- Category
- Healthcare & Care
- Education
- GCSEs
- Experience
- 3+ years
Provide clinical leadership and oversight across community-based care packages, supporting children, young people and adults with complex needs and behaviours that challenge. Ensure safe, high-quality, person-centred, trauma-informed care while working with service managers, support teams, families and multidisciplinary professionals.
What you will do
Lead team meetings, clinical supervision and reflective practice sessions.
Coach, assess and support staff, including identifying training needs and completing competency assessments.
Develop and review care plans, Positive Behaviour Support plans and risk assessments.
Complete clinical assessments and support the safe implementation of care packages.
Oversee medication management and promote the reduction of restrictive practices.
Respond to behaviours that challenge, review incidents and implement risk-reduction strategies.
Identify, report and manage safeguarding concerns appropriately.
Attend multidisciplinary, clinical review and safeguarding meetings.
Build effective relationships with families, commissioners, social workers and healthcare professionals.
Support staffing, skill matching and continuity of care.
Complete clinical audits, medication reviews and quality assurance checks.
Maintain accurate clinical documentation and ensure compliance with applicable clinical standards and policies.
Participate in the clinical on-call rota and travel across community services as required.
Requirements
Current NMC registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Learning Disability Nurse.
At least two years of post-registration experience.
Experience supporting people with complex needs and behaviours that challenge.
Previous experience leading or supervising support staff.
Strong knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support, safeguarding and clinical risk management.
Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and relevant CQC standards.
Excellent communication, leadership and decision-making skills.
Ability to manage multiple community care packages.
Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Flexibility to travel and respond to incidents.
Ability to meet enhanced DBS requirements for adult and child workforces.
Desirable experience
Experience managing community-based complex care packages.
Experience in CAMHS, forensic mental health or learning disability services.
Experience working with both children and adults.
PBS, clinical leadership, mentorship or recognised de-escalation training.
Experience with digital care management systems such as Birdie or Nourish.
Knowledge of STOMP, STAMP, autism and ADHD.
Benefits
Paid mileage.
Opportunities to lead and develop community-based clinical services.
Ongoing professional development and training.
Support from an experienced clinical and operational leadership team.
Training, debriefs and wellbeing support for challenging incidents.
Opportunity to make a meaningful difference to individuals with complex needs.
