Clinical Team Leader - London, United Kingdom - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking a RMNs at Band 5 to assume the role of Clinical Team Leader on 4 of our Acute Wards at St.

Charles.
- based, leading the team to provide high-quality mental health care and to support and develop our nursing and MDT. You will be required to provide meaningful and robust supervision with staff and to work towards undertaking annual appraisals - this will include providing support during preceptorship.

Applicants should be a Registerd Mental Health Nurse with at lease 18-24 months post registration experience, and should have completed a precetorship programme as a Band 5 nurse.

As a Clinical Team Lead, you will be responsible for supporting the Ward manager to lead a dedicated team of registered and unregistered staff by having an active role in developing, monitoring and maintaining care standards; through role modelling, clear decision making and demonstrating your highly developed clinical skills.

You will enjoy working collaboratively with service users, their families and carers and community based services to develop person centred care plans that are based on principals of the recovery model.

The posts require applicants to be able to work all shifts including night duty and adopting the "Bleep Holder Role" as required.

The CTL posts are for the 4 acute wards at St. Charles Mental Health Centre, which is based in the Ladbroke Grove area of Kensington and Chelsea. This is a secondment for a period of 6 months initially. We are seeking individuals who are friendly, approachable, compassionate and motivated with good communication skills.

I f you are committed to providing person centred care with a sound knowledge of best practice, then this could be the opportunity for you.

The post holders will also take up the responsibility of being the Unit/Site Coordinator at least four times a month.

You will provide unite management support and co-ordinate and facilitate patient flow (bed management) out of hours.

In addition, the unit co-ordinator will provide senior nursing support, professional leadership and advice to all clinical areas within the unit, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Excellent communication skills and a caring, compassionate approach to patient care.
Motivation to drive improvement in the care of Inpatients within a mental health setting.
Be committed to continuous professional development and to working as part of a team.
Ability to provide strong clinical leadership and role model to others best practice on both the ward as well as the wider unit.

We demonstrates high standards of practice and commitment to continuous improvement.

We provide, and supervise the delivery of high standards of nursing care to patients in accordance with up-to-date evidence based professional practice.

We work together as part of a supportive nursing structure in developing and implementing assessments, treatments and recovery focused care for patients.

You will receive ongoing support from your peers, nurses, clinical team leaders and other members of the MDT. You will also receive individual supervision as well as support in reflective practice groups.

We can offer:

Supervision and Appraisal
Ongoing professional development
A stimulating and challenging working environment.
Inhouse and the Trust mandatory training.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

Patient Safety

Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
Being open and transparent about their own practice
Supervising the work of others
Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

Clinical Outcomes

Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effect