Advanced Clinical Lead in Chester

An exciting opportunity is now available to join the vibrant inpatient unit at Bowmere Hospital as three newly appointed Advanced Clinical Leads. Bowmere comprises All-age Acute, Rehabilitation, PICU and Organic services. These posts offer the chance to make a significant impact across a dynamic and forward-thinking hospital environment. We are looking for enthusiastic leaders who are driven to deliver outstanding patient care. You'll bring confident leadership, a passion for innovation and quality improvement, and a commitment to empowering and developing our staff.

Main Duties

• Provide clinical leadership across the unit teams and management support.
• Implement continuous quality improvement initiatives in line with best practice, identify learning themes and respond; attend Trust-wide meetings and local Steering Groups; monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of clinical standards.
• Act as a source of expertise within a multi-disciplinary framework, supporting complex cases with specialist assessment and planning, liaising with internal and external professionals, ensuring high standards of patient care within Trust guidelines and policies.
• Deliver training and promote further training/education opportunities; facilitate clinical supervision, provide coaching and mentoring to enhance the skills and knowledge of the staffing teams; motivate and inspire the team to deliver high standards of patient care and create a productive work environment.

About Us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person‑centred approach to everything we do. We are rated Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices inclusive.

Job Responsibilities

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values in their everyday life and we use a values‑based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it. Please download a copy of the job description for full details of the main responsibilities for this role. Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Equal Opportunities

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010 and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification, please answer YES to the question: “Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?” Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

• A relevant Social Work, Nursing or Allied Health Professional (e.g. Occupational Therapy) degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Current registration with a nationally recognised professional body relevant to the professional qualification held (e.g. GSCC for Social workers, HPC for Occupational Therapists etc)
• Minimum 5 years post registration experience

Desirable Qualifications

• Masters level qualification or equivalent short courses and / or experience
• Teaching qualification or significant experience

Essential Knowledge & Expertise

• Excellent communication skills: working with staff, patients and carers, working with general practice, presentations, written reports, understanding and ability to interpret, research and facilitate staff to implement evidence-based practice
• Proven ability to challenge current practices and freedom to make change in light of evidence-based recommendations
• Knowledge, understanding and the ability to interpret and implement local and national policy direction relevant to practice
• Proven experience of clinical audit, skill and knowledge required to facilitate staff to undertake clinical audit
• Knowledge and experience of moving staff through the change management process
• Empowering staff to manage and support change
• Demonstrable effective clinical leadership with knowledge, understanding and application of leadership theories
• Relevant clinical expertise to support and facilitate clinical development and innovation
• Evidence of sound information technology skills

Essential Experience

• Experience in the development of professional roles
• Successfully managed projects that demonstrate ability to communicate and implement change
• Demonstrable and proven understanding and experience of the clinical and corporate governance agenda
• Knowledge and experience of facilitation of reflective practice for staff and personal reflective practice
• Demonstrable ability and experience in motivating and empowering others to change roles and in leading practice development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a DBS check.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Employer name: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Bowmere Hospital, Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1BQ
Employer's website: https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/