Lead Nurse for Learning Disability and Autism
| Posting date: | 08 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,156.00 to £71,148.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64156.00 - £71148.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0YF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9294-25-0590 |
Summary
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 CQUINs 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.