Band 6 Clinical Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description

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

The post holder will be expected to gain skills in operational management responsibilities and in quality and safety improvement approaches as part of their Band 6 position within inpatient care.

-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.

-Responsible for leading high standards of clinical care and maintaining service delivery based on evidence, clinical and professional judgement.

-Responsible for identifying needs to facilitate safe discharge.

-To lead and coordinate the adherence to and reporting of safety & quality issues and report any concerns immediately.

-Have a detailed working knowledge of key partnership services and organisations (i.e. voluntary sector, social services, housing), including their eligibility criteria and access procedures.

-To lead and maintain a learning environment, via mentorship, supervision and guidance to identified junior staff and students.

-To lead on Quality Improvement and liaise with the Quality Improvement team to support areas of practice development and to coordinate staff training in improvement approaches.

-To support staff training and development in all areas appropriate to inpatient care.

-To lead on improving patient experience and co-production on the Ward

-To provide senior leadership across the acute system as deemed necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Professional Qualification i.e. RMN/HCPC
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Hold or be willing to undertake Quality Improvement training

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Excellent written communication skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Effective organisational and delegation skills
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
• Experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Reliable
• Enthusiastic
• Self-motivated
• Ability to work on own initiative Engaging, open and honest Personal resilience
• Able to demonstrate a non-judgemental and empathetic approach to service users
• Ability to work as part of a team and able to accept direction and leadership in carrying out duties

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Caludon Centre

Clifford Bridge Road

Coventry

CV2 2TE

Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)