Clinical Lead Community Nursing

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Clinical Lead to join our Care Community Teams based in Chester. You will be joining a multidisciplinary team including but not limited to; team manager, enhanced clinical practitioner, clinical leads, community nurses, AHP's and many other specialist professionals who visit the team. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and who provides confident support and leadership to clients and clinicians. Has excellent communication skills and an ability to work in partnership with clients and their families/carers and when necessary, act to safeguard individuals who are at risk from harm and abuse. Applications are open for a fixed term contract ending July 2026. We would welcome applications from staff already employed within CWP on a secondment role. Permission must be given by your current manager prior to applying for this role to ensure a secondment role can be supported by your current team.

Provide a highly visible clinical profile with leadership and clinical oversight of a designated Care Community caseload Working collaboratively with the wider health, social care and the third sector partner agencies to meet the needs of patients Ensure patients receive the right care, by the right person at the right time and the right place Placing the patient at the centre of all decisions, reinforcing the concept of a more streamlined patient journey, with minimal avoidable delays, and an emphasis on people achieving independence whilst improving quality of care To provide direction within the caseload in consideration of the impact of current health and social care agendas and local initiatives To be aware of local public health community profiles and how this influences the required care for the population According to community profiles: understand the skills required from the Community Care Team To focus on the delivery of person centred care To provide effective, evidence based care to a defined population through case load management and monitoring of care standards Provide clinical leadership.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mark Thompson Job title: Operational Team Manager Email address: mark.thompson25@nhs.net If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100