Clinical Team Leader - Lavender Walk
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust · Theatre Practitioner · viaNHS Jobs
£47951.00 to £56863.00
- Closing date
- 9 Nov 2026
- Posted
- Today
- Specialism
- Theatre Practitioner
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Reference
- nhs-5686124
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Job summary
Welcome to CNWL Mental Health Inpatient Services for Children and Young People. Lavender Walk is an inpatient unit looking after children and young people aged 13 -18. We are looking to recruit Clinical Team Leaders from all nursing backgrounds to broaden and develop the experience and skill mix available to young people at Lavender Walk.
We need innovative, dynamic people interested in developing their leadership skills in a supportive and highly skilled team. There will be opportunities to develop your therapeutic skills with our psychology, family therapy and occupational therapy leads.
Set in the heart of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, Lavender Walk is a Tier 4 Adolescent Unit which aims to provide a comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and treatment package, for young people with mental health conditions whose level of need can no longer be met safely in the community. We work in a collaboratively with the patients, their family and carers, and local voluntary services.
We appreciate that not everyone has provided care for young people, but if you're a Registered Paediatric, General, Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse, with experience of working on a ward, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
We're passionate about young people's mental health outcomes, and strive to deliver first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care. Here at Lavender Walk you will be supporting young people to build a resilience, better coping strategies and healthy relationships.
Who are we?
The team consists of two consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists, junior doctors, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, family therapists, support workers, a ward manager and matron. We also have a fantastic on-site school with an outstanding team of teachers and visiting tutors for music, art therapy and drama therapy.
What do we do?
We work closely with young people and their families to understand their problems, provide a comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, formulation and treatment plan to allow for them to return to their homes safely as quickly as possible. We treat a wide variety of psychiatric illnesses such as psychosis, mania, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder. We don't currently treat young people with primary eating disorders or those requiring naso-gastric tubes.
About us
CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes in people's lives, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community. To find out more about CAMHS inpatients pleaseCLICK HERE.
We understand that staff are the heartbeat of our organisation, and offer substantial range of benefits locally, in addition to the standard NHS discounts.
We take flexible working seriously, and will always be open to discussion to meet our workforces competing work life demands.
Our base is in the Chelsea area, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Thanks to the heavy NHS influence many local cafes, restaurants and bars give discounts at 10-20% to all NHS staff. As well as Better Gym offering a 50% discount to all staff.
Details
Date posted
26 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£47,951 to £56,863 a year Per annum incl. HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
333-G-CA-1785
Job locations
Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre
Nightingale Place
London
SW10 9NG
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Typical tasks for this role?
- To support the ward manager in leading day-to-day running of the ward.
- To lead on champion roles and drive continuous improvement within the nursing team.
- To lead on nursing feedback in ward round and other professional meetings.
- To take on the Primary Nurse role for individual young people.
- To assist in the development of junior staff and act as a role model to them.
- To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people (CYP) and their families at all times.
- To put children, young people, their families and carers at the centre of everything we do.
- To ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring, clean and safe environment for the CYP and their families.
- Recognising escalation in behaviour or shift in ward dynamics and proactively address this with staff or young people.
- Monitoring observations and ensuring safe practice and act appropriately and in line with unit procedure.
- Supervising junior staff and students to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Typical tasks for this role?
- To support the ward manager in leading day-to-day running of the ward.
- To lead on champion roles and drive continuous improvement within the nursing team.
- To lead on nursing feedback in ward round and other professional meetings.
- To take on the Primary Nurse role for individual young people.
- To assist in the development of junior staff and act as a role model to them.
- To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people (CYP) and their families at all times.
- To put children, young people, their families and carers at the centre of everything we do.
- To ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring, clean and safe environment for the CYP and their families.
- Recognising escalation in behaviour or shift in ward dynamics and proactively address this with staff or young people.
- Monitoring observations and ensuring safe practice and act appropriately and in line with unit procedure.
- Supervising junior staff and students to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.
What you need to do now
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