Clinical Lead Nurse

1. Provide a range of intervention and assessment of people , who have a learning disability and presenting with a mental illness and or severe challenging behaviour, taking into consideration the patient's physical/cognitive/perceptual skills to identify the patient's abilities and areas of difficulty.

2. Expected to work within a values driven, recovery based approach that imbeds the Positive Behaviour Support framework. Post holders will have experience of working with people who have a learning disability and either mental ill-health and/or complex behavioural needs

3. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own caseload in the day to day allocation of work, whilst being able to work flexibly to meet the needs of their patients, their relatives and carers and the service.

4. To deputise when required in the absence of the Team/Service Lead and delegate appropriately to more junior members of staff, support workers and rehabilitation assistants as appropriate.

5. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.

6. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

7. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.

The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust's Values in their day to day work. These are the 5P's:

Putting people first

Prioritising quality

Being progressive, innovative and continually improve

Being professional and honest

Promoting what is possible - independence, opportunity and choice

The post holder will hold a relevant clinical qualification to degree level in Learning Disability and have experience of working within Learning Disability and Autism services.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, they will manage a caseload of patients with learning disability and mental health needs, using evidence based practise.

They are required to take a lead role in the leadership of junior staff and support assistants, through supervision, training and appraisal.

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,515 to a maximum of £5,735 p.a. pro rata for part time).