Clinical Lead

BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Taplow; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career развитие

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior clinical leader to support the Windsor & Maidenhead Community Nursing Service. The role emphasizes hands-on patient care with 60% clinical activity daily, flexible 7-day working, and collaboration with the Operational Team Lead to maintain high care standards.

The post prioritises evidence-based practice, safeguarding, and effective discharge planning, while providing mentorship to staff and contributing to service development and

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical support and leadership to community nursing staff in Windsor & Maidenhead.
• Minimum 60% of the day spent in direct clinical patient-facing activity.
• Work flexibly over 7 days to meet the needs of the One Community Nursing service.
• Collaborate with the Operational Team Lead to ensure staff competency and ongoing clinical development.
• Champion evidence-based practice to ensure high-quality, safe patient care.
• Act as a senior clinical resource for complex patient cases.
• Promote initiatives to reduce inappropriate hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharges.
• Ensure care delivery is based on sound clinical assessment and robust care planning.
• Monitor and review staff practice to maintain high standards of care.
• Investigate complaints, safeguarding concerns and serious incidents; identify root causes and improvements.
• Add areas of concern to the risk register and disseminate learning across the team.

Education

DN SPQ

Job description

• Provide expert clinical support and leadership to community nursing staff working within the Windsor & Maidenhead Community Nursing Service.
• This role will consist of a minimum of 60% daily clinical patient facing activity.
• To work flexibly over 7 days to meet the changing needs of the One Community Nursing service.
• Collaborate closely with the Operational Team Lead to ensure staff competency, including overseeing induction processes and ongoing clinical development.
• Champion evidence-based practice to ensure delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective patient care.
• Act as a senior clinical resource, offering enhanced support and guidance for complex patient cases.
• Promote and support initiatives aimed at reducing inappropriate or unscheduled hospital admissions and facilitating timely hospital discharges., Clinical Governance & Care Quality
• Ensure care delivery is based on sound clinical assessment and robust care planning processes.
• Monitor and review staff practice regularly to maintain high standards of clinical care.
• Investigate complaints, safeguarding concerns, and serious incidents, identifying root causes and implementing improvements.
• Add areas of concern to the risk register and disseminate learning across the team

Leadership & Team Management

• Exercise leadership and sound judgment in supporting the management team.
• Support recruitment and retention strategies to build a resilient and skilled workforce.

  Specialist District Nursing Qualification (DN SPQ).

  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services

• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

  Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites