Job summary
12 Months Fixed Contract / Secondment
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive post of a Clinical Team Leader (Band 7) on a forensic low secure ward.
The low secure service looks after patients who have spent time in prison/care setting and require help with ADL skills and adjustment to life outside of hospital.We are a Trauma Informed Service, looking for a dynamic and compassionate individual with good clinical skills. You will lead the delivery of high-quality care to patients, in which nursing therapeutic skills support our patients to feel safe, listened to, valued, engaged and empowered.
You will role model to colleagues how empathy and curiosity about patients' traumas, adversity, mental states and behaviours support patients to change.
This post will be suitable for a Clinical Charge Nurse with adequate skills to support the multidisciplinary team in using evidenced based approaches such as Trauma Informed Care, recovery star, traffic light system, Broset in the prediction of violence and aggression, safety huddles and other evidence-based approaches.
Most importantly, you will be supported to ensure that care is delivered in a proactive working environment to achieve a positive patient experience.
The role will provide you with opportunities to develop your managerial and leadership skills. You will be motivated to enable all staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by creating a psychologically safe environment.
Main duties of the job
Forensic Inpatient service of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is Part of the South London Partnership (SLP). We are committed to staff development, wellbeing and providing a work life balance by various means, You would join a supportive senior nursing team responsible for the 24 hour operational management of the service . You will be supported to provide leadership to nurses and ensure effective governance and high performance standards are in place. We believe in supporting our staff to progress in learning and career development.
You will be joining a supportive senior nursing team responsible for the 24-hour operational management of the service and be charged with the clinical and managerial leadership of the ward. You will be expected to provide leadership to nurses and ensure effective governance and high-performance standards are in place and able to articulate a deliverable vision for the ward - See job description
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Task and Responsibilities
- Being an effective clinical leader and role model, demonstrating empathy and curiosity about patients.
- Enable all staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create an environment that considers physical and emotional safety.
- Lead the team in providing care that avoids causing further harm and promotes engagement.
- Ensure staff are supported to carry out their duties in ways that are responsive and reflective to the traumas and adversities experienced by patients.
-Good delegation and supervisory abilities.
- Identifying clinical need, prioritising, and deploying resources, within budgetary parameters.
- Being an effective communicator, observer & listener.
- Maintaining patient confidentiality and being transparent about the limits of confidentiality.
- Ensuring that all organisational policies, procedures, and guidelines are adhered to as well as contributing to the development of local, trust, specialist, and National policies.
- Ensuring good teamwork and working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals, and the public.
- Ensuring that clinical supervision is used to reflect upon and modify own and others practice, considering the impact of the work on staff and how staff manage stress and distress.
- Ensuring that own practice and that of junior staff remains within legal, ethical, and professional parameters and is open to scrutiny from peers.
- Must hold a current, valid first level registration with the Nurses & Midwives Council or equivalent professional body for their discipline.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Task and Responsibilities
- Being an effective clinical leader and role model, demonstrating empathy and curiosity about patients.
- Enable all staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create an environment that considers physical and emotional safety.
- Lead the team in providing care that avoids causing further harm and promotes engagement.
- Ensure staff are supported to carry out their duties in ways that are responsive and reflective to the traumas and adversities experienced by patients.
-Good delegation and supervisory abilities.
- Identifying clinical need, prioritising, and deploying resources, within budgetary parameters.
- Being an effective communicator, observer & listener.
- Maintaining patient confidentiality and being transparent about the limits of confidentiality.
- Ensuring that all organisational policies, procedures, and guidelines are adhered to as well as contributing to the development of local, trust, specialist, and National policies.
- Ensuring good teamwork and working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals, and the public.
- Ensuring that clinical supervision is used to reflect upon and modify own and others practice, considering the impact of the work on staff and how staff manage stress and distress.
- Ensuring that own practice and that of junior staff remains within legal, ethical, and professional parameters and is open to scrutiny from peers.
- Must hold a current, valid first level registration with the Nurses & Midwives Council or equivalent professional body for their discipline.
Person Specification
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- Minimum of 18 months in Clinical Charge Nurse Role / Deputy role
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- Minimum of 18 months in Clinical Charge Nurse Role / Deputy role
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Person Specification
Essential
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Desirable
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Essential
- Minimum of 18 months in Clinical Charge Nurse Role / Deputy role
Desirable
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Essential
- Minimum of 18 months in Clinical Charge Nurse Role / Deputy role
Desirable
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
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).
