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Main area: Mental Health
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Secondment: 12 months (Monday to Friday)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours and shift pattern negotiable)
Job ref: 311-O607-24
Site: The Royal Oldham Hospital
Town: Oldham
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 08:00
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Excellence Lead On Aspen ward Female Adults Ward Oldham. Aspen ward is a 22 bedded female unit for working age adults. Working age adult services across the Trust are undergoing a developmental programme which will lead to quality care delivery and this role will be integral to this.
Main duties of the job
Professional and Clinical Leadership:
To ensure nursing practice is delivered from an accepted evidence base and in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, Mental Health Act, Community Care Legislation and the policies and procedures of Pennine Care.
To provide a learning leader role and a focus on the learning requirements for staff, commissioning learning and acting as an authority on practice improvement.
To promote developments in nursing within the Inpatients Services in line with the Trust’s 5 year plan and overarching quality strategy.
To establish a forum to offer support and clinical supervision to the in-patient team.
To be a visible and pro-active clinical leader and role model within the multi-disciplinary team and actively participate in the delivery of clinical issues care at ward level including clinical risk assessment.
To support the service area in achieving clinical governance objectives by assisting in individual service reviews, ensuring action plans are formulated and best practice is shared.
Maintain own skills and clinical credibility by appropriate updates.
To undertake clinical work as a way of measuring standards and identify areas of concern and excellence.
To keep up to date with current clinical practice for own area of work.
Support ward staff in the management of complex cases.
Act as a resource to all staff.
Ensure and promote research-based practice.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Practice Development:
To provide a learning leader role and a focus on the learning requirements for staff, commissioning learning and acting as an authority on practice improvement.
To participate in audit activities that support the improvement of Nursing Practice and care standards.
To lead or participate in programmes of work directed by Service Line Groups.
To work collaboratively with the nursing team to develop processes that ensure patients, their carers and families are directly involved in decisions which affect their care.
Ensure that patient care records are multidisciplinary and that the standard of record keeping, patient assessment, care planning, risk assessment and management are delivered in accordance with the Care Programme Approach.
To initiate patient focussed interventions that recognise the diverse social, cultural, religious and spiritual needs of the individual.
Ensure that Quality Assurance, Governance and Risk Management Strategies are implemented at ward level. To develop and monitor any action plans arising from Incident reporting.
Person specification
Experience
* Must have experience of working in adult acute services
* Experience of working in female acute care
Education/Qualifications
* Professional nursing qualification / registration
* Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant health related area of practice
* Experience of change management within health related area of practice.
* Short courses and experience to Master's level
* Recognised leadership or management qualification
* Recognised project qualification or willingness to work towards e.g. PRINCE 2
Knowledge
* Excellent knowledge of IT - Word, Excel, data collection models
* Working knowledge of new code of practice (MHA 183) and other government policies to improve mental health services
* Awareness of whole person care
* Knowledge and awareness of the role of co-production in design and delivery of quality services
* Awareness of the importance of engaging those with lived experience in the design and delivery of quality care
* Awareness of the importance of engaging carers in the design and delivery of quality care
* Awareness of the importance of engaging staff in the design and delivery of quality care
Skills and abilities
* Ability to prioritise work and manage time effectively and meet strict deadlines
* Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of external and internal partners, patients and carers
* Excellent interpersonal skills both written and verbal.
* Able to analyse complex data or information to develop new ways of working
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
* Demonstrable leadership skills.
* Evidence of supporting a range of staff in the delivery of project objectives
* Ability to action plan and problem solve
* Ability to have vision and to work this up in to a meaningful action plan
* Ability to effectively evaluate projects and use ongoing improvement methodologies to plan changes
* An ability to understand operational service structures within an NHS Trust setting, and to work within these settings to deliver service improvement
Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:
* Identity verification
* Right to work check
* Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
* Professional registration and/or qualification check
* Occupational health assessment
* Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.
If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.
What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?
Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
Other important information
* We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
* If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
* If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
* Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
* We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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