Job summary
We are recruiting for a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Team Leader to work with us at the wells Road Centre. Our Hospital provides low secure care to both male and female patients.
We are looking for a candidate who has the relevant skills to provide safe and effective patient care, demonstrating the knowledge and experience necessary to inspire good practice and develop services and enhance patient experience and quality.
The focus of the role is to to effectively lead a team, demonstrating the knowledge and experience necessary to inspire good practice and develop services and enhance patient experience and quality
You will be expected to provide clinical supervision and undertake appraisal systems for a group of staff as well as maintaining your own continuing professional development.
It is essential that you are able to work flexible hours, over 7 days a week, covering a 24 hour pattern. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work as part of a dynamic team within the low secure services
You will also complete Unit Co-ordinator duties which allows the service to have a site manager in the hospital all all times.
These posts are subject to National NHS T&Cs, paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during nights, weekends and bank holidays and we offer a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 to new starters with the Trust in this role (payable in instalments over a 2 year period)
Main duties of the job
We need Registered Nurses (learning disability and or mental health) who have completed preceptorship, have experience working with adults with mental health problems, are able to lead a team, and work creatively and effectively in a clinical environment.
Candidates will demonstrate progressive skills in leadership, supervision, clinical practice, service development, risk assessment and risk management. We need nurses who are approachable, compassionate and motivated with good communication skills.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.
Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Professional nursing leadership within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Provide clinical leadership, coaching & mentoring for the development of services
- Maintain excellence through clinical practice development & quality improvement
- Responsible for the safe monitoring, management and administration of medication as required by Trust policy.
- Ensure compliance with best practice directions (NICE) and participation in quality and safety initiatives
- Assess, design, implement and evaluate safe, creative, and effective treatment plans
- Ensure that individual care plans are complete & maintained under NMS guidelines
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Professional nursing leadership within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Provide clinical leadership, coaching & mentoring for the development of services
- Maintain excellence through clinical practice development & quality improvement
- Responsible for the safe monitoring, management and administration of medication as required by Trust policy.
- Ensure compliance with best practice directions (NICE) and participation in quality and safety initiatives
- Assess, design, implement and evaluate safe, creative, and effective treatment plans
- Ensure that individual care plans are complete & maintained under NMS guidelines
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- RNLD (Learning Disability) RMN
Desirable
- Evidence of post basic registration development or accredited training and courses
Work Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and Understanding of current Mental Health Legislation
- Knowledge and Understanding of clinical risk assessment.
- Experience of working with challenging behaviour. Ability to develop nursing practice in line with research / evidence based practice.
Desirable
- Relevant forensic experience.
- Knowledge of utilising resources and how this impacts on budgeting / finance.
- Audit and Research experience.
- Ability to manage set objectives and plan the development of others within a team.
Aptitude/Skills
Essential
- Ability to function and work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to lead a team, delegate and manage workloads.
- Good verbal / written communication skills
- Ability to develop professional working relationships with a challenging patient group.
- Evidence of good skills in assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
Contractual Requirement
Essential
- shift working, 24 hour rotational systems
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- RNLD (Learning Disability) RMN
Desirable
- Evidence of post basic registration development or accredited training and courses
Work Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and Understanding of current Mental Health Legislation
- Knowledge and Understanding of clinical risk assessment.
- Experience of working with challenging behaviour. Ability to develop nursing practice in line with research / evidence based practice.
Desirable
- Relevant forensic experience.
- Knowledge of utilising resources and how this impacts on budgeting / finance.
- Audit and Research experience.
- Ability to manage set objectives and plan the development of others within a team.
Aptitude/Skills
Essential
- Ability to function and work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to lead a team, delegate and manage workloads.
- Good verbal / written communication skills
- Ability to develop professional working relationships with a challenging patient group.
- Evidence of good skills in assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
Contractual Requirement
Essential
- shift working, 24 hour rotational systems
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.
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
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).
