Clinical Team Leader - Amazon Ward

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Do you think you have what it takes to work within an innovative and unique mental health service within central London?
If so, we have the opportunity for you!
We currently have vacancies on our Acute Admission & Treatment Wards and are looking for Registered Mental Health Nurses who are looking for a new challenge to take on the role of Clinical Team Leader on Amazon Ward based at St. Charles Hospital in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with good transport links.
CNWL prides itself on its investment in staff both in terms of developing career skills but also its commitment to staff health and wellbeing. As part of this post you will receive this and much more!
As a Clinical Team Lead you will form an integral part of the MDT and be responsible for supporting the Ward manager to lead a dedicated team of registered and unregistered staff by having an active role in developing, monitoring and maintaining care standards; through role modelling, clear decision making and demonstrating your highly developed clinical skills.
In addition to the above you will be expected to adopt the “Bleep Holder Role” as required where you will act as the Unit Coordinator.
Why join our wards?
We are committed to empowering our service users and to allow our staff more time to do what they love; NURSING .
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, within the hospital setting. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across the unit, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.
You will be offered;
Shift work that can support you to have a healthier work-life balance.
Great transportation links that will make your commute easier.
Commitment to develop you as a practitioner as evidenced by current staff progressing to Band 7 positions and others being supported to complete their Nursing Advocate and Advanced Clinical Practitioner training.
Opportunities to shadow our other services at St Charles such as HTT, FRT, HBPoS and speciality inpatient services.
Regular supervision and career mapping including development programmes.
Participation in case-formulation and specialist, psychology-led training sessions.
The chance to work with a strong, forward-thinking and innovative service that will allow you to flourish as a practitioner and do what you do best, nursing.
Hidden Gem, annual award ceremonies and award-winning Staff Networks that have thousands of members and exciting events.
Excellent staff benefits : our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
If you think you have what it takes to work with our exciting team then we want to hear from you. Please look at attached JD and PS.
Interview date- Monday 11th March 2024
Key Responsibilities
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
Patient Safety
Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:
Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
Being open and transparent about their own practice
Supervising the work of others
Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Clinical Outcomes
Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification
Providing skilled, evidence based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also work as team members
Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:
communicating well with all members of the team
understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives
reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes.
Patient Experience
Band 6 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:
Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector
Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trust’s values are embedded in all practice
Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy
Supporting yourself and others
All services and teams in the Trust should be able to demonstrate that they are meeting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards of care. Band 6 nurses are expected to be Clinical Leaders and play an active role in ensuring that the team understands the CQC standards and what individual team members do to help achieve those standards by:
Taking a lead role in gathering and recording evidence which demonstrates that CQC and locally agreed standards are being met: assessing the performance of the whole team by using audit and benchmarking exercises and often contribute to the implementation of quality improvement initiatives
Contributing to the performance management of teams and creating a positive culture in which the team can learn from mistakes and is enthusiastic to improve
Deputising for the team leader / ward manager and ensuring that there is no fall in performance in their absence. This may include managing the team and coordinating
Engaged staff are more productive and Band 6 nurses play a role in engaging in other staff members in the Trust and the work we do by:
Providing supervision and annual appraisals to individuals and giving constructive, regular feedback which helps those individuals reflect on their work, understand their objectives and the CQC standards and monitor their progress towards achieving them
Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes
Using continuing professional development funds to develop a relevant clinical specialism, gain sign-off mentorship skills or undertake accredited leadership or management
Clinical Leadership
Service Specific Responsibilities
The service specific responsibilities attached to this Band 6 nurse post are explained in the Service Specific Section attached to this Job Description and the attached Person Specification

Please refer the Job description for details