Out of Hours Clinical Lead | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	08 Ionawr 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£50,008 - £56,908 per annum (incl of HCAS)
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	07 Chwefror 2026
Lleoliad:	Maidenhead, SL6 6DU
Cwmni:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7721856/371-CHS1105-A

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Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert clinical support and leadership to community nursing staff working within the Berkshire Out of Hours service.

• Collaborate closely with the Operational Out of Hours Team Lead to ensure staff competency, including overseeing induction processes and ongoing clinical development.

• Champion evidence-based practice to ensure delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective patient care.

• Act as a senior clinical resource, offering enhanced support and guidance for complex patient cases during out-of-hours periods.

• Promote and support initiatives aimed at reducing inappropriate or unscheduled hospital admissions andfacilitatingtimelyhospital discharges.


Qualifications & Experience:

• Specialist Community Nursing Qualification (DN SPQ).

• Advanced History Taking qualification.

• Independent Prescribing qualification (V300) – completed or nearing completion.


Clinical Governance & Care Quality:

• Ensure care delivery is based on sound clinical assessment and robust care planning processes.

• Monitor and review staff practice regularly tomaintainhigh standardsof clinical care.

• Investigate complaints, safeguarding concerns, and serious incidents,identifyingroot causes and implementing improvements.

• Add areas of concern to the risk register anddisseminatelearning across the team.


Leadership & Team Management:

• Exercise leadership and sound judgment insupportingthe managementofthe Out of Hours Community Nursing Team.

• Support recruitment and retention strategies to build a resilient and skilled workforce.

• Lead on staff induction, personal development, and professional growth.


Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.

The  “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:  

• QualifiedSpecialistPractitioner DN

• Extensive community experience

• Must have Advance History Taking Qualification

• Ability to drive acrossmultiple sitesin the out of hours.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible



This advert closes on Monday 19 Jan 2026

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