Clinical Nurse Lead

Go back Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Clinical Nurse Lead

The closing date is 27 March 2026

Do you have strong management and leadership skills?

At Brooklands Hospital we are committed to providing the best standard of care and experience for individuals whilst in an inpatient setting, supporting them to gain skills to reach their potential and maintain a good quality of life.

This post is required to replace our existing Clinical Lead Nurse who is moving on due to a new role.

Jade Ward is a ward for Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities who require treatment in hospital and a discharge plan to successfully return to a life in the community with the support and care they deserve. The ward benefits from a well established nursing and care assistant team and a full MDT as well as its own school and teaching staff.

This post is required to support clinical leadership on the ward, with a focus on the safety and quality aspects of Patient care. The role is critical to the timely management of incidents, supporting the MDT and driving the patients input to co-produced services. This role is critical in ensuring the ward team benefits from visible Clinical Nurse Lead presence, supervision and direction and it enables a firm career structure for succession planning.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Clinical Lead for Jade Ward, as it moves back into a newly refurbished 6 bedded ward. This is interesting, at times challenging, but very rewarding work.

Previous experience in inpatient care and/or secure services is essential

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have lead clinical responsibility for all aspects of the nursing care planning process including pre-admission, developing specialist programmes of care, from pre-admission to discharge within

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical development and clinical supervision of all nursing staff within the Jade Ward at Brooklands

The post holder will provide cover for the Nurse ward Manager as required.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RNLD/RNMH)
• Master's degree or equivalent specialist training, experience or short courses

Knowledge

• Specialist Clinical knowledge of complex issues relating to working within SATS Services
• Knowledge of the development, implementation and evaluation of complex packages of care for patients relating to individual diagnosis e.g. borderline personality disorder
• Knowledge of developing, implementing and evaluating person centred care planning and health action plans

Experience

• Extensive experience of working in Services at Band 6 level
• Experience of developing and sharing knowledge and skills with staff through both formal and informal teaching sessions.
• Experience of managing a service at Band 6 in order to provide cover for the operational manager as required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata