Clinical Lead Nurse - Inpatients

NHS; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Clinical Lead Nurse for their female Adult Mental Health Ward. The role involves providing clinical leadership, ensuring high standards of care, and working within a supportive team. Candidates should have a strong commitment to patient care and the ability to form therapeutic relationships. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to mental health services in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship.
• Experience working collaboratively with service users and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the ward team.
• Complete medication rounds and attend MDT meetings.
• Support decision making and assess ongoing risks.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Clinical Risk Assessment

Clinical Governance

Education

Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council

Recognised Practice Supervisor

Trained in Clinical Supervision

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Lead Nurse - Inpatients

The closing date is 22 May 2025

We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Clinical Lead to work on our female Adult Mental Health Ward (Esk Ward) at Cross Lane Hospital.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual who holds a current professional registration with the NMC. You will be professionally accountable and responsible for the delivery of clinical care within the ward team with the focus on positive behavioural support to patients.

This exciting and challenging role will afford the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care through evidenced based practice. You will be in a key role within the team and alongside other members of the leadership team, ensuring the overall aims and purpose of the ward are clear and that patient safety is paramount.You will carry out assigned tasks involving direct care, and will be required to work rotational days and night shifts. The post is also part of the Duty Nurse Coordinator rota and the successful applicant will be allocated Duty Nurse shifts as part of this roster.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will be working with patients on the female adult mental health inpatient ward providing clinical leadership to a core team of staff. The successful applicants should have a person centred value base, have skills in identifying strategies and plans for future care, maximizing individual's strengths and minimizing the impact of their needs on their daily lives.

You will need excellent communication skills and be calm, confident and resilient in your approach. You will be expected to complete medication rounds, attend Report Out/MDT, liaise with MDT members re. patient care, liaise with other professionals involved in the patients care, attend ward formulations/reviews/discharge meetings. You will be part of the leadership team and will be required to support leadership with providing quality assurances for the care and treatment we provide in the form of audits, provision of clinical and management supervision. You will also need to provide leadership day to day to the team, support with decision making, complex issues, assessing ongoing risks.

You will need to be able to form therapeutic relationships with people with mental health needs. You will be joining a team of highly skilled and committed individuals and will become part of the multi-disciplinary team.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Applicants must ensure that prior to applying for secondment they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.

In the event that permanent funding is secured for this post the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council. RMNH/RNLD
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Recognised Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within 6 months
• Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing clinical supervision OR willingness to work towards within 6 months

Experience

• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework)
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
• Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate
• Supervising or assessing students on practice placement.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Quality improvement activities

Knowledge

• Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Research and development methodology.
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
• Working knowledge of clinical medicines management, including administration of injections

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust