Clinical Lead Nurse

The Clinical Lead will provide strong clinical leadership and professional oversight within learning disability services, ensuring that people receive safe, effective, person-centred and evidence-based care.

The post holder will lead and support the multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality clinical practice, promote positive health and wellbeing outcomes for people with learning disabilities, and ensure that care is delivered in accordance with relevant legislation, professional standards, organisational policies and best practice guidance.

The Clinical Lead will act as a senior clinical resource for staff, providing advice, supervision, coaching and support, while contributing to service development, quality improvement and clinical governance.

We are looking for an inspiring and compassionate Clinical Lead Nurse to work across our Community Learning Disability Services in Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire. This is an exciting leadership role for an experienced Registered Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD) or Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) who is committed to delivering excellent care and driving meaningful change for people with learning disabilities.

Working closely with community nursing teams, Health Action Teams and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will be the professional nursing lead across all three services. You will champion best practice, support and develop staff, and provide expert clinical leadership for people with complex needs. A central focus of the role will be improving physical health outcomes, reducing health inequalities and ensuring that people with learning disabilities are able to access the same high-quality healthcare as everyone else.

We are seeking someone with the credibility, experience and enthusiasm to inspire others and influence change. You will be passionate about improving lives, confident in leading services across organisational boundaries, and committed to ensuring that the voices of people with learning disabilities remain at the heart of everything we do.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of community learning disability nursing across Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire.

Working for our organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https: //www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https: //www.rdash.nhs.uk/about-us/getting-involved/work-with-us/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https: //youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https: //www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

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