Clinical Team Leader

Clinical Team Leader

Closing date: 20 May 2026

Act as a senior clinical professional within the UCR service, providing an urgent rapid response to Warrington residents experiencing a health crisis. Support patients to remain at home rather than be admitted to hospital. Liaise with patients, the team and colleagues across the wider health and social care environment including NWAS. Promote, maintain and enhance effective multidisciplinary patient care.

Provide specialist treatment and advice to patients and staff, contributing to assessment, diagnosis, care and treatment at home to prevent unnecessary hospital admission. All referrals triaged immediately and responded to within two hours, prioritising referrals from NWAS.

Demonstrate extended clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of a wide range of patient care needs. Exercise professional autonomy and clinical judgement in managing, referring and signposting patients onto wider community services and assets.

Be responsible for the clinical management of the UCR Team, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of a high‑quality timely service to meet commissioner requirements. Plan capacity and demand to deliver a safe service and contribute to admission avoidance and timely discharge home.

Key Duties

• Lead and manage the UCR Service, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure patients’ needs are met.
• Provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encouraging clinical supervision.
• Proactively manage capacity to meet service demands.
• Promote good teamwork and working relationships among staff.
• Ensure timely accurate information on annual leave, expenses and study leave.
• Monitor and report to line manager on HR, safeguarding and health and safety issues, taking action as appropriate.
• Actively manage sickness and absence of staff, accessing support from line manager as needed.
• Ensure effective use of physical and financial resources, ordering supplies and equipment.
• Distribute rotas equitably and prioritise workload.
• Monitor, report, audit and evaluate that staff maintain appropriate and accurate patient records.
• Oversee collection of monitoring data and contribute to performance management.
• Lead on the clinical aspect of complaints, taking action to ensure learning from patient/service‑user feedback.
• Investigate incidents relating to nursing practice, ensuring learning across the service.
• Assist line manager to recruit, motivate, develop, support and induct staff in line with policy and service priorities.
• Manage own time and that of the nursing team, providing rota cover as required.
• Balance responsibilities, aiming for 80% leadership/management and 20% clinical duties to maintain clinical skills.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Complete comprehensive assessment of highly complex nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery using prescribing skills.
• Ensure nursing team practice is evidence‑based through audits and critical appraisal of literature.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary meetings and maintain effective communication with individuals, groups and communities.
• Involve patients and carers in care planning and delivery.
• Perform range of clinical skills related to the post, maintaining accurate records per NMC and Care Quality Commission standards.
• Identify training needs, undertaking PDR and demonstrating ability to work without direct supervision.
• Demonstrate problem‑solving and collaborative inclusive working in complex situations.

Professional Responsibilities

• Lead audit activity and embed learning from the service quality assurance framework.
• Offer advice and support to others, acting as a positive role model.
• Address performance shortfalls and raise concerns to the service manager.
• Lead and participate in protected learning time and staff meetings.
• Maintain competence through CPD and contribute to own CPD positively.
• Cascade policy documents within the team, ensuring implementation and understanding.
• Represent and promote the Intermediate Care Service.
• Lead and engage in specific projects and work arising from wider service provision responsibilities.
• Lead the team’s professional development and participate in individual Performance Development System.

Person Specification

Job Specific Requirements

• Ability to problem solve
• Effective time management and prioritisation
• Personal resilience
• Commitment
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to multi‑task
• Ability to travel independently across the Trust
• Flexibility to work in accordance with service needs

Experience

• Working in a nursing environment to team leader level
• Working in a multi‑disciplinary environment
• Managing staff
• Relevant and current experience in urgent care and/or primary care with extensive clinical skills and knowledge
• Experience in emergency/first contact role and/or crisis management
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Demonstrable community experience
• Multi‑agency working

Skills and Knowledge

• Broad range of extended clinical skills
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge
• Advanced clinical skills and specialist knowledge
• Autonomous practitioner capability
• Advanced clinical judgement
• Effective communication
• Self‑management
• Legal and ethical issues
• Cultural and diversity issues
• Effective interpersonal relationships across health and social settings
• Teaching, assessment and mentoring of staff and pre/post‑registration students
• Proven leadership skills
• Recognised management qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Tissue viability qualification
• Chronic disease management qualification
• Understanding of HR processes
• Basic budget awareness

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse or allied health professional
• Current registration
• Mentorship qualification or experience
• Advanced Clinical Skills modules at Master’s level (Level 7)
• Non‑medical prescribing (V300)

Sponsorship

• Right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share‑code will be checked if applicable)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires disclosure submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

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