# Advanced Clinical Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-lead/f3e166fd-af85-4c3e-a445-ff61031ba2bc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-lead/f3e166fd-af85-4c3e-a445-ff61031ba2bc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Chester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T10:01:48.603Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Macclesfield/Cheshire_Wirral_Partnership_NHS_FoundationTrust/Advanced_Clinical_Lead/Advanced_Clinical_Lead-v7994160 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7994160?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cwp.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well-established inpatient specialist dementia assessment team on Silk Ward, in the role of an Advanced Clinical Lead. We are looking for someone who is passionate about driving high standards of care,  is compassionate and committed to working within dementia care, and exhibits excellent leadership skills to support quality improvement initiatives and staff development. ### Main duties of the job Quality improvement - demonstrate highly effective communication skills and problem-solving abilities, implement continuous quality improvement initiatives with current best practice for dementia care, identifying learning themes and responding to this, attendance at Trust wide meetings and local Dementia Steering Group, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of clinical standards. Clinical expertise - working autonomously within a multi-disciplinary framework and act as a source of expertise and point of contact within the team, supporting with complex cases with specialist assessment and planning of care, liaising with internal and external professionals and working collaboratively, and ensuring high standards of patient care within trust guidelines and policies. Staff development – delivery of training and supporting with sourcing further training/education opportunities, facilitating clinical supervision, providing a coaching and mentoring role to enhance the teams skills and knowledge, motivating and inspiring the team to drive high standards of patient care and creating a productive work environment. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role. At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it. Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: \[email protected\] or by calling 01244 393100. If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon! ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well-established inpatient specialist dementia assessment team on Silk Ward, in the role of an Advanced Clinical Lead. We are looking for someone who is passionate about driving high standards of care, is compassionate and committed to working within dementia care, and exhibits excellent leadership skills to support quality improvement initiatives and staff development. ## Job Description Quality improvement - demonstrate highly effective communication skills and problem-solving abilities, implement continuous quality improvement initiatives with current best practice for dementia care, identifying learning themes and responding to this, attendance at Trust wide meetings and local Dementia Steering Group, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of clinical standards. Clinical expertise - working autonomously within a multi-disciplinary framework and act as a source of expertise and point of contact within the team, supporting with complex cases with specialist assessment and planning of care, liaising with internal and external professionals and working collaboratively, and ensuring high standards of patient care within trust guidelines and policies. Staff development – delivery of training and supporting with sourcing further training/education opportunities, facilitating clinical supervision, providing a coaching and mentoring role to enhance the teams skills and knowledge, motivating and inspiring the team to drive high standards of patient care and creating a productive work environment. ## Responsibilities Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role. At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it. Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: \[email protected\] or by calling 01244 393100. If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon! ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in the development of professional roles - Successfully managed projects that demonstrate ability to communicate and implement change - Demonstrable and proven understanding and experience of the clinical and corporate governance agenda - Knowledge and experience of facilitation of reflective practice for staff and personal reflective practice - Demonstrable ability and experience in motivating and empowering others to change roles and in leading practice development ### Qualifications **Essential** - A relevant Social Work, Nursing or Allied Health Professional (e.g. Occupational Therapy) degree level qualification or equivalent experience - Current registration with a nationally recognised professional body relevant to the professional qualification held e.g. GSCC for Social workers, HPC for Occupational Therapists etc - Minimum 5 years post registration experience **Desirable** - Masters level qualification or equivalent short courses and / or experience - Teaching qualification or significant experience ### Knowledge & Expertise **Essential** - Excellent communication skills: working with staff, working with patients and carers, working with general practice, presentations, written reports, understanding and ability to interpret, research and facilitate staff to implement evidence-based practice - Proven ability to challenge current practices and freedom to make change in light of evidence-based recommendations - Knowledge, understanding and the ability to interpret and implement local and national policy direction relevant to practice - Proven experience of clinical audit, skill and knowledge required to facilitate staff to undertake clinical audit - Knowledge and experience of moving staff through the change management process - Empowering staff to manage and support change - Demonstrable effective clinical leadership with knowledge, understanding and application of leadership theories - Relevant clinical expertise to support and facilitate clinical development and innovation - Evidence of sound information technology skills ## Documents - [oh risk form (pdf, 740.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10278428) - [trust profile (pdf, 521.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2737) - [privacy notice (pdf, 177.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1515) - [job description (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10278427) - [application guide (pdf, 28.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2738) - [dbs update service applicant guide (pdf, 228.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=623) - [recruitment of ex-offenders policy (pdf, 167.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=618) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.