrists, social workers, community mental health teams and other MDT professionals
• Respond appropriately to changes in mental state, escalating clinical concerns and risks in line with policy
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, safeguarding and regulatory requirements
• Support the development of complex mental health care packages and pathways
• Contribute to the recruitment, development and retention of staff with the appropriate mental health skills
• Participate in a national out-of-hours/on-call advice rota
• Work alongside the Head of Clinical Services and Service Director on wider mental health projects and service development

This is a specialist role and significant mental health experience is essential.

• Active NMC registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
• Minimum Diploma in Nursing
• At least two years' post-qualification experience in mental health settings
• Proven experience across inpatient and community mental health environments — for example, inpatient units, crisis teams, community mental health teams or complex needs services
• Strong experience working with people with complex and enduring mental health needs
• Excellent communication skills and advanced therapeutic skills
• Proven leadership and management experience, including clinical supervision or team leadership
• The ability…