Clinical Team Leader - Learning Disabilities

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 May 2025

Job summary

Water Meadow View is a brand new mental health inpatient facility for adults who have learning disabilities, which is due to open in November 2025 on our site in Whittingham, Preston. As we prepare to open, we have an exciting opportunity for Clinical Team Leaders to join us and support the Multi-Disciplinary Team to deliver outstanding person centred care.

One of the Trust's aims is to deliver the best possible care to our patients. Water Meadow View will offer clinical excellence, support and safety with patient-centred care at its heart.

Working with the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will lead and be responsible for the delivery of high-quality, evidenced based care and patient experience within the care group's inpatient settings through proactive clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary staff within their clinical area of responsibility.

When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on the lives of people with learning disabilities by delivering person centred, compassionate care in a purpose built co-produced environment with opportunities to for you to learn and develop throughout your career.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have leadership experience, exceptional communication skills, motivational and influencing skills, and be able to encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries whilst holding patient care at the heart of their work.

The post holder will deliver on key responsibilities within the inpatient service by:

Being visible and leading by example.
Using clinical judgement and observations.
Ensuring clinical development of staff and student nurses.
Ensuring that patients and carers are fully involved in the planning and delivery of care.
Taking responsibility for shift coordination and leading the team in the delivery of safe, effective and quality clinical care.
Ensuring safe and high-quality care is delivered.
Driving up clinical standards.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Date posted

30 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-SPS1406-MF

Job locations

Water Meadow View

Guild Park, Whittingham

Preston

PR3 2JH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse RNLD/RMN
Evidence of continuing professional development
Mentorship qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Good knowledge of legislation, acts and developments relevant to people with learning disabilities and mental illness within inpatient settings (MHA, MCA, Human rights act, Care Act)
Knowledge of learning disabilities, behaviours that can present as a challenge, mental and physical health conditions, evidence based therapeutic interventions and treatments relevant to the needs of this client group
Understanding and knowledge of positive behaviour support

Experience

Essential

Previous post registration experience
Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities
Supervision and management of staff
Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse RNLD/RMN
Evidence of continuing professional development
Mentorship qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Good knowledge of legislation, acts and developments relevant to people with learning disabilities and mental illness within inpatient settings (MHA, MCA, Human rights act, Care Act)
Knowledge of learning disabilities, behaviours that can present as a challenge, mental and physical health conditions, evidence based therapeutic interventions and treatments relevant to the needs of this client group
Understanding and knowledge of positive behaviour support

Experience

Essential

Previous post registration experience
Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities
Supervision and management of staff
Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.