Job summary
- 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
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Oldham Hospital
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/02/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Clinical Excellence Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values
Job overview
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 .
Please refer to the attached Job description and person specification for full details of the role.
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.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
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’s 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.
Organisation and Environment
In conjunction with Ward Managers, develop and ensure that high standards are maintained throughout in-patient services in relation to a clean environment, catering standards and infection control, paying particular attention to patients privacy and dignity, and taking the appropriate action if problems arise.
Work with Infection Control Nurse and Ward Managers to ensure that robust systems are in place to minimise the risk of hospital acquired infection and maximising measures of control of infection spread.
Promote the involvement of service users, relatives and carers and advocates in the evaluation and development of services acting as the main point of contact for the PALS Officer.
To investigate complaints and clinical incidents relating to Nursing Practice within the in-patient wards.
Work with all members of the ward teams including when necessary during unsocial hours.
Education and Training
To work with all relevant parties to enhance the wards learning environment to support the training of pre-registration nurses, preceptorship programmes and trained staff competencies.
To commission, develop and promote learning networks that ensure best practice is in place and learning from incidents integral to practice improvements.
This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process
General Duties of all post holders
To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff.
To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Must have experience of working in adult acute services
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in female acute care
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Recognised leadership or management qualification
- Recognised project qualification or willingness to work towards e.g. PRINCE 2
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of leading clinical projects and implementing change
- Proven track record of achieving target
- Experience in a leadership role and managing / developing more junior staff
- Experience of analysing and evaluating complex data
- Experience of writing and presenting high quality reports to a range of stakeholders
- Experience of delivering training or workshops across staff teams and disciplines
- Promotion and development of external and internal partnerships
- Experience of co-design and patient partnership initiatives
- Project management skills with demonstrable experience in leading projects.
Desirable criteria
- Previous management / leadership of a recovery / CQUIN initiative
- Experience of working with families and carers
- Previous experience of using Quality and Improvement methods to initiate and deliver service development.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- An ability to understand operational service structures within an NHS Trust setting, and to work within these settings to deliver service improvement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dominic Kenny
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 716 2240
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