Lead Nurse

The Lead Nurse will be the registered Manager at BHF for CQC purposes and be responsible for nursing clinical leadership across all services. They will, in conjunction with the Chair, the Board and the Senior Management Team develop the clinical service strategy for BHF. Responsible for leading, maintaining and developing clinical and patient care standards across Barnsley Healthcare Federation, including Infection Control, Quality, and Clinical Governance. The successful candidate will have a masters qualification or equivalent and will be also responsible for holding the clinical workforce to account., Accountable for the Clinical direction of BHF taking the lead in preparing the organisation for inspection and audit

As the Safeguarding Lead for BHF, you will lead on all aspects of the adult and child safeguarding agenda maintaining clinical/professional competence and credibility across the service including supporting Health care professional on matters which can be complex, emotive or sensitive and working in partnership with other organisations Safeguarding Professionals to ensure that all safeguarding statutory requirements are met Accountable together with the Medical Director for medicine management and provide processes for all colleagues to support better and more cost-effective prescribing, as well as helping patients to manage medications better.

Launched in 2015, Barnsley Healthcare Federation (BHF) is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company which aims to improve and enhance the way in which primary care at scale is delivered within Barnsley. Drawing upon the knowledge and expertise of health professionals from across the borough, our vision is to deliver a robust publicly funded health and social care service which meets the needs of the local community. We believe that regardless of location or need, every patient should receive the same high standard of care, at times when they need it most