Clinical Lead

**Main area**
- Clinical Lead**Grade**

Band 6

**Contract**

Permanent

**Hours**

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day working days and nights)

**Job ref**

373-SMH1529

**Site**
- Alderley Unit**Town**

Nether Alderley, Nr Macclesfield

**Salary**

£33,706 - £40,588 per annum (pro rata)

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

23/03/2023 23:59

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) supports thousands of vulnerable people across Cheshire and Merseyside.

We provide physical, mental health and learning disability services to a total population of around one million people.

Situated near two thriving cities in Liverpool and Manchester, CWP operates from 66 sites across Cheshire and Merseyside, including Wirral, Chester, Winsford, Crewe, Macclesfield, Sefton and Trafford.

We have been recognised by the Health Service Journal as one of the top places to work in the health service for the last two years running and committed to delivering person centred care.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated CWP as ‘Good’ overall, ‘better’ for treatments and ‘Outstanding’ for care.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or you are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

**Job overview**:
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated Band 6 Clinical Lead Nurse to join the team on Alderley Unit. You should possess commitment to team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care in a secure setting. You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team with a range of expertise, and have an ethos of collaborative working between individual service users, carers, and other stakeholders.

Service Overview: The Alderley Unit, is a 10 bedded low secure Autism Spectrum Disorder and intellectual disability ward. The unit has a team who provide professional support to patients. The Ward Manager over-sees the unit, supported by clinical leads.

An onsite therapy team consisting of Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Assistant Practitioners and Speech and Language Therapy, work alongside unit staff to ensure a person-centred approach to treatment and rehabilitation.

A Consultant Psychiatrist is based on site who is responsible for co-ordinating the medical treatment and care of all patients, and is supported by a Specialist Registrar and medical staff.

Location: Alderley unit is located within Cheshire, in a rural setting, 9 miles from Macclesfield and 2.5 miles from Alderley Edge. The nearest main line railway station is in Alderley Edge. Travelling by car, the A535 road runs past the main entrance to the unit.

**Main duties of the job**:
You will be part of a supportive and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team, working on a rotational shift basis, working 12 hour shifts including day and night shifts and weekends. The post offers the successful applicant the exciting opportunity to join this team in providing the highest quality of care for our service users. We have an excellent training programme.

**Working for our organisation**:
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Bronze’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

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