Responsible to: Registered Manager
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Accountable to: Registered Manager, Nominated Individual and Provider Directors
Location: U&I registered office base, with care and treatment oversight delivered in people’s own homes, supported living settings and live-in care arrangements across the service area.
Purpose of the role
The Clinical Nurse Lead will provide professional clinical leadership, advice, oversight and assurance for all Treatment of Disease, Disorder or Injury activity and delegated healthcare tasks delivered by U&I. The post holder will support the Registered Manager to ensure that care is safe, effective, person-centred, well governed and delivered only within the agreed CQC registration, Statement of Purpose, written clinical instructions, staff competence and service scope.
Key duties and responsibilities
* Provide clinical leadership, professional advice and visible role modelling for safe, compassionate and person-centred practice.
* Support the Registered Manager with clinical governance, clinical risk management, quality assurance, audit, incident review and continuous improvement.
* Review referrals, assessments, risk assessments and care plans where people have diagnosed health conditions, treatment needs, rehabilitation needs, palliative care needs or delegated healthcare tasks.
* Confirm that proposed TDDI tasks are within the provider’s registration, service scope, staff competence and written instructions from an appropriate healthcare professional.
* Ensure delegated clinical tasks are supported by written instructions, consent or best-interest decision, risk assessment, equipment arrangements, infection prevention controls and escalation plans.
* Train, observe, assess and sign off staff competence for delegated tasks before staff undertake such tasks independently.
* Provide or arrange clinical supervision, reflective practice, coaching and learning for staff involved in healthcare tasks.
* Maintain effective working relationships with GPs, district nurses, specialist nurses, therapists, pharmacists, palliative care teams, commissioners and safeguarding professionals. xwwtmva
* Monitor clinical records, incidents, medication errors, pressure damage, infections, falls, hospital admissions, safeguarding concerns and changes in health status, ensuring timely escalation and learning.
* Ensure accurate, contemporaneous and confidential record……