Clinical Lead - the Kedleston Unit

3-6 month secondment with the potential to be made permanent.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate and motivated Clinical Lead to help shape the delivery of high-quality care at Kedleston Unit, our male low secure service based at Kingsway Hospital in Derby.

Kedleston comprises two wards: Curzon, providing assessment and treatment, and Scarsdale, supporting rehabilitation. Our multidisciplinary team works with people with complex mental health needs, helping them build independence, improve their quality of life and progress towards a safe return to the community.

You will provide visible, accessible clinical leadership across both wards, working closely with the Unit Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist and wider multidisciplinary team. You will champion personalised, recovery-focused care, supporting colleagues to balance effective risk management with therapeutic engagement, positive risk-taking and least restrictive practice.

We are looking for an experienced clinician who can inspire others, exercise sound clinical judgement and translate evidence into everyday practice. You will bring a commitment to developing staff, strengthening team relationships and ensuring that patients and carers have a meaningful voice in care and service improvement.

This is an opportunity to influence clinical standards across the unit and make a lasting difference to the experience of patients and colleagues.

Main duties of the job

You will provide expert clinical advice and leadership, supporting colleagues with complex assessments, care planning and clinical decision-making. Working across Curzon and Scarsdale, you will promote consistent standards while recognising the different treatment and rehabilitation needs of each ward's patients.

A central part of the role will be strengthening relational security: helping staff develop a shared understanding of each patient, recognise changes in presentation and respond thoughtfully and consistently. You will promote professional boundaries, trauma-informed care and proportionate approaches to safety, supporting the reduction of restrictive practice.

You will lead improvements in clinical practice through supervision, coaching, teaching and reflective discussion. Working alongside the unit's nursing leaders and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will develop staff confidence and competence and help create an environment where people feel able to ask questions, raise concerns and learn.

You will contribute to clinical governance, using audit, incidents, patient outcomes and feedback to identify priorities, implement improvements and assess their impact. You will support high standards of documentation, safeguarding, physical healthcare and therapeutic engagement.

You will also work with patients, carers and partner services to ensure that care has clear recovery goals and that planning for transition and discharge remains central throughout admission.

About us

At Kedleston, our purpose is to keep people safe while promoting health, wellbeing, recovery and hope for the future. We support people to develop their strengths, rebuild confidence and move towards greater independence.

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Details

Date posted

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

per annum, pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

383-SPE-7842-26

Job locations

Kedleston Unit - Kingsway Hospital

Kingsway

Derby

DE22 3LZ

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account

The post holder will:

• Provide a professional role model for the delivery of high-quality care.
• Ensure evidence-based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for clinical interventions.
• Maintain and develop knowledge of advances in professional practice, or theory in practice and act as the catalyst for innovation.
• Promote service user and carer involvement, autonomy and choice are embedded into the philosophy of the clinical area.
• Be responsible for ensuring the Care Programme Approach is applied where applicable to practise and that opportunity is fully provided to support service user/carer involvement in decision making processes.
• Ensure appropriate evidence-based clinical safety plans are delivered/developed.
• Ensure service users have an up to date evidence-based care plan that meets the needs of service users.
• Ensure legislative requirements are maintained (Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Code of Practise etc).
• Ensure good practise is maintained, taking the lead in challenging practise that requires change or development.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge in all aspects of functional mental illness in older adults and expert knowledge of organic and functional presentations/illnesses, ensuring this is disseminated in a constructive and effective way.
• Use effective interpersonal skills that relate to service users, carers and team members on an equal basis.
• Ensure a multi-professional/agency approach to ensure that care is maintained, valuing the interface of professional roles and responsibilities.
• Promote the use of critical analysis skills and innovative approaches to ensure care is reviewed according to service user needs/perspectives.
• Ensure Trust Professional Guidelines are maintained for record keeping.
• Support the development of the professional service.
• Provide clinical supervision to assigned team clinicians in line with the Trust Clinical Supervision Policy, ensuring that it is implemented; this will include having personal clinical supervision from a suitable person.
• Proactively explore opportunities for, and take the lead on developing reflective practice within the clinical areas.
• Support the development of standards as required, including the development of competency frameworks.
• Actively explore opportunities to enhance health promotional interventions in their widest sense.
• Ensure person-centred care is delivered.
• Ensure where necessary the Child/Adult Protection and Safeguarding Procedures are followed.
• Ensure that all providers of care throughout the health community are involved in planning, delivering and evaluating care where indicated, such as Crisis Services, Social Services, Voluntary Organisations.
• Undertake SI investigations and Peer Reviews.

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account

The post holder will:

• Provide a professional role model for the delivery of high-quality care.
• Ensure evidence-based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for clinical interventions.
• Maintain and develop knowledge of advances in professional practice, or theory in practice and act as the catalyst for innovation.
• Promote service user and carer involvement, autonomy and choice are embedded into the philosophy of the clinical area.
• Be responsible for ensuring the Care Programme Approach is applied where applicable to practise and that opportunity is fully provided to support service user/carer involvement in decision making processes.
• Ensure appropriate evidence-based clinical safety plans are delivered/developed.
• Ensure service users have an up to date evidence-based care plan that meets the needs of service users.
• Ensure legislative requirements are maintained (Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Code of Practise etc).
• Ensure good practise is maintained, taking the lead in challenging practise that requires change or development.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge in all aspects of functional mental illness in older adults and expert knowledge of organic and functional presentations/illnesses, ensuring this is disseminated in a constructive and effective way.
• Use effective interpersonal skills that relate to service users, carers and team members on an equal basis.
• Ensure a multi-professional/agency approach to ensure that care is maintained, valuing the interface of professional roles and responsibilities.
• Promote the use of critical analysis skills and innovative approaches to ensure care is reviewed according to service user needs/perspectives.
• Ensure Trust Professional Guidelines are maintained for record keeping.
• Support the development of the professional service.
• Provide clinical supervision to assigned team clinicians in line with the Trust Clinical Supervision Policy, ensuring that it is implemented; this will include having personal clinical supervision from a suitable person.
• Proactively explore opportunities for, and take the lead on developing reflective practice within the clinical areas.
• Support the development of standards as required, including the development of competency frameworks.
• Actively explore opportunities to enhance health promotional interventions in their widest sense.
• Ensure person-centred care is delivered.
• Ensure where necessary the Child/Adult Protection and Safeguarding Procedures are followed.
• Ensure that all providers of care throughout the health community are involved in planning, delivering and evaluating care where indicated, such as Crisis Services, Social Services, Voluntary Organisations.
• Undertake SI investigations and Peer Reviews.

Person Specification

Attainment/ Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or AHP

Desirable

• Evidence of post-graduate training in mental health
• Leadership Qualification
• Mentorship Qualification

Knowledge / Experience / Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate and lead multi-professional teams.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead the clinical team in a service user/career-focused way.
• Demonstrate the ability to deliver Clinical and Managerial Supervision within an effective model.

Desirable

• Supporting effective change management within teams.
• Presentation and teaching skills.
• Understands forensic services/pathways

Person Specification

Attainment/ Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or AHP

Desirable

• Evidence of post-graduate training in mental health
• Leadership Qualification
• Mentorship Qualification

Knowledge / Experience / Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate and lead multi-professional teams.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead the clinical team in a service user/career-focused way.
• Demonstrate the ability to deliver Clinical and Managerial Supervision within an effective model.

Desirable

• Supporting effective change management within teams.
• Presentation and teaching skills.
• Understands forensic services/pathways

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kedleston Unit - Kingsway Hospital

Kingsway

Derby

DE22 3LZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kedleston Unit - Kingsway Hospital

Kingsway

Derby

DE22 3LZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account

The post holder will:

• Provide a professional role model for the delivery of high-quality care.
• Ensure evidence-based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for clinical interventions.
• Maintain and develop knowledge of advances in professional practice, or theory in practice and act as the catalyst for innovation.
• Promote service user and carer involvement, autonomy and choice are embedded into the philosophy of the clinical area.
• Be responsible for ensuring the Care Programme Approach is applied where applicable to practise and that opportunity is fully provided to support service user/carer involvement in decision making processes.
• Ensure appropriate evidence-based clinical safety plans are delivered/developed.
• Ensure service users have an up to date evidence-based care plan that meets the needs of service users.
• Ensure legislative requirements are maintained (Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Code of Practise etc).
• Ensure good practise is maintained, taking the lead in challenging practise that requires change or development.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge in all aspects of functional mental illness in older adults and expert knowledge of organic and functional presentations/illnesses, ensuring this is disseminated in a constructive and effective way.
• Use effective interpersonal skills that relate to service users, carers and team members on an equal basis.
• Ensure a multi-professional/agency approach to ensure that care is maintained, valuing the interface of professional roles and responsibilities.
• Promote the use of critical analysis skills and innovative approaches to ensure care is reviewed according to service user needs/perspectives.
• Ensure Trust Professional Guidelines are maintained for record keeping.
• Support the development of the professional service.
• Provide clinical supervision to assigned team clinicians in line with the Trust Clinical Supervision Policy, ensuring that it is implemented; this will include having personal clinical supervision from a suitable person.
• Proactively explore opportunities for, and take the lead on developing reflective practice within the clinical areas.
• Support the development of standards as required, including the development of competency frameworks.
• Actively explore opportunities to enhance health promotional interventions in their widest sense.
• Ensure person-centred care is delivered.
• Ensure where necessary the Child/Adult Protection and Safeguarding Procedures are followed.
• Ensure that all providers of care throughout the health community are involved in planning, delivering and evaluating care where indicated, such as Crisis Services, Social Services, Voluntary Organisations.
• Undertake SI investigations and Peer Reviews.

Attainment/ Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or AHP

Desirable

• Evidence of post-graduate training in mental health
• Leadership Qualification
• Mentorship Qualification

Knowledge / Experience / Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate and lead multi-professional teams.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead the clinical team in a service user/career-focused way.
• Demonstrate the ability to deliver Clinical and Managerial Supervision within an effective model.

Desirable

• Supporting effective change management within teams.
• Presentation and teaching skills.
• Understands forensic services/pathways