Main area
CYP Clinical Lead
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time hours per week
Job ref
373-CYP1467
Site
Pensby Clinic
Town
Wirral
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/09/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are seeking a clinical lead to work across our community-based children and young people's learning disability & ADHD & Autism assessment teams in CYPMHS. This is a clinical leadership role for a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Registered Learning Disability Nurse (RLND) with V300 non-medical prescribing. You will support children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental profiles and behaviours of concern, providing direct clinical input, in home, school and community settings, whilst supervising colleagues and ensuring safe, person centred and developmentally appropriate care.
Main duties of the job
* As Clinical Lead you will contribute to the delivery of high quality community based care across the Learning disability and ADHD and Autism assessment teams, ensuring evidence based, safe, and effective practice.
* Deliver clinical leadership and expertise across both teams in a community setting, ensuring effective care for children and young people with LD, Autism and ADHD.
* Hold a caseload of the most complex cases including those requiring behaviour support Informed interventions and prescribing
* Prescribe and monitor medication in line with clinical guidelines and best practice for neurodevelopmental conditions
* Undertake and contribute to neurodevelopmental assessments in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team.
* Lead on risk assessment and management, including safeguarding, with appropriate multi-agency co-ordination.
* Embed behaviour support approach across care plans and staff practice.
* Support young people and families in preparing for transition to adult services, including early planning, joint working, and education on self-management and independence
* Provide clinical supervision and reflective practice to nurses and other team members
* Contribute to service development, audit and quality improvement activities.
Working for our organisation
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see 'documents to download' section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: or by calling
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the 'essential' criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer 'YES' to the question: 'Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?'
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Relevant professional qualification at degree level or equivalent– RMN or RNLD
* Registered with NMC
* V300 Non-medical prescriber at level 7 Or speciality qualification Advanced Nurse Practitioner
* Leadership qualification or evidence of this in practice.
Desirable criteria
* Teaching qualification
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
* Demonstrates ability and Knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback to clinicians
* Evidence of audit's undertaken and outcomes.
* Evidence of implementations of research based in practice
* Completed course/module in research methods
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of participation in research projects
* Published in peer reviewed journals
* Contribution to academic programmes.
Experience
Essential criteria
* 5 years post qualification experience working in Learning Disability and/or neurodevelopmental services with Children and Young people. Or an interest in using your experience with Children and Young People
* Strong clinical skills in working with Children and Young People with Learning disabilities and neurodevelopmental assessment.
* Experience of STOMP/STAMP and LeDer
* Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice/speciality
* Evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups
* Evidence of presentations at local, regional, national level.
* Experience of contributing to recruitment processes
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Helen Middlehurst
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
Telephone number
Additional information
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact
or telephone