Advanced Clinical Lead Macclesfield

Meeveem Limited; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Lead for the Silk Ward dementia assessment team in Macclesfield. You will drive high standards of care, provide clinical leadership and support staff development.

We invite applicants with strong dementia care expertise, NHS experience and a track record in quality improvement. This permanent, full-time role offers AfC Band 7 terms and a supportive, inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional degree and UK registration
• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience
• CPD with dementia and older people care
• Evidence of leadership experience and clinical governance involvement

Responsibilities

• Lead quality improvement initiatives and monitor clinical standards
• Provide expert clinical guidance for complex cases within a multi-disciplinary team
• Deliver staff training, coaching, and supervision to develop the team’s skills and confidence

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Change management

Problem solving

Dementia care

Staff development

Education

Social work / Nursing / Allied Health degree

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well-established inpatient specialist dementia assessment team on Silk Ward, in the role of an Advanced Clinical Lead.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about driving high standards of care, is compassionate and committed to working within dementia care, and exhibits excellent leadership skills to support quality improvement initiatives and staff development.

Main duties of the job

• Quality improvement - demonstrate highly effective communication skills and problem-solving abilities, implement continuous quality improvement initiatives with current best practice for dementia care, identifying learning themes and responding to this, attendance at Trust wide meetings and local Dementia Steering Group, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of clinical standards.
• Clinical expertise - working autonomously within a multi-disciplinary framework and act as a source of expertise and point of contact within the team, supporting with complex cases with specialist assessment and planning of care, liaising with internal and external professionals and working collaboratively, and ensuring high standards of patient care within trust guidelines and policies.
• Staff development - delivery of training and supporting with sourcing further training/education opportunities, facilitating clinical supervision, providing a coaching and mentoring role to enhance the teams skills and knowledge, motivating and inspiring the team to drive high standards of patient care and creating a productive work environment.

About us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Details

• Date posted: 07 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 373-SMH2675-A RR
• Job locations: Silk Ward, Victoria Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3BL, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A relevant Social Work, Nursing or Allied Health Professional (e.g. Occupational Therapy) degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Current registration with a nationally recognised professional body relevant to the professional qualification held e.g. GSCC for Social workers, HPC for Occupational Therapists etc
• Minimum 5 years post registration experience
• Evidence of Up-to-date CPD with specialist training surrounding dementia and nursing older people.

Desirable

• Masters level qualification or equivalent short courses and / or experience
• Teaching qualification or significant experience

Knowledge & Expertise

Essential

• Excellent communication skills: working with staff, working with patients and carers, working with general practice, presentations, written reports, understanding and ability to interpret, research and facilitate staff to implement evidence-based practice
• Proven ability to challenge current practices and freedom to make change in light of evidence-based recommendations
• Knowledge, understanding and the ability to interpret and implement local and national policy direction relevant to practice
• Proven experience of clinical audit, skill and knowledge required to facilitate staff to undertake clinical audit
• Knowledge and experience of moving staff through the change management process
• Empowering staff to manage and support change
• Demonstrable effective clinical leadership with knowledge, understanding and application of leadership theories
• Relevant clinical expertise to support and facilitate clinical development and innovation
• Evidence of sound information technology skills

Experience

Essential

• Experience in the development of professional roles
• Successfully managed projects that demonstrate ability to communicate and implement change
• Demonstrable and proven understanding and experience of the clinical and corporate governance agenda
• Knowledge and experience of facilitation of reflective practice for staff and personal reflective practice
• Demonstrable ability and experience in motivating and empowering others to change roles and in leading practice development

Trust values

Essential

• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

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.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

DBS Check

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Silk Ward, Victoria Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3BL, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Ward Manager, Andrew Toogood, [e-mail], 01625712083