Cyp Clinical Lead

We are seeking a clinical lead to work across our community-based children and young people’s learning disability & ADHD & Autism assessment teams in CYPMHS. This is a clinical leadership role for a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Registered Learning Disability Nurse (RLND) with V300 non-medical prescribing. You will support children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental profiles and behaviours of concern, providing direct clinical input, in home, school and community settings, whilst supervising colleagues and ensuring safe, person centred and developmentally appropriate care.
- As Clinical Lead you will contribute to the delivery of high quality community based care across the Learning disability and ADHD and Autism assessment teams, ensuring evidence based, safe, and effective practice.
- Deliver clinical leadership and expertise across both teams in a community setting, ensuring effective care for children and young people with LD, Autism and ADHD.
- Hold a caseload of the most complex cases including those requiring behaviour support Informed interventions and prescribing
- Prescribe and monitor medication in line with clinical guidelines and best practice for neurodevelopmental conditions
- Undertake and contribute to neurodevelopmental assessments in collaboration with the multi
- disciplinary team.
- Lead on risk assessment and management, including safeguarding, with appropriate multi-agency co-ordination.
- Embed behaviour support approach across care plans and staff practice.
- Support young people and families in preparing for transition to adult services, including early planning, joint working, and education on self-management and independence
- Provide clinical supervision and reflective practice to nurses and other team members
- Contribute to service development, audit and quality improvement activities.

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 and Liverpool.
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 as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) 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.
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 for an available position, 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.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.