Clinical Lead

• Provide clinical and professional nursing leadership across CITOP and the Acute Community Service.
• Support staff managing complex mental health presentations and clinical risk.
• Promote excellence in clinical practice and professional standards.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and innovation.
• Support the ongoing development of crisis assessment, triage and intensive community intervention pathways.
• Support the delivery of effective alternatives to hospital admission where clinically appropriate.
• Provide supervision, support and development opportunities for staff.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across community, inpatient and urgent care services.
• Support the development of pathways that improve patient experience, continuity of care and integrated working.

Essential

• Advanced/expert clinical qualification
• Accredited leadership/management qualification or ability to demonstrate these at an advanced level
• Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or nationally
• Specialist/advanced understanding/application of relevant managerial and leadership aspects of the service area
• Detailed understanding of all current legislation relevant to the service area
• Evidence of contribution to research
• Evidence of policy implementation and development
• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service areas within community health services , e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion, Safeguarding Adults
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within community services
• Good IT skills e.g. knowledge of word and excel
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to the service area Evidence of project work that has had a positive impact on service delivery
• Working knowledge of Trust IT systems if relevant to own area of work
• Knowledge of managing delegated budgets

Desirable

• Specialist/advanced understanding/application of relevant managerial and leadership aspects of the service area
• A breadth of clinical and professional practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held

Essential

• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the service area
• Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
• To network locally and regionally Be able to effectively Chair meetings

Desirable

• A breadth of professional practice including specialising in the field where the post is held
• Development of expert leadership/management skills
• Ability to work across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multiprofessional and multi agency partnerships
• Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing Management of delegated budgets

Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring and teaching
• Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally