Regional Lead Nurse

Working alongside Lead Nurses, Service Managers, Directors and Senior Management Teams to assure that all clinical practice is integrated operationally, to provide a high standard of care for our service users and safeguard effective use of resources. To support the Associate Director of Nursing in giving direction on clinical/nurse service development to ensure that all clinical/ nursing services are delivered to a high standard in line with CGL policies, procedures, and best practice. Support the Associate Director of Nursing with building regional and local strategic stakeholder relationships. Supporting the Associate Director of Nursing in developing new models of practice and supporting tender design and submissions. To support the Associate Director of Nursing ensuring that all clinical services are functioning in line with all governance requirements, including CQC Essential Standards of quality and safety, Quality Improvement Plans, Clinical Strategies, Medicines Management, and Infection Control. Ensure the accurate and timely collation of required data information and reports as required by Associate Director of Nursing and the Directors. Develop and implement clinical operational policies in line with the Central Directorate of Quality, Governance, and Innovation so that services are effectively delivered, controlled, monitored, and reported. To support the Associate Director of Nursing to manage and provide clinical supervision and support to the Lead Nurses/ Clinical Manager leads (non-medical) in the geographical region. To take the clinical lead in new implementations ensuring that the nursing and clinical element of the new service is implemented in line with CGL governance and practice. To partake in clinical audits alongside medical staff and senior operational management, contributing to risk registers, clinical work plans and service quality improvement plans. Attend, organise and service (as required) relevant clinical advisory groups and committees and partnership meetings, to ensure appropriate representation of services. Undertake any other appropriate tasks that may be allocated by the Senior Leadership Team from time to time, for the benefit of services in particular geographical area as well as Change Grow Live in general. Disseminate information to lead nurses from the senior operational and clinical management teams. Have oversight of clinical audits undertaken in services to ensure regulatory compliance. Have oversight of overall performance of the services to ensure that contractual output targets are achieved. Support clinical services in the region to deliver a high standard of care in line with national guidance, CGL policies, procedures, and best practice, and in line with CQC Essential Standards. Ensure that procedures are constantly reviewed to promote effective evidenced based practice. Work closely with HR to ensure the appropriate people and change management skills, knowledge and capabilities are in place within line management structures and teams. To oversee the clinical aspects of implementations of new clinical developments within services as required. Ensure that all legislative requirements are explained to employees in particular the legislation governing the clinical and social care/community field. Engage proactively with both participating and providing clinical supervision to lead nurses and maintain a current knowledge of appropriate interventions. Effectively manage and develop lead nurses and participate in the core training programme as and when required. Attend, organise and chair (as required) relevant clinical advisory groups and committees and partnership meetings as directed by your ADN, to ensure appropriate representation of the organisation/services. Spend time in other regions and localities to teach, develop and share specialist knowledge with other colleagues, projects, and teams. Work alongside the Regional Lead Doctors (and or Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP)) to formulate, plan and implement clinical policies, procedures, and treatment programmes to ensure safety and optimise outcomes for service users. Be an active support for your peers within the organisation. To undertake regular performance reviews, identify areas of risk and take appropriate action. Assist in the development and implementation of clinical standard policies and procedures so that services are effectively delivered, controlled, monitored, and reported. Ensure that all data requirements in relation to service users are met within defined deadlines. The above is an outline of the post holders duties and responsibilities. It is not intended as an exhaustive list and may change from time to time to meet the changing needs of Change Grow Live.