Clinical Lead

North East & North Cumbria ICB; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

North East & North Cumbria ICB is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Lead Nurse to provide expert clinical oversight and strategic leadership across All Age Continuing Care. The role focuses on NHS Continuing Healthcare and Complex Care pathways, with collaboration across partners to deliver safe, person-centred care.

The post demands extensive post-registration experience, leadership capabilities, and experience in NHS Continuing Care and education programmes.

Qualifications

• NMC or Social Work England current registration.
• Masters level degree with post graduate diploma level specialist knowledge and/or equivalent experience.
• Extensive post registration experience, some at senior clinical level.
• Previous leadership experience with ability to plan and prioritise workload.
• Extensive NHS Continuing Care experience.
• Evidence of leading education and/ or training programmes.
• Experience with Learning Disabilities or Mental Health.
• Community experience.
• Valid UK driving licence.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to produce concise reports and graphs.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical oversight and visible professional leadership across All Age Continuing Care.
• Collaborate with colleagues and partners to shape high-quality, safe, and person-centred care.
• Ensure alignment with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and Complex Care pathways.
• Lead programmes of education and training as required.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Strategic planning

Team coordination

Education

Masters level degree with post-graduate diploma or equivalent

NMC or Social Work England Registration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Pivot tables

Job description

Ready to lead, influence and make a lasting difference? We are looking for an experienced and inspirational clinician to join the North East and North Cumbria ICB's All Age Continuing Care (AACC) service as our next Band 7 Clinical Lead Nurse

Main duties of the job

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your clinical expertise, professional curiosity and leadership skills to a service supporting people of all ages with complex needs. You will provide expert clinical oversight and visible professional leadership across All Age Continuing Care, including NHS Continuing Healthcare and Complex Care pathways. Working collaboratively with colleagues and partners, you will help shape and deliver high-quality, safe and person-centred care in line with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and Complex Care pathways.

About us

Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.

The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.

With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.

The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.

Job responsibilities

we may close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if we receive sufficient suitable applications.

Please note: This opportunity is open only to current employees of the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and North of England Commissioning Support (NECS).

Qualifications

• NMC or Social Work England Current Registration.
• Degree masters level study in addition to post graduate diploma level specialist knowledge and/or equivalent experience.
• Extensive post registration experience, some of which will be at senior clinical level.
• Previous experience of working in a leadership role and the ability to plan and prioritise workload of the team.
• Extensive clinical experience of NHS Continuing Care.
• Evidence of leading programme/ programmes of education and/ or training.
• Experience working with Learning Disabilities or Mental Health.
• Community experience.

Physical Skills

• Valid UK driving licence.

Other Requirements

• Will be able to meet the transport requirements of the post.
• Will have good working knowledge of Microsoft office packages and key board skills.
• Will be able to produce accurate and concise reports graphs / pivot tables, to reflect the MDT assessment and recommendation.

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.