Clinical Nurse Lead

Job summary

Do you have strong management and leadership skills?

At Brooklands Hospital we are committed to providing the best standard of care and experience for individuals whilst in an inpatient setting, supporting them to gain skills to reach their potential and maintain a good quality of life.

This post is required to replace our existing Clinical Lead Nurse who is moving on due to a new role.

Jade Ward is a ward for Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities who require treatment in hospital and a discharge plan to successfully return to a life in the community with the support and care they deserve. The ward benefits from a well established nursing and care assistant team and a full MDT as well as it's own school and teaching staff.

This post is required to support clinical leadership on the ward, with a focus on the safety and quality aspects of Patient care. The role is critical to the timely management of incidents, supporting the MDT and driving the patients input to co-produced services. This role is critical in ensuring the ward team benefits from visible Clinical Nurse Lead presence, supervision and direction and it enables a firm career structure for succession planning.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Clinical Lead for Jade Ward, as it moves back into a newly refurbished 6 bedded ward. This is interesting, at times challenging, but very rewarding work.

Previous experience in inpatient care and/or secure services is essential

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have lead clinical responsibility for all aspects of the nursing care planning process including pre-admission, developing specialist programmes of care, from pre-admission to discharge within

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical development and clinical supervision of all nursing staff within the Jade Ward at Brooklands

The post holder will provide cover for the Nurse ward Manager as required.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.