Band 6 Clinical Lead

Job overview

The post holder will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary age independent, MH Acute inpatient service.

The post holder will ensure that all organisational systems and processes are adhered to. The post holder will manage and organise competing and conflicting priorities and manage change in complex situations.

The post holder will be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area contributing to staff and service development. They support on audit, guidelines and quality improvement approaches to ensure the highest standards of safety and quality in their area. The post holder will be required to undertake trusted assessments, provide evidence-based clinical interventions and clinical leadership.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• Work as an integrated member of the team, with all service users’ needs within the unit, and hold a designated named clinician case load.
• Formulate and coordinating holistic assessment of mental and physical needs.
• To be Nurse in Charge (NIC) and shift management.
• To supervise and develop junior staff member, with responsibility for ensuring junior staff, students and trainees have specific role competency sign off.
• Ensure there is a robust process for care plan formulation, review, evaluate treatment and safety plans and report back to multi-professional team.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the social and physical therapeutic environment.
• Lead of all areas of risk management within the ward ensuring risk, including patient risk, positive risk taking, and environmental risk assessment is embedded and that trust processes around risk are adhered to and recorded.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description, person specification and supporting information. You can also contact Naomi Smith if you have specific questions that you cannot find on the advert or supporting information.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.