Clinical Lead Nurse (ICELS)

Job summary

Main duties of the job

• To provide highly specialist nursing support for the ICELS and health and social care professionals using the service
• To lead on improvement and efficiencies around provision of pressure care and nursing equipment in community settings
• To ensure the delivery of a clinically safe and effective service which meets the needs of individual, families and communities and commissioners in line with local and national development plans,
• To be responsible for specialist equipment pathways to support and monitor the equality of equipment provision and to identify and promote areas for service improvement
• To improve the use of recycled equipment across the LLR health and social care system
• To work with suppliers to deliver efficiencies and value for money in purchase of equipment for the LLR system
• Improve prescribing practice and knowledge of equipment across services areas in both health and social care
• To support delivery of training for relevant equipment for ICELS staff, health and social care professionals and the Equipment Providers staff
• To work collaboratively with senior practitioners across LLR
• To co-ordinate review procedures for specialist pressure care equipment
• To support and develop policy and procedures for provision of equipment

Job responsibilities

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.