Lead Nurse for Learning Disability and Autism
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 08 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £64,156 - £71,148 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London, SW17 0YF |
| Cwmni: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7667572/294-MHCA-7667572-JB |
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A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated registered nurse with extensive experience of working in learning disabilities services and providing leadership to clinical teams.
The developed role is based within the Trust’s Adult Neurodevelopmental Disorder (NDD) service structure. The successful applicant will work alongside experienced clinicians in learning disability and autism whilst providing visible clinical leadership and expertise across the organisation. The successful applicant will have a clear work plan which outlines the range of responsibilities within this role.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who wants to contribute to and shape the Trust wide learning disability and autism agenda. There will be opportunities to lead on quality improvement initiatives in NDD services, develop Trust policy which reflects national standards, deliver training and represent the Trust at senior stakeholder meetings.
The successful applicant will work closely with the NDD Clinical Manager and the Service Line Head of Nursing and Quality. Regular supervision will be provided and opportunities for CPD actively promoted.
• To spend 0.5 WTE on the support and effective practical leadership to community Learning Disability and Adult Autism service areas. Working alongside the Neurodevelopment Disorder (NDD) Clinical Manager to promote a culture of high performance and clinical excellence.
• To spend 0.5 WTE on clinical leadership in relation to improving access to health care for people with learning disabilities and autism across the organisation. The Lead Nurse will work closely with a range of stakeholders to ensure that high quality, accessible health care services are delivered.
• To provide learning disability awareness education and training, identify services where training is required.
• To work with clinical teams across the organisation to promote awareness of the reasonable adjustments for individuals with learning disability and autism
• The post holder will be highly visible across the organisation, providing responsive and expert guidance to clinical teams and senior leadership team
Agile and flexible working:
As one of the few mental health Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are now opening. Springfield is close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Practice quality & workforce development
• The post holder will be an effective role model for clinical excellence across their assigned clinical pathway and organisation. They will demonstrate visible leadership and take responsibility for ensuring care is delivered in line with best practice.
• The post holder will promote multidisciplinary team working and engagement in care pathway delivery in line with the fundamental standards.
• Ensuring the safety and effectiveness of services through the implementation of effective risk management, governance and assurance systems.
• The development of practice improvement initiative including training and supervision programmes for staff
• Take responsibility for key practice development projects across the service line as assigned by the Head of Nursing and Quality
• Ensure that robust systems and processes are in place to facilitate clinical audit and the implementation of best practice guidelines across the service line and organisation
Service Delivery
• Support Team Leaders and the Clinical Manager to maintain the efficient and safe transition of clients through care pathways. Develop reporting systems and monitor dashboards to ensure that Trust and Service Line standards are being achieved.
• Support in achieving Trust and Service Line initiatives such as CQUIN’s and CQC actions.
• Ensure that governance and assurance systems are in place for care pathways and clinical teams.
• Provide expert professional advice with regard to clinical care, incidents and complaints to services across the organisation
• To contribute to effective incident management procedures and promoting a Just Culture
• Ensure that lessons are learnt and actions taken to improve services are embedded, with a particular focus on quality improvements
• Take a leading role in quality improvement initiatives and train and develop staff to ensure their knowledge and skills are updated in this area.
Communication & Working Relationships
• To ensure that clear lines of communication and positive working relationship across professional and organisational boundaries are established and embedded across services to ensure care is received in line with best practice.
• Work collaboratively with the Governance Department, Safeguarding Leads, Acute Care Coordination Centre, Community teams, Home Treatment Teams, Housing agencies, Social Services ensuring that all people with learning disabilities and Autistic people who use our services are moved appropriately through the care pathway.
• Co-ordinate and investigate complaints and clinical practice performance issues and ensure that lessons learned are identified, disseminated and embedded in practice.
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Clinical responsibilities
• Promote, develop and role model high standards of clinical care, ensuring that all clinicians across the organisation can clearly articulate patients care pathways and what this means in practice.
• Providing clinical leadership and support clinicians to develop and implement care plans, ensuring active involvement of service users and their carers
• Ensure a holistic approach to assessment, care and treatment, including physical health needs.
• Support the Clinical Manager and Team Leaders/Ward Managers to embed Clinical Governance Standards within their teams.
• To provide consultation to relevant services regarding high clinical risk situations informing risk management plans
• Ensure that appropriate action is taken to safeguard adults and children. This will include providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information in relation to safeguarding adults and children.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025
We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated registered nurse with extensive experience of working in learning disabilities services and providing leadership to clinical teams.
The developed role is based within the Trust’s Adult Neurodevelopmental Disorder (NDD) service structure. The successful applicant will work alongside experienced clinicians in learning disability and autism whilst providing visible clinical leadership and expertise across the organisation. The successful applicant will have a clear work plan which outlines the range of responsibilities within this role.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who wants to contribute to and shape the Trust wide learning disability and autism agenda. There will be opportunities to lead on quality improvement initiatives in NDD services, develop Trust policy which reflects national standards, deliver training and represent the Trust at senior stakeholder meetings.
The successful applicant will work closely with the NDD Clinical Manager and the Service Line Head of Nursing and Quality. Regular supervision will be provided and opportunities for CPD actively promoted.
• To spend 0.5 WTE on the support and effective practical leadership to community Learning Disability and Adult Autism service areas. Working alongside the Neurodevelopment Disorder (NDD) Clinical Manager to promote a culture of high performance and clinical excellence.
• To spend 0.5 WTE on clinical leadership in relation to improving access to health care for people with learning disabilities and autism across the organisation. The Lead Nurse will work closely with a range of stakeholders to ensure that high quality, accessible health care services are delivered.
• To provide learning disability awareness education and training, identify services where training is required.
• To work with clinical teams across the organisation to promote awareness of the reasonable adjustments for individuals with learning disability and autism
• The post holder will be highly visible across the organisation, providing responsive and expert guidance to clinical teams and senior leadership team
Agile and flexible working:
As one of the few mental health Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are now opening. Springfield is close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Practice quality & workforce development
• The post holder will be an effective role model for clinical excellence across their assigned clinical pathway and organisation. They will demonstrate visible leadership and take responsibility for ensuring care is delivered in line with best practice.
• The post holder will promote multidisciplinary team working and engagement in care pathway delivery in line with the fundamental standards.
• Ensuring the safety and effectiveness of services through the implementation of effective risk management, governance and assurance systems.
• The development of practice improvement initiative including training and supervision programmes for staff
• Take responsibility for key practice development projects across the service line as assigned by the Head of Nursing and Quality
• Ensure that robust systems and processes are in place to facilitate clinical audit and the implementation of best practice guidelines across the service line and organisation
Service Delivery
• Support Team Leaders and the Clinical Manager to maintain the efficient and safe transition of clients through care pathways. Develop reporting systems and monitor dashboards to ensure that Trust and Service Line standards are being achieved.
• Support in achieving Trust and Service Line initiatives such as CQUIN’s and CQC actions.
• Ensure that governance and assurance systems are in place for care pathways and clinical teams.
• Provide expert professional advice with regard to clinical care, incidents and complaints to services across the organisation
• To contribute to effective incident management procedures and promoting a Just Culture
• Ensure that lessons are learnt and actions taken to improve services are embedded, with a particular focus on quality improvements
• Take a leading role in quality improvement initiatives and train and develop staff to ensure their knowledge and skills are updated in this area.
Communication & Working Relationships
• To ensure that clear lines of communication and positive working relationship across professional and organisational boundaries are established and embedded across services to ensure care is received in line with best practice.
• Work collaboratively with the Governance Department, Safeguarding Leads, Acute Care Coordination Centre, Community teams, Home Treatment Teams, Housing agencies, Social Services ensuring that all people with learning disabilities and Autistic people who use our services are moved appropriately through the care pathway.
• Co-ordinate and investigate complaints and clinical practice performance issues and ensure that lessons learned are identified, disseminated and embedded in practice.
.
Clinical responsibilities
• Promote, develop and role model high standards of clinical care, ensuring that all clinicians across the organisation can clearly articulate patients care pathways and what this means in practice.
• Providing clinical leadership and support clinicians to develop and implement care plans, ensuring active involvement of service users and their carers
• Ensure a holistic approach to assessment, care and treatment, including physical health needs.
• Support the Clinical Manager and Team Leaders/Ward Managers to embed Clinical Governance Standards within their teams.
• To provide consultation to relevant services regarding high clinical risk situations informing risk management plans
• Ensure that appropriate action is taken to safeguard adults and children. This will include providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information in relation to safeguarding adults and children.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025