As the Lead Nurse, the successful candidate will work alongside the Clinical Services Director and deputise in their absence. You will have previous experience of leading clinicians, with the ability to provide sound clinical advice to colleagues and offer support in clinical decision-making. The prescribing qualification is not essential for this role, but you will be supported to undertake this qualification if you wish.
You will be supported by a multi-disciplinary, forward-thinking, and innovative Clinical Department. Regular clinical supervision, peer support groups, appraisal and support with revalidation is available, as well as generous CPD time and annual leave. Waythrough offers a competitive pension scheme and covers all Clinicians under the Medical Indemnity Policy.
Key duties will include:
- Work with the Service Clinical Director and Operational Director to ensure good integrated governance, effectiveness and best practice.
- Provide clinical leadership to Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and IPs to inform and influence clinical culture, quality and standards, and implementation of clinical models.
- Implement a robust health care and well-being assessment process. Deliver health promotion and harm reduction interventions in a person-centred manner (e.g. safer sex, contraception, nutrition and healthy living), and ensure Needle and Syringe Protocols adhere to the Waythrough national minimum standards.
- Experience in assessing clients and generating prescriptions to meet clinical and psychosocial needs according to best practice and organisational policy
- Coordinate and participate in home visits for those whose health prohibits them from attending services.
- Manage, mentor, coach and ensure the development of staff reporting to you.
- Contribute to the maintenance of service user clinical databases.