Intermediate Care Clinical Team Lead

NHS; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Lead - Nurse to join the Intermediate Care Team in North Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The successful candidate will provide leadership, ensuring smooth operations and high-quality patient-centred care within the community, enhancing efficiency in patient pathways.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with evidence of continuous professional development.
• Management qualifications desirable.
• Effective leadership in multi-disciplinary teams required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and manage admission avoidance and care transfer processes.
• Integrate multi-disciplinary team practices to optimize patient outcomes.
• Ensure effective staff allocation and maintain quality of care.

Skills

Leadership

Patient Care

Communication

Organisational Skills

Education

Registered Nurse

Management Qualification

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Lead- Nurse to join our Intermediate Care Team in the North of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

The Intermediate Care Service provides care and therapy in patients' own homes and in private provider care home settings, facilitating discharges from hospitals and admission avoidance using a home first care model.

The post holder will offer leadership and management to ensure the effective delivery of the Intermediate Care Service across the North locality as part of the countywide Intermediate Care Service.

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Clinical Team Lead- Therapist to deliver high quality, patient-centred care within the Intermediate Care Service.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will need to be innovative, decisive and display strong leadership and organisational skills.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the team, maintaining quality standards and maximising resource within the team. In addition, playing a key role within the local system to optimise patient flow, working collaboratively with countywide service colleagues and partner organisations.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Details Date posted

28 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

310-MOPAC-7192407

Job locations

Phorpres Close

2 Phorpres Close

Peterborough

PE7 8FZ

Job description Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• Providing leadership and management on matters relating to admission avoidance, early supported discharge, transfer of care process.
• Work closely with the MDT and coordinators, integrating working practices to streamline processes, share knowledge, and benefit patient experience, outcomes and flow.
• Manage systems to ensure the effective allocation and deployment of staff.
• Act as a resource for the team and others involved in the patient pathway, providing advice to facilitate timely discharge and flow through the pathway and with the aim of reducing hospital stays, maximising patient independence, enabling patients to receive the right care at the right time in the right place.
• Ensure systems and processes are in place to receive and prioritise referrals to the team and delegation to staff
• Ensure own leadership style facilitates effective communication, collaboration and motivation of staff and partners to achieve effective transfer of care.
• Work collaboratively with the team and professional leads to support professional and practice developments including CPFT Clinical Supervision framework
• To ensure the effective daily delivery of the service in the community responding to needs identified in the community or following hospital admission

Job description Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• Providing leadership and management on matters relating to admission avoidance, early supported discharge, transfer of care process.
• Work closely with the MDT and coordinators, integrating working practices to streamline processes, share knowledge, and benefit patient experience, outcomes and flow.
• Manage systems to ensure the effective allocation and deployment of staff.
• Act as a resource for the team and others involved in the patient pathway, providing advice to facilitate timely discharge and flow through the pathway and with the aim of reducing hospital stays, maximising patient independence, enabling patients to receive the right care at the right time in the right place.
• Ensure systems and processes are in place to receive and prioritise referrals to the team and delegation to staff
• Ensure own leadership style facilitates effective communication, collaboration and motivation of staff and partners to achieve effective transfer of care.
• Work collaboratively with the team and professional leads to support professional and practice developments including CPFT Clinical Supervision framework
• To ensure the effective daily delivery of the service in the community responding to needs identified in the community or following hospital admission

Person Specification Education/ Qualification Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Management qualification

Experience Essential

• Evidence of effective leadership management in multi-disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of long- term conditions effecting adults and older people.
• Evidence of effective leadership management in multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

• Budget management
• Management across sites

Skills and Abilities Essential

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of partnership working.
• Demonstrates ability to analyse and act on performance and quality data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates understanding of legislation relating to work with older people

Desirable

• Experience in training and education

Person Specification Education/ Qualification Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Management qualification

Experience Essential

• Evidence of effective leadership management in multi-disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of long- term conditions effecting adults and older people.
• Evidence of effective leadership management in multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

• Budget management
• Management across sites

Skills and Abilities Essential

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of partnership working.
• Demonstrates ability to analyse and act on performance and quality data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates understanding of legislation relating to work with older people

Desirable

• Experience in training and education

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Phorpres Close

2 Phorpres Close

Peterborough

PE7 8FZ

Employer's website

https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Phorpres Close

2 Phorpres Close

Peterborough

PE7 8FZ

Employer's website

https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)