Clinical Lead

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to apply for a Clinical Lead to work collaboratively with the ward Manager, to complement each other in achieving Quality and Assurance. The ward is a 16-bedded community rehabilitation unit in the seaside town of Whitby, North Yorkshire.

Come and join our integrated team delivering our vision to improve health and wellbeing in our local community through high-quality, person-centred care.

Work alongside the locality matron and Ward manager in the achievement of clinical excellence, patient safety and regulatory assurance.

Main duties of the job

Some of the main duties include:

1. Provide clinical & professional leadership to the team.
2. Use advanced clinical skills to support and advise on service development and the delivery of evidence-based care in partnership with service users, carers, staff, managers, & other agencies.
3. Support development of clinical competencies.
4. Carry out clinical supervision.
5. Carry out clinical audits.
6. Lead on investigation and learning from clinical incidents.
7. Non-medical prescriber V300.

About us

We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding this role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Skills and Competencies

Essential

1. Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising, mentoring, and teaching.
2. Able to demonstrate effective communication skills.
3. Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change.
4. Non-medical prescribing V300 or willingness to work towards.

Desirable

1. Teaching and mentoring qualification.

Experience

Essential

1. Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
2. Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice.
3. Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice.
4. Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area to advanced level of post-graduate diploma or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning.

Desirable

1. Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level.

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

1. Be a member of a recognised professional body and hold a current professional registration.
2. Educated to Masters Level or Post Graduate advanced clinical/professional qualification and be able to fully demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience.
3. Non-medical prescribing - V300.

Desirable

1. Specialist/advanced understanding/application of relevant managerial and leadership aspects of the service area.
2. Teaching certificate or equivalent eg FLIP, MIP, 998.

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.