Job overview

Are you a registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse ? Do you have a passion for excellent care? Are you excited by service improvement? Do you strive towards continued personal development and developing exceptionally skilled teams of clinicians? If the answer is yes, then we want to hear from you. 

We have a very exciting opportunity for a Clinical Lead to join our multi disciplinary team of professionals who deliver exceptional care within the acute assessment of mental health functional and organic inpatient wards at Maister Lodge and Maister Court.

The service is looking for an enthusiastic individual with acute mental health leadership experience, to enhance and deliver the work being undertaken to optimise the Trust’s acute / unplanned pathway.

There is an expectation that you will provide senior Band 7 duty cover on a Saturday, Sunday and bank holiday to the wider unplanned adult and older adult inpatient services as part of rotational cover shared amongst the other Band 7's in the division. This currently works out at around 1 in every 15 weekends with opportunity for additional if desired on both weekends or evenings. This is supported by the weekend MDT, covering all inpatients for emergency MDT discussions, and is led by the Band 7 on duty and an inpatient on call consultant.

Main duties of the job

We’re looking for a talented and knowledgeable registered professional who is highly motivated with an excellent work ethos to join our friendly and supportive team.

This position requires an inspirational, innovative and creative leader who can strengthen the management of ongoing clinical developments and delivery of care within our older people's mental health wards and the wider Inpatient Service, as part of the senior clinical leadership team.

The nature of this complex patient group ensures that Maister Lodge and Maister Court are a dynamic and often challenging environment. It would suit a professional who wishes to further develop their skills in evidence-based clinical practice and leadership

Utilising creativity and engagement skills, the co-management of a diverse multi-disciplinary group will be central to this role.  Working closely with the Team Leader, Modern Matron, Service Manager and other senior professionals, you will be supported and encouraged to progress. 

The role requires the candidate to embrace and promote change and you must be able to demonstrate your adaptability to various situations. The ideal candidate will always have at the forefront of their mind, the need to support service users, carers, and the staff team in a positive, responsive, and compassionate manner.

In return we offer excellent development opportunities, and access to wider peer support from an incredibly experienced and support group of colleagues.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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