Clinical Lead

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust seeks a Clinical Lead to manage and supervise multidisciplinary teams, ensuring clinical excellence in service delivery. The role includes training, clinical pathway development, performance monitoring, and a commitment to promoting service change and improvement. Ideal candidates will have a professional nursing qualification and relevant experience in clinical leadership.

Qualifications

• Maintains professional registration with appropriate professional body.
• Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training.

Responsibilities

• Lead on clinical pathway development and training delivery.
• Provide oversight of clinical supervision and appraisal.
• Contribute to performance and activity monitoring.

Skills

Clinical supervision skills

Good written/oral communication

Ability to work as part of a team

Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic

IT skills

Assessment intervention and evaluation

Education

Professional Nursing/Clinical Qualification to degree level or equivalent

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will receive clinical supervision and work under expert leadership of the ACP within the team.
Promote clinical excellence in line with local and national guidance whilst working within the parameters of Trust policy & procedure.
The post holder will be expected to support service transformation by leading on service change, chair pathway workstream meetings, support
and coproduce task and finish groups.

Promote service change by championing and leading clinical service transformation. Lead on clinical pathway development inclusive of delivery of training for the clinical pathways in which clinical leads will be assigned across the pathways to support pathway delivery, clinical
effectiveness and planning.

Provide and have oversight of clinical supervision, appraisal and clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team and contribute to ongoing service development.

Work in partnership with the team leader and administrative lead to contribute to performance and activity monitoring and to contribute to
recruitment

Have a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or equivalent professional body.

Be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the skill mix within the team and areas for development. Have a good understanding of national and local policies and procedures informing the evidence base for clinical care.

You will work alongside the care coordinator and have oversight of complex clinical cases within the team.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential criteria

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Values - Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork.
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role.

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

• Able to undertake training in the management of violence reduction
• Has the physical ability to perform the full range of nursing duties/Clinical duties

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration
• Non-Medical prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including occasional unsocial hours and bank holidays)

Training

Essential criteria

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.

Desirable criteria

• The ability to deal with and resolve conflict

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
• Advanced knowledge of physical health problems in the older adult

Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional

Essential criteria

• Professional Nursing/Clinical Qualification to degree level or equivalent.
• Maintains professional registration with appropriate professional body.
• Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
• Specialist and area specific experience.
• Advanced knowledge of medication for the older adult with mental health issues

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of national and local issues impacting of nursing care
• Experience of clinical / managerial leadership within an MDT and own approach to management

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good written/oral communication skills
• Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
• Clinical supervision skills
• IT skills
• A high level of emotional intelligence

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you. This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. Should you require any further information please refer our Privacy Policy shown on the Trust website, please click here for more information.
• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Clinical Lead JD PS (PDF, 320.4KB)
• Clinical Lead JD PS (PDF, 320.4KB)
• Colleague Benefits (PDF, 16.1MB)
• About Nottinghamshire Healthcare (PDF, 1.5MB)