Professional Lead Nurse - Adult Services

Provide local Care Delivery Service focus for nursing practice and professional development / leadership. To take a lead for governance within the Care Delivery Service Leadership Team with particular reference to Care Quality Service key lines of enquiry, audit and Serious Incidents. To work autonomously, within professional and Trust guidelines and to exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of professional practice of nurses, non registered nursing staff and, where appropriate, other staff and to ensure that appropriate training, consultation and supervision structures are in place and consistent with national and Trust guidelines. To work directly with multi-professional teams to assist in the management of risk, facilitation of complex case reviews and the immediate crisis management, which may on occasion involve de-escalation, intervention and restraint. Provide expert care group nursing care opinion and advice within other areas of the Trust. To propose and lead on policy and service changes that impact both on the service area and throughout the Trust. To develop a range and diversity of highly specialist programmes of care and therapeutic services available within the care group, ensuring appropriate changes take place and to lead the change process to enhance service user care and to ensure sound governance.Main duties of the job Provide expert clinical supervision and mentoring for staff working within the care group through formal clinical supervision, supervised clinical practice, case conferences and skills modelling. To improve the profile of nurses within the Division by establishing and maintaining standards, guidelines and protocols that advance nursing and multi-professional practice and promote and implement these within the care group and influence the implementation in other services. To establish and develop proactive and positive relationships with professional leads across care groups and clinical teams. To provide expert mental health nursing advice within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and with other agencies as appropriate including Social services, Primary Care Trusts, User/ Carer representative groups and voluntary agencies. To influence nursing at a Trust wide level, leading on major developmental projects that impact Trust wide.

• Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role
• Evidence of significant relevant professional development, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return? We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving. You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities. As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level. If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team., Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities. We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role. Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places huge importance on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. As Lead Nurse within our team, we can offer you: - Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team - Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development - Flexible working patterns - Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars) - A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC - Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)