Band 7 Clinical Lead Nurse- Community Autism Team

TN United Kingdom; Loughborough; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Band 7 Clinical Lead Nurse to join their community Autism services in Loughborough. This exciting full-time role offers the opportunity to lead a multi-disciplinary team, providing essential support to individuals with Autism. You will be instrumental in managing care quality, conducting assessments, and ensuring the delivery of effective, patient-centered care. With a hybrid work model, this position allows for flexibility while making a significant impact in the community. If you are passionate about improving lives and fostering collaboration across health and social care, this role is for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Professional Development Opportunities

Supportive Work Environment

NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified and experienced in nursing with a focus on Autism services.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive assessments and develop care plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage care quality performance and clinical activity.
• Lead and guide the nursing team in delivering effective care.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Mental Health Nursing

Learning Disability Nursing

ADOS Assessments

Multi-disciplinary Team Collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Specialist Autism Training

Tools

MS Teams

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Band 7 Clinical Lead Nurse- Community Autism Team, Loughborough

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Client:

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Location:

Loughborough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Overview

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a full time Band 7 Clinical Lead Nurse to join our community Autism services covering the whole of Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. The role will be split across 3 services -

0.6 WTE based within our Specialist Autism Team (SAT) providing support for service users aged 14years and above to understand their diagnosis, how it impacts on their lives and how their individual needs can be support. There will be opportunities to work directly with service users as well as facilitating group workshops and liaising with colleagues across Health, Social Care, Education. The SAT is a multi disciplinary team and you will form part of the leadership team alongside colleagues from Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy Backgrounds. You will be required to provide line management to the Nursing team and will also support in the day to day decision making of the service.

0.4 WTE based within our Adult Autism Assessment Service (AAAS) undertaking Autism Assessments with service users aged 18years and above. For this role you will be qualified and experienced in undertaking ADOS assessments both face to face and on occasion over MS Teams. You will also provide support to the Teams Operational Manager and provide Supervision to staff as and when required.

A background in either Mental Health or Learning Disability nursing will be advantageous to these roles.

Please be aware this is a Hybrid role with opportunities to work from Trust offices as well as remotely.

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

• To manage and take overall responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership and guidance, clinical advice and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality: o Patient safety o The effectiveness of all health care interventions o Patient experience o The environment in which care is delivered
• To ensure the delivery of a clinically effective service which meets the needs of individuals, families and communities in line with local and national development plans, Trust policies and procedures.
• To be responsible for the development of specialist care interventions and care plans.
• To foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent approach with internal and external MDT’s and between all stakeholders.
• Perform and monitor comprehensive assessments of clients/service users needs. Plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.
• Take continuous management responsibility for the delivery of specialist care needs of individual and groups pf clients/services users.
• Promote the involvement and engagement of clients/services users and carers/ relatives in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care.
• Work collaboratively and ensure maintenance of effective multi-disciplinary communication and with other professionals, agencies and stakeholders to ensure needs are met in relation to care input, support for ongoing care needs and (when necessary) safe discharge.
• Communicate highly complex information about clients/services users’ conditions to multi-disciplinary team colleagues, to ensure effective delivery of patient treatments.
• Used advanced skills and expert knowledge to clinically lead and enable others to deliver best practice across the service.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.