Clinical Team Leader

The post holder will provide clinical leadership across care services and undertake responsibility for line management of a group of nurses and carers. They will ensure communication is maintained across the care leadership team involving Site Coordinators, Clinical Team Leaders and Care Managers, and will take responsibility for the effective organisation and delivery of care across all services on a day-to-day basis. Key Responsibilities To provide clinical leadership to members of the Care Team, including clinical supervision, practice audit, development and training. To provide line management, guidance and support to a team of nurses and carers.

To provide clinical expertise, advice and guidance across the care team as required. To support the effective and efficient running of all Naomi House & Jacksplace care services. To liaise fully with Site Coordinators/Clinical Team Leaders/Care Managers. Managerial Responsibilities To lead and coordinate the provision of care to the children, young people and their families in both houses by working as part of the Care Management team.

To be responsible for ensuring an holistic assessment is completed for all children and young people to enable up to date care plans incorporating all necessary risk assessments. To ensure excellent and timely communication with the wider Care Management Team in house or on call and to escalate any concerns appropriately. To provide effective line management, support and guidance to a group of care staff (nurses and carers) taking responsibility for appraisals, absence management, personal development, and staff communication in line with the Trusts people strategies. To provide support and supervision to staff and students across the wider care team.

To work in partnership with the hospice multidisciplinary team as well as any other agencies involved in the care, to ensure the delivery of seamless services. To ensure all resources, human, financial and environmental, are used in the most economic, efficient and equitable way. To ensure that Health and Safety requirements are met and that risks to service users and staff are assessed and action taken to minimise these To participate in the development, monitoring and audit of policies and SOPs relating to clinical practice and care, and ensure that these are adhered to across all areas of work with children, young people and families. To act as a representative of the organisation taking part in professional relationships, collaborative working and external promotional activities as appropriate.

Clinical Responsibilities To provide advice and guidance based on best evidence to all members of the care team. To act as a resource to care staff regarding aspects of clinical practice and care. To act as a Site Co-ordinator and/or in support of care staff as appropriate, spending approximately 80% working time on clinical care. To participate in the on-call system in support of care at Naomi House & Jacksplace.

To ensure a high standard of individualised holistic care and support is delivered to children, young people and their families, promoting empowerment, advocacy and partnership. To ensure that clinical documentation is up to date and adheres to record keeping standards. To support the Practice Education team to embed evidence based nursing care. To monitor standards of care, participating in audit and required actions.

To maintain agreed governance processes through incident reporting and risk assessment. To recognise the need for psychological support and work appropriately alongside the Family Support Team. To maintain an up to date knowledge and awareness of issues around the safeguarding of children and young adults, ensuring effective communication across multidisciplinary agencies and adherence to agreed safeguarding policies. To be aware of the safety needs of children, young adults and families and other staff and to comply with: The Children Act 2004 DoH No Secrets Guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 NMC codes and guidelines Personal Responsibilities To be responsible and proactive in personal professional development by: Maintaining awareness of current developments in palliative care for children, young people and families.

Maintaining clinical skills identified in the Competency Framework. Ensuring timely revalidation with the NMC Demonstrating commitment to the Trusts values All staff are reminded of their responsibility to adhere to Trust and Departmental Infection Protection Policies, including PPE use, cleaning and decontamination of the environment and equipment in order to protect their own health and that of service users, other employees and visitors.