Job Description

Role Purpose

The Clinical Lead Nurse provides senior clinical leadership across community-based services, ensuring the safe delivery of complex care and high clinical standards. The role focuses on assessment, care planning, staff training and clinical oversight for individuals with complex health needs. The Clinical Lead Nurse plays a key role in mobilising new packages of care and supporting staff to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care.

What We Offer

• Mileage reimbursement
• Autonomous senior clinical role with influence over service delivery
• Supportive leadership structure
• Opportunities for professional development and service development

Hours of Work

40 hours per week, primarily Monday–Friday daytime, with flexibility required to support service needs including occasional evenings or weekends when mobilising new or complex packages of care.

Location

Community based role across the North of England service areas with regular field working and occasional attendance at the Birmingham office.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership and Oversight

• Provide clinical leadership and guidance to healthcare and support staff working in the community
• Maintain oversight of complex clinical packages ensuring care is delivered safely and in line with best practice
• Act as a point of escalation for clinical concerns and decision making

Complex Care and Package Mobilisation

• Lead the mobilisation of new complex care packages, including rapid response and crisis support where required
• Support individuals with complex needs including PEG care tracheostomy care respiratory support and other long-term conditions
• Liaise with commissioners MDTs and external healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care

Assessments and Care Planning

• Undertake clinical assessments and reviews to determine needs risks and required interventions
• Develop write and review clinical care plans risk assessments and protocols
• Ensure care plans are person-centred evidence-based and reflective of best clinical practice

Training and Staff Development

• Deliver and coordinate clinical training and competency assessments for healthcare and support staff
• Ensure staff are competent in complex clinical interventions eg PEG and tracheostomy care
• Support ongoing professional development and promote reflective practice

Governance Quality and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with NMC standards CQC regulations and organisational policies
• Contribute to audits incident reviews and quality improvement actions
• Provide clinical reports and feedback to the Registered Manager and senior leadership team

Essential Requirements

• Registered Nurse (Adult or Mental Health) with active NMC registration
• Proven community-based nursing experience adults and/or children
• Significant experience working with complex care
• Experience undertaking assessments care planning and risk management
• Ability to train assess and support staff competencies
• Strong understanding of safeguarding infection control and clinical governance
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (mileage paid)
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in a Clinical Lead Senior Nurse or equivalent role
• Experience within homecare supported living or community services
• Experience mobilising new or crisis care packages
• Knowledge of digital care planning systems such as Birdie
• Teaching assessing or mentorship qualification