Clinical Nurse Lead

Priory Group; Bryn; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The Priory Highbank Centre is seeking a Clinical Nurse Lead to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering neuro-rehabilitation and complex neuro-disability care. You will supervise nursing staff, drive clinical governance and coordinate with Consultants, GPs, therapists and external professionals across the site.

Based at Highbank, the role involves leading the clinical team, managing admissions, assessments and audits, and being the main liaison for commissioners and families.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with post-qualification experience.
• Leadership or managerial experience in neurology or complex care.
• Experience in neuro-rehabilitation, tracheostomy and long-term ventilation is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the nursing team.
• Lead MDT meetings and coordinate care planning.
• Develop and implement clinical governance, audits and standards.
• Conduct pre-admission assessments and neuro assessments with the MDT.
• Liaise with commissioners and external professionals to support service users.
• Be on-call as part of site leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

MDT coordination

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

Clinical Nurse Lead

Priory Highbank Centre

£46,000 per annum

Full Time – 37.5 hours

Highbank has an opportunity for a Clinical Lead to join our team. The Priory Highbank Centre is a 19 bedded facility for Neuro-rehabilitation and complex neuro-disability. Service users are referred mainly from NHS funders across the country for slow stream neuro rehabilitation or specialist assessments like PDoC assessments by experienced clinicians. The team also manages those people with complex tracheostomy and/or mechanical ventilation for specialist assessments or slow stream neuro-rehabilitation.

You will be part of a compassionate team that is committed to supporting people's wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. If successful, you would become part of and be the Lead of our dedicated multidisciplinary Clinical team who offer an evidence-based approach to person-centred care and therapy. You will be working in conjunction with other experienced members of the MDT, including a Consultant, GP, nurses, physiotherapists, speech and language therapist, neuropsychologist, and external professionals, with excellent communication and organisational skills to promote team goals. To promote, monitor and implement standards for service provision within the clinical environments, evaluating through clinical governance and audits as per company guidance and standards. Provide clinical leadership, positive role modelling to the whole team, ensuring effective communication across the multidisciplinary team, through supervision, mentoring and appraisals. Develop close working relationships with external professionals and clinical colleagues, ensuring clinical practice is in line with Priory policies and procedures and complies with statutory regulations and quality standards Be the leader for the clinical team at site, directly supervising the nursing team and supporting other clinicians as a senior clinical colleague. Be the main contact and liaison person for commissioners, families and other external professionals who supports our service users at site Conduct and organize pre- admission assessments following referrals from external stakeholders and consultants, working with the whole MDT. Carry out nursing and neuro assessments alongside other clinical colleagues to identify service user needs, before planning and delivering the appropriate interventions. Compose Nursing reports and attend / lead on multidisciplinary team meetings / reports with other senior clinicians. Lead the implementation of new innovations within their site and sharing best practice with colleagues within the service. Undertake on-call duties as part of the leadership team at site to advise and support team as required. You can find additional information in the attached job description.

You will be an experienced and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with post qualification experience. You will have managerial or leadership experience, preferably working in a neurological or complex care service in a mixture of physical, sensory, cognitive, emotional & psychological difficulties e.g. prolonged disorders of consciousness, long term medical conditions, tracheostomy and long term mechanical ventilation etc. Applicants will be subject to recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasis the Unit's commitment to the safeguarding of its service users.