Clinical Team Leader - FRH - Guildford
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Our inpatient services at Farnham Road Hospital are looking for dynamic experienced Band 6 nurses to work with a well established inpatient team.
The wards are mixed wards with a full MDT and therapies service. The wards are supported by a Clinical Nurse Specialists and Ward Manager plus Senior Matron. This is a great place to develop and progress your nursing career.
We take pride in the care we provide within our wards and if you feel you can deliver excellent care and have brilliant communication skills, we have a spot for you!
As a Trust we offer great developmental opportunities to all staff and offer academic progression plus coaching and mentoring with our leadership team.
Main duties of the job- Assist the Ward Manager in ensuring that defined roles and responsibilities are coordinated within the team on a continuous basis.
- Support the Ward Manager to ensure that the team nursing system operates effectively.
- Ensuring co-operation with the Ward Manager, that risk assessments, care plans are regularly reviewed, appropriately modified, and updated.
- Provide professional nursing advice to other team staff and professionals.
- Provide management support to staff through appraisal, supervision and continuing professional development.
- Participate in providing the relevant evidence in preparation for CQC inspections and ensuring clinical audits are completed.
- Managing complaints and concerns about patient care; developing improvement plans and taking remedial action as required.
- Support the Manager with the setting, monitoring, and maintaining of standards of care within the team and will advise on clinical issues which may have a negative effect on the standards of clinical practice being delivered.
- Deputise for the Ward Manager and provide cover in their absence. You may at times have to take on some of the operational management responsibilities should the need arise, including signatory for timesheets, expenses.
- Act as a positive role model for colleagues/others in relation to personal/professional conduct and practice.
Please see job description for full description for duties
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description attached for full job description, responsibilities and expectations of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Nursing qualification Mental Health
- Professional Registration (NMC)
- Masters Level Nursing qualification Mental Health
leadership skills
Essential criteria- Proven experience as a nurse leader
- Leadership qualification
Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, 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 any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.