Clinical Team Leader

Main area: Forensics

Grade Band: 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday (9-5) and Senior nurse on call rota)

Job ref: 703-FOR

Site: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Town: Dartford

Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 pa inc

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 03/03/:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Team Leader (Band 7) in the forensic directorate.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual with good clinical skills, who can work closely with other disciplines to deliver high-quality care to patients. The role will enable you to develop your managerial and leadership skills.

We are a Trauma Informed Service, looking for a compassionate individual with good clinical skills. You will lead the delivery of high-quality care to patients with effective nursing therapeutic skills.

The post holder should have adequate skills to support the multidisciplinary team in using evidence-based approaches such as Trauma Informed Care, recovery star, traffic light system, Broset, safety huddles, and other evidence-based approaches in the prediction of violence and aggression.

Most importantly, you will be supported to ensure that care is delivered in a proactive working environment and that a positive patient experience is achieved.

The Forensic directorate supports regular rotation of staff to other wards to acquire new skills, avoid burnouts, and gain the full benefits and experience from working across the various pathways. The post holder may hence be rotated to another ward to meet service needs when required.

Main duties of the job

The Forensic Inpatient service of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is part of the South London Partnership (SLP). We are committed to staff development, wellbeing, and providing a work-life balance by various means. You will be supported to provide leadership to nurses and ensure effective governance and high-performance standards are in place.

You will be joining a supportive senior nursing team responsible for the 24-hour operational management of the service and be charged with the clinical and managerial leadership of the ward. You will be expected to articulate a deliverable vision for the ward.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages, working in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary sector.

We manage over 125 sites in various locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, and into Kent, including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Being an effective clinical leader and role model, with good delegation and supervisory abilities.
• Identifying clinical needs, prioritising, and deploying resources within budgetary parameters.
• Being an effective communicator, observer, and listener.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality at all times.
• Ensuring adherence to all organisational policies, procedures, and guidelines while contributing to the development of local, trust, specialist, and national policies.
• Ensuring good teamwork and working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals, and the public.
• Using clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify own and others' practice.
• Ensuring that own practice and that of junior staff remains within legal, ethical, and professional parameters and is open to scrutiny from peers.
• Must hold a current, valid first-level registration with the Nurses & Midwives Council or equivalent professional body for their discipline.
• Working towards attaining the European Computer Driving License qualification (Module 2).

Person specification

• Application form
• Supporting Statement
• Minimum of 18 months in Clinical Charge Nurse Role / Deputy role

Professional registration

• Professional registration required.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please ensure you select this on your application form. We encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and only shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.