Clinical Lead Nurse

Job overview

• The post holder will be responsible for the management of Learning Disability Service providing effective leadership and lead responsibility for the standards of clinical practice.
• The post holder will be responsible for the management of Nursing in conjunction with the Allied Health Professional Clinical Lead, Psychology Lead, Medical Lead and inpatient ward manager/matron within the Learning Disability Service.
• The post holder will be responsible for the implementation of the Learning Disability Place Plans within designated area, including the monitoring and evaluation to negotiate updated plans according to the financial envelope on an annual basis. This will be in line with the contractual agreements.
• The post holder will be expected to work with Clinical Leads/Service Managers across Partnership arrangements, Specialist Services Care Unit and wider Trust to develop the Learning Disability Service as well as the development of the partnerships.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with other Health Services, Social Services and the voluntary sector to ensure services provided are co-ordinated and focused on positive patient outcomes in accordance with the Transforming Care agenda.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver effective and safe services which support the key elements of clinical governance for the Learning Disability Service.
• Focus on leading the Learning Disability Service to introduce ways of continuous improvement in the quality of the service and safeguarding high standards of care by creating a service in which excellence will flourish.
• Ensure that improvements in the planning, implementation and evaluation of care are based on user involvement and feedback and promote a model of recovery and social inclusion and facilitate evidence-based care.
• Be responsible for the day-to-day management of staff in the Learning Disability Service; ensuring that staff are supervised, appraised, offered advice/supported, and developed to the best potential with educational needs met within the Multi-disciplinary Team.
• Hold the professional responsibility for the nursing staff across the Learning Disability Service and ensure clinical and managerial development aligned to the learning disability services training matrix.
• Be responsible for effective communication with partner agencies (i.e. commissioners, Local Authorities, Integrated Care Boards (ICB)) around key deliverables for the national standards including the Improvement Standards, Building the Right Support, the Dynamic Support Register, Learning from Deaths in Learning Disability Services (LeDER) and Stop The Over Medicating of Patients (STOMP).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Carry out any other duties commensurate with the duties of this post.  This is an outline job description and may be subject to change according to the needs of the service, in consultation with the post holder.
• Ensure the service works in line with agreed pathways, National and Trust policies and guidelines, and is focused on delivery of outcomes.
• Implement a team approach to case management where practitioners are not isolated in decision making and can access a range of expertise to inform decision making.
• Develop robust interagency, inter-professional and intra-professional relationships with key stakeholders supporting the development of the integrated care pathways and locality working.
• Ensure the efficient and effective operation of the service, managing budgets, matching resources to need, and coping flexibly with workload pressures.
• Assist in planning and managing the implementation of projects to improve facilities and working practices, as agreed with the Director/Associate Director of Specialist Services.
• Ensure through implementing effective performance management that all key performance indicators and targets identified by the Trust are met.
• Responsible for the coordination and management of the team in providing a safe, effective and therapeutic clinical service, ensuring the delivery of high-quality community mental health care packages.