Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a key position of Clinical Lead for the South Lakes Older Adult Mental Health Team, working within CMHT, Memory Assessment Service and Care Home Liaison. As a Nurse Clinical Lead within the Community Mental Health Team, you will be an experienced and motivated registered Mental Health Nurse. The role of the OA Community Mental Health Team is to provide assessment and community-based interventions, which is undertaken in partnership with referred individuals and focuses on individual needs, self-determination, and recovery. As a Nurse Clinical Lead, you will support the team with professional and clinical leadership, promoting a culture of learning and person-centered care, whilst promoting the Trust values.
Main Duties of the Job
The Nurse Clinical Lead will ensure service users are receiving a compassionate and person-centered service; ensuring adherence to the standard operating procedures, implementing quality improvement initiatives and best practice guidance and leading by example. Some of the key duties will include:
1. Provide expert clinical knowledge and interventions, advice, support and supervision in the Community Mental Health Team to colleagues, service users, families and carers.
2. Ensure clinical caseloads are managed working in partnership with team leaders, through effective clinical oversight, clinical audit, and clinical pathways to promote recovery.
3. Support and supervise students and newly qualified staff members through preceptorship within the team.
4. Encourage a culture of learning and continuing professional development.
5. Work together with the Team Lead in implementing learning from serious incidents and risks within the team with support from the Trust Safety Team, Clinical Governance Lead and Senior Management.
About Us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Date Posted
26 March 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
Part-time
Reference Number
351-BAY771-CPC-A
Job Locations
Kirkstone House, Murley Moss Business Park, Kendal, LA9 7RG
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC
* Post-registration experience and/or evidence of formal courses and training at post graduate diploma level
* Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification (or willing to work towards this)
Knowledge Essential
* Significant demonstrable post qualification experience at Band 6 working in a mental health/community specialist setting or equivalent
* Experience of developing, delivering and evaluating specialist programmes of care and risk management plans
* Evidence of successful mentoring and/or supervision of junior members of staff including students
Experience Essential
* Evidence of improving service delivery in line with evidence-based practice
* Demonstrable experience of effective multi-disciplinary team working
Skills Essential
* Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to demonstrate diplomacy, tact and negotiation skills
* Current knowledge of the policy and challenges facing NHS providers
* Ability to develop, implement and evaluate specialist programmes of care and risk management plans
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.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Kirkstone House, Murley Moss Business Park, Kendal, LA9 7RG
Employer's Website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/
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