Clinical Lead
Location
Based in our Central Office in Islington, approximately a 10-minute walk from Highbury and Islington station. You will also work across multiple services in and around London, Kent, Brighton, Luton, and Bedford. Please note there is no step-free access at this location and some of our other sites.
Hours
Part Time - 15 hours per week working 5 to 7.5 hour shifts Monday to Friday between 09:00 - 17:00. Set days and shifts can be discussed during the recruitment process. You may be required to work outside these hours as per service and organisational needs.
Salary
Full time equivalent salary is £61,800
About the Role
As a Clinical Lead, you will be responsible for shaping, leading, and delivering our clinical strategy. You will drive clinical excellence and innovation across our services by providing leadership, knowledge, and skills to upskill and empower our wider teams. You will champion best practice, compliance, and continuous improvement to ensure meaningful outcomes for our residents and participants.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the development and implementation of healthy and safe clinical strategies, policies, and procedures across the organisation
- Providing expert clinical oversight across all relevant services
- Leading research initiatives to evidence the effectiveness of our clinical offer, providing ongoing evaluations and reviews
- Managing clinical projects, research projects, and audits
- Providing hands-on support to managers during resident and participant interactions
- Supporting teams with cases and medication issues, working alongside external clinical teams
- Completing and managing serious case reviews in collaboration with internal and external teams to ensure thorough evaluation and recommendations
- Leading risk management and risk assessments in line with SIG’s theory of change, carrying out strengths-based assessments of need and risk, and delivering holistic support and risk management plans to enable residents and participants to achieve their aspirations and stay safe
About Social Interest Group (SIG)
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent, and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.
Additional Information
Please note this job advert may close early due to ongoing application screening. We advise applying as soon as possible.
As part of our recruitment process, an enhanced DBS check will be completed. Some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, particularly those with lived experience.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship; please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying.
What we offer
- 25 days (full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with length of service
- Employer pension contribution
- Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
- Access to discounted tickets for music events, shows, sports and more
- Reflective practice sessions with an external therapist to support mental health and wellbeing at work
- Training and development opportunities including courses, upskilling, and progression plans
- Employee Assistance Programme including counselling
- Life assurance scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Annual staff awards
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador programme
Join an organisation with a mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets. We believe good care and support improves lives and strive to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities.
Experience
- Proven leadership in clinical service delivery within health, social care, or third sector settings
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and driving service excellence
- Experience teaching, training, consulting, and delivering clinical supervision
- Experience in risk management and able to share knowledge with colleagues at all levels through training, meetings, and one-to-one support
About you
- Proactive leadership and ownership in creating safer and compliant clinical services
- Ability to communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively
- Ability to upskill and empower others to perform within their roles with knowledge of clinical excellence
- Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency
- Understanding of the interplay between physical health, mental health, and substance use
- Ability to understand and apply safeguarding protocols as they arise
- Ability to translate industry standards into internal practices and keep relevant people updated on changes regularly
Qualifications
- Registered Clinical Professional such as Specialist Registered Mental Health Nurse, Non-Medical Prescriber qualification, or equivalent