Clinical Practice Lead

NHS; Radlett; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An outstanding Trust is seeking an experienced nurse to join their Acute & Urgent Care Division. This role involves supporting nursing staff in a dynamic inpatient setting, enhancing clinical practice, and ensuring high standards of patient care. You will work within a friendly and supportive team, contributing to the development of innovative nursing practices and policies. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in mental health care while enjoying generous benefits, including a competitive salary, extensive holiday entitlement, and excellent training opportunities. Join a team that values compassion, professionalism, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

5% high cost allowance

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in acute mental health settings.
• Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support development of nursing practice and competencies.
• Contribute to clinical guidelines and policies implementation.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Risk Assessment

Clinical Decision Making

Evidence-Based Practice

Education

RN (Mental Health)

BSC in Nursing or equivalent

V300 (non-medical prescribing)

Job description

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

We have an opportunity for an experienced nurse who is Band 6 or above.

The role is within the Acute & Urgent Care Division (Inpatients), based at the friendly and supportive team at Swift Ward, Kingfisher Court, Radlett.

Come and join an outstanding Trust!

Swift Ward is a 18 bedded acute mental health assessment and treatment ward offering acute mental health care to adults. The ward provides mixed sex accommodation and has a multi-disciplinary team including psychologists, occupational therapy, recreational workers as well as the nursing and medical team.

The Clinical Practice Lead will provide professional and practice development support acute assessment unit (AAU) nursing staff on all aspects of mental health nursing.

As delegated by the clinical matron, the post holder will support the implementation of the purposeful admission model including associated nursing interventions, policies, and standards.

This will be delivered through a highly visible presence within the AAU and will be underpinned by demonstrating values-based approach to the delivery of compassionate, safe, and effective patient care.

For an informal chat, contact Amarni on 01923 633788

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Support to develop and enhance nursing practice, skills, and competencies within inpatient setting through a variety of means, but strongly linked to direct 'shop floor' practice
• Share good practice within AAU services in line local, Trust and national standards and policy
• Responsible for developing innovative clinical and evidence-based nursing practice in line with agreed priorities, standards, policies, and guidance, ensuring that nurses at all levels are involved in the process
• Facilitate the dissemination of new and updated polices and guidance, and auditing application in practice
• Work with the wider leadership team in developing and delivering workshops, training, and education in line with service and local priorities and initiatives

In return, we can offer you:

• leadership and management training opportunities
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities

Critically contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical guidelines, procedures and policies and the monitoring of nursing standards including nursing care assurance

Maintain effective working relationships with all members of the nursing, multidisciplinary team (MDT) and team leader and other operational management managers.

For a More in-depth Person and Job Description, please read the attached before applying

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION /TRAINING

• RN (Mental Health)
• BSC in Nursing or equivalent
• Demonstrable evidence of CPD with direct relevance to this post
• V300 (non-medical prescribing)

EXPERIENCE

• Experience at Band 6 or above in acute mental health inpatient setting
• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Experience of leading a nursing team i.e., nurse in charge
• Experience of undertaking nursing audits e.g., Fundamentals of care, IPC

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITY

• Evidence of undertaking risk assessments and developing risk management plans and wellbeing plans
• Good understand of the functions of acute assessment unit (AAU) and of the purposeful admission model.
• Good understanding of practice governance and continuous improvement processes including risk management and audit
• Delivering effective practice that is evidence based.
• Ability to make clinical decisions within a context of complexity and stressful to determine accurate assessment and outcome
• Evidence of practice development and of implementing innovative practice

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.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

£48,270 to £54,931 a yearper annum pro rata (includes 5% high cost area)