Clinical Lead

Are you a skilled, experienced and enthusiastic clinical leader with a track record for leading continuous improvement in service delivery within a children and young people’s learning disability service?

Do you want an opportunity to clinically lead on the delivery of person-centred patient care and lead in the clinical development of the children and young people’s multi-disciplinary learning disability team and its practitioners to ensure practice is needs led, person centred, evidence based, and in line with current and emerging legislation? If so, then we want to hear from you.

We are looking for a learning disability nurse/clinical psychologist/allied health professional to provide clinical expertise, supervision and training around learning disabilities, autism, positive behaviour support and challenging behaviour, whilst working within the context of a multi-professional framework.

You will carry a defined caseload of children and young people with learning disabilities with the most complex needs and risk presentations, where a very high level of clinical expertise is required to deliver person centred care. You will act as transformational role model/guide and expert resource, to deliver specialist learning disability assessment, intervention & outcomes.

The post holder will lead in the clinical development of the multi-disciplinary team and its practitioners to ensure practice is needs led, person centred, evidence based, and in line with current and emerging legislation and clinical guidance. They will lead on clinical quality, audit and improvement initiatives within the team.

As part of a growing multi-agency team, will have a responsibility to ensure clinical skill development, quality of care, leadership and professional development of the workforce.

They will provide clinical expertise, supervision and training around learning disabilities, autism, positive behaviour support, challenging behaviour, whilst working within the context of a multi-professional framework.

The post holder will carry a defined caseload of children and young people with learning disabilities whom have the most complex needs and risk presentations, where a very high level of clinical expertise is required to deliver person centred care.

The post holder will lead in the overall approach to clinical assessments of children and young people with learning disabilities that are identified on the Dynamic Support Database to avoid crisis, out of area placements and hospital admissions, support discharge and the return of out of area children and young people where indicated.

They will act as transformational role model/guide to deliver specialist learning disability assessment, intervention & outcomes.

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.

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.

Visit our ‘Working for us’ pages on our website to find out more about why you should choose CWP.

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. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

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

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If your disability 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 also inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

All new clinical support staff will be required to have completed or working towards the Care Certificate (CWP In-house 2 day training to be completed within 6 months of start date).

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 £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

CWP encourages and supports all staff to become vaccinated against COVID-19.