About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Leader to join the Whalley Learning Disability Inpatient Service. One of the Trust's aims is to deliver the best possible care to our patients. Working with the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will lead and be responsible for the delivery of high-quality, evidenced based care and patient experience within the care group's inpatient settings. This will be provided through proactive clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary staff within their clinical area of responsibility.
When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on the lives of people with learning disabilities by delivering person centred and compassionate care with opportunities to for you to learn and develop throughout your career.
The successful candidate will have leadership experience, exceptional communication skills, motivational and influencing skills, and be able to encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries whilst holding patient care at the heart of their work.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver on key responsibilities within the inpatient service by:
Being visible and leading by example.
Using clinical judgement and observations.
Ensuring clinical development of staff and student nurses.
Ensuring that patients and carers are fully involved in the planning and delivery of care.
Taking responsibility for shift coordination and leading the team in the delivery of safe, effective and quality clinical care.
Ensuring safe and high-quality care is delivered.
Driving up clinical standards.
For more information about the role please contact us using the details provided
About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse RNLD/RMN Evidence of continuing professional development Mentorship qualification
Knowledge Essential
Good knowledge of legislation, acts and developments relevant to people with learning disabilities and mental illness within inpatient settings (MHA, MCA, Human rights act, Care Act) Knowledge of learning disabilities, behaviours that can present as a challenge, mental and physical health conditions, evidence based therapeutic interventions and treatments relevant to the needs of this client group Understanding and knowledge of positive behaviour support
Experience Essential
Previous post registration experience Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities Supervision and management of staff
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 Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address Whalley LDS Ravenswood
Whalley
BB7 9YE
Employer's website https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)