Job Introduction

Turning Point is a leading social enterprise supporting people with complex needs across substance use, mental health, learning disabilities and public health. We are seeking an accomplished Clinical Lead to provide expert clinical leadership across our integrated substance use service in the City of London and Hackney. This is a high-impact opportunity for a senior addiction professional to influence and lead upon local clinical strategy, strengthen governance and quality, and shape evidence-based practice for people with co-occurring substance use, physical health, mental health and wider social needs.

Serving two diverse London boroughs, the service combines a successful hyper-local neighbourhood model working alongside key partners and stakeholders to deliver needs led services to the people we support. You will lead within an ambitious, multidisciplinary environment, working alongside operational leaders, clinicians and local partners to assure safe, responsive and person-centred pathways for a population with high levels of complexity and health inequality.

Passionate about people, you’ll enjoy the opportunity and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress in your career within a social enterprise.

Running health and social care services as a social enterprise, we invest every penny back into our care – and our people. So, if you’re ambitious and ready for a fresh challenge, progress your career with Turning Point as a sector leader.

Role Responsibility

As Clinical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in delivering safe, effective and evidence‑based care to people accessing our service. Working with some of our most complex service users, you will combine hands‑on clinical expertise with strong leadership to ensure consistently high standards of care and positive outcomes.

You will be central to the clinical direction of the service, providing leadership across clinical governance, supervision and appraisal, workforce development, and service innovation. We are proud to be a responsive, forward‑thinking service, proactively addressing emerging trends such as ketamine use among adults and young people, and the growing risk of synthetic opioids (e.g. nitazenes).

With extensive experience in the substance use field, you will be a key contributor to the ongoing delivery and development of high‑quality clinical interventions. You will work collaboratively with the service management team, clinicians, local health partners and wider stakeholders to design and deliver holistic, person‑centred care that supports service users throughout their recovery journey.  

This role offers genuine professional scope: to set clinical standards, embed robust audit and learning, strengthen pathways for opioid substitution treatment and co-occurring conditions, and lead responses to emerging risks including ketamine use and synthetic opioids. You will have the authority to translate evidence into practice, develop the clinical workforce and build trusted relationships with NHS partners, commissioners and community organisations. For a credible, thoughtful and ambitious addictions leader, it is an opportunity to leave a clear clinical legacy and help establish the service as a recognised centre of excellence.

The Ideal Candidate

Turning Point is committed to the on-going professional development of all our staff and we offer regular structured supervision, a well-developed monthly CPD program and full support with appraisals and revalidation. Through joining Turning Point, you will receive a warm welcome, extensive training, and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational service and organisation.

Turning Point has several integrated Substance Use services and the Clinical Leads meet regularly providing invaluable peer support for one another, supported via the Clinical Director

The successful candidate will:

• have appropriate experience in addiction medicine at a clinical leadership level:
• be a ‘Specialist’ doctor in addiction: either a Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist or a specialist doctor from another background such as General Practice, who has the appropriate experience & qualifications (as per the RCPsych / RCGP Competency Framework)
• have current GMC Registration
• have experience of providing safe, effective and evidence-based assessment, care and interventions for substance users (ideally across both adults and young people)
• have the legal right to work in the UK

In addition to the above we are seeking to appoint an individual who can also bring Turning Point’s core values to the role:

• We believe that everyone has the potential to grow, learn and make choices
• We all communicate in an authentic and confident way that blends support and challenge
• We are here to embrace change even when it is complex and uncomfortable
• We treat each other and those we support as individuals however difficult and challenging
• We deliver better outcomes by encouraging ideas and new thinking
• We commit to building a strong and financially viable Turning Point together

For informal enquires about the process please contact: Piers Adamson, Senior Operations Manager for more information about the post – piers.adamson@turning-point.co.uk

Interviews will take place over three stages:  

Stage One: Informal meet and greet – Dr David Bremner, Medical Director & Piers Adamson, Senior Operations Manager

Stage Two: Formal panel interview – Dr David Bremner, Piers Adamson and Christine Hutchinson, Regional Head of Operations

Stage Three: Meet the team – on-site open morning including a service presentation and a chance to meet our team

About us

Turning Point is committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff, and we offer regular structured supervision, a well-developed monthly CPD program and full support with appraisals and revalidations. Through joining Turning Point, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, extensive training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational organisation.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

26 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 28 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees

Turning Point Benefits

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

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