Clinical Lead Complex Care - Adults
Cornwall - Remote/Field based
£48,000 per annum
TRC have been retained exclusively by one of the leading providers of specialist complex care in Cornwall.
Our client provides person-centred nurse-led care for adults and children living in their own homes with complex physical disabilities and life limiting conditions. Their person-centred approach ensures that each person in their care reaches their maximum potential.
This role is overseeing the clinical aspects of the packages within the area.
70% field based / 30% home based
Client needs may include:
- Long term conditions (eg, Cerebral Palsy, MND, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, MS).
- Spinal Injury.
- Acquired brain injury.
- Learning disability.
- End of life care.
- Medication management.
- Diet and nutrition management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implementation of new care packages
- Re-assessment of clinical tasks/requirements
- Leading monthly team meetings
- Care planning and risk assessments - initial and ongoing
- New client meetings (where required)
- Medication and clinical audits
- Clinical supervision, for Registered Nurses working on our care packages
- Competency sign off and management
- Clinical liaison with the MDT where required.
- To provide standard and emergency support to the regional Care functions.
- To provide clinical oversight in accordance with current best practices, according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations under the CQC.
- Direction of the Operations Manager and Clinical Management, and within the financial plans agreed from time-to time.
- To support the Care services within the company in accordance with agreed standards.
- The role will also include ensuring that our care teams have the relevant skills to provide personal care and support to all clients, including bathing, washing and preparing/supporting with mealtimes (as/where appropriate), and all other personal care tasks as required, ensuring that all of their personal care needs are met.
- Ensuring that care staff are properly trained in the use of specialist medical equipment.
- Understand and work within the structure and ethos.
- To work in line with the company mission, vision, values.
- Develop effective working relationships with the care teams and Management teams.
- To maintain clinical skills at a current level and undertake such training and development as may from time-to-time be required to maintain practices as up-to date.
- Assist in the development and support of staff through spot checking as required along with feedback and planning of resultant actions where required.
- Daily travel will be required within this role.
Requirements:
- Registered Nurse / Midwife with current NMC registration or Registered Allied Health Professional with current HCPC registration.
- Experience of interviewing registered and unregistered healthcare professionals.
- Healthcare experience is required.
A full job specification can be provided upon request.