Clinical Team Leader

Clinical Team Leader

Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Main duties of the job

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the Clinical & Operational Manager and the All Age Continuing Care (AACC) team in managing and developing the Continuing Healthcare team and Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).

Working in conjunction with external stakeholders, to implement a local vision of Continuing Healthcare services, including supporting with the promotion and use of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) and ensuring the delivery of key quality outcomes for patients.

As part of the clinical role, you will support patients and their families through the CHC process. There is a commitment to supporting and developing all team members. You will be committed to delivering an excellent service where the people are passionate about doing things differently and working together to grow a high performing, flexible organisation that has the patient and the customer at the heart of it.

A key aspect of this post will be to provide professional leadership and management to a team. You will also work closely with and support other members of the Continuing Healthcare Team providing skilled and experienced support to the Team, key ICB leads and other stakeholders, reporting back to the Clinical Manager.

Job responsibilities

You will:

• Ensure that the client, their family and carers are at the heart of decision-making.
• Ensure best practice guidance is followed at all times, with clear clinical evidence to support all decision-making.
• Provide clinical knowledge and expertise to support decision making on appeals, complaints, disputes and retrospective cases in-line with local policies and procedures.
• Be confident in providing clinical oversight and management as a professional registered on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register.
• Have extensive knowledge and experience of NHS Continuing Healthcare.
• Be comfortable with complex and demanding workloads and many competing priorities.
• Contribute to performance improvement, supporting the Clinical Manager in identifying areas for improvement and taking a lead in identified areas, where agreed.
• Line management experience and/or a relevant qualification.
• Experience of cross-sector partnership working.

The following five criteria are the essential criteria for the role. These will be used for shortlisting, so it is important that you answer these questions fully in your application form to give yourself the best chance of being selected for interview.

• Degree or equivalent and relevant level of experience as either Registered Nurse (RGN, RMN or RNLD) or Healthcare Professional to demonstate highly specialist post specific knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
• Minimum of 3 years management/leadership experience gained in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through experience and training plus further specialist knowledge of the Continuing Healthcare process and personalisation agenda.
• Ability to meet deadlines comfortable with complex and demanding workloads and competing priorities.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills and the ability to influence.

For the full job description and person specification please see the supporting document. This document has a number of criteria that we would ideally want in a candidate. We know that you might not meet all the criteria for the role but please dont let that stop you from applying. We understand that you may bring other skills and experience to this role that we might not have thought of.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent and relevant level of experience as either Registered Nurse (RGN, RMN or RNLD) or Healthcare Professional to demonstate highly specialist post specific knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years management/leadership experience gained in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through experience and training plus further specialist knowledge of the Continuing Healthcare process and personalisation agenda.

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

Essential

• Ability to meet deadlines - comfortable with complex and demanding workloads and competing priorities.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Negotiation and conflict management skills and the ability to influence.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.