Clinical Lead

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP); Chester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Clinical Lead in Chester, where your leadership and clinical expertise will directly impact the quality of care delivered to patients. This role offers the opportunity to work within a dynamic multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing evidence-based, recovery-focused care. You'll be responsible for guiding a passionate nursing team while fostering a compassionate, person-centered approach to health care. With a commitment to professional development and an outstanding work environment, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful difference in mental health services. Embrace the chance to grow your career in an organization that values its staff and the community it serves.

Benefits

Relocation Package up to £8,000

Flexible Working Options

Professional Development Opportunities

Supportive Multidisciplinary Team Environment

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse RMN with strong clinical and leadership skills.
• Experience in a multidisciplinary environment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in delivering high-quality nursing care.
• Support and educate the nursing team to ensure quality care.

Skills

Clinical Expertise

Leadership Skills

Evidence-Based Practice

Collaboration

Cultural Diversity Awareness

Mental Health Knowledge

Physical Health Knowledge

Education

NMC Registered Nurse RMN

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Job description

Main area: Clinical Lead

Grade Band: 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours worked in 11.5hrs shifts (3 shifts per week, plus 1 week of 4 shifts every month)

Job ref: 373-SMH2269

Site: Bowmere Hospital

Town: Chester

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000.

The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Clinical Lead to join our Multi-Disciplinary Team. We seek a Clinical Lead with appropriate knowledge and leadership skills who has a passion for quality improvement and leading people. You will be responsible for providing leadership in delivering high-quality nursing care utilizing a range of approaches including codes of conduct, evidence-based practice, standards, and systems. You will support, advise and educate the nursing team ensuring high-quality care is given.

Main duties of the job

You will be working in a multidisciplinary team which includes Medical staff, Allied Health Professionals (including Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy), a Health and Fitness team, and Peer support workers/volunteers. Our therapeutic environment includes dedicated therapy rooms and a large gym.

As a member of the team, you will support the delivery of responsive, evidence-based, recovery-focused care to everyone in our care. If you are currently a band 5 or 6 RMN looking for the next step and you would like to work where you can make a real difference, there’s no better place to be than Bowmere.

Bowmere operates 24-hour cover; therefore, you are required to work shifts which will include nights. There are a variety of shifts available, and all requests for flexible and part-time working will be considered.

Working for our organisation

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’: Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion, and Commitment. The supporting information section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website here. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email – [e-mail] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse RMN
• Evidence of Continued Professional development.

Knowledge and Expertise

• High level of clinical expertise.
• Understanding and appreciation of national policy and health/social care issues.
• Clear understanding of social inclusion/equality/diversity.
• Ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries.
• Knowledge of cultural diversity within the healthcare setting.
• Aware of current mental health issues, debates and practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of physical health needs.
• A willingness to undertake further training.
• Knowledge of the MHA and MCA.

Experience

• Relevant, post-qualifying experience at band 5.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Working with service users with severe mental health problems utilizing user/carer involvement.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Steph Sharp

Job title: Ward Manager

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01244 397320

If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [e-mail] or telephone [phone].

Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow

We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.

We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:

• Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy.
• Medical - including psychiatry and general practice.
• Pharmacy.
• Clinical support roles.
• Estates and facilities.
• Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT, finance and more.

At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.

With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?