About this role
Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
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 standardsBe 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.
About us
Priory is the UKs leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care. With 12,000 colleagues and a network of 270 services, we support over 24,000 people each year to live their lives as fully and independently as possible. We treat more than 70 conditions including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and childrens mental health and provide residential and supported living care for autistic adults, people with a learning disability, PraderWilli Syndrome, brain injuries and older people.
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All roles are subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.
Job description Job responsibilities
Priory Highbank Centre
£46,000 per annum
Full Time 37.5 hours
Highbank has an opportunity for a Clinical Nurse 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience Essential
- Registered Nurse with post qualification experience - Managerial and leadership experience within neurological or complex care service
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.
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 Priory Healthcare
Address Walmersley Road
Bury
Lancashire
BL9 5LX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)