Lead Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an innovative, committed, and caring practitioners with considerable post qualifying experience within inpatient services. The successful candidates will require with demonstrable leadership skills within inpatient services and be able to evidence how they will lead the inpatient teams in managing complex cases and supporting the delivery of high-quality clinical care.

We foster an MDT approach to the assessment, formulation, planning, and delivery of interventions to achieve positive service user outcomes. We work in an integrated way to ensure that care is wrapped around the individual, with the person first and at the centre. The successful candidates will be required to work autonomously and as part of the MDT, demonstrating sound clinical decision making to effectively lead the nursing team.

The Lead Nurse will be expected to work clinically on their ward for minimum 50% of their working week and may be required to work across the 24hour shift pattern dependent on service need. You will be expected to be visible and supporting the ward team to deliver high quality care.

Applicants can specify their preferred area of working within the interview process, although this may not be guaranteed if successful.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Job responsibilities

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.