Job Description

Clinical Lead Nurse

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse looking to take the next step in your career? Join Paragon Home Healthcare, a nurse-led, award-winning provider of complex homecare, and help shape the standards of care that truly change lives.

Reports to: Director of Nursing and Clinical Governance

Responsible for: Clinical Manager and, through that role, the wider care management function

Location Richmond Head Office & Client Homes

Employment: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum

About Us

Paragon Home Healthcare is a nurse led leading provider of comprehensive home care services, uniquely specialised for individuals with spinal cord injuries and those requiring complex care. Our commitment to exceptional care is deeply embedded in our approach and is endorsed by the Spinal Injuries Association as their trusted provider. We focus on enhancing accessibility and community integration, offering clients tailored support that empowers them to live fulfilling and independent lives.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Clinical Lead Nurse to provide senior clinical leadership across our service. You will play a key role in overseeing the day-to-day clinical operation, ensuring care is safe, effective, and consistent. You will work closely with the Director of Nursing and Clinical Governance, as well as the Critical Care Lead Nurse, providing operational oversight while supporting managers in making confident, informed decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visible and consistent clinical leadership across the service, acting as the senior operational escalation point for care delivery, staffing, and clinical risk.

• Oversee the Care Management function through line management of Clinical Managers, ensuring robust package oversight and consistent clinical leadership.

• Take ownership of service-level clinical risk, ensuring concerns are identified, assessed, and escalated appropriately.

• Collaborate with the Coordination Manager to align staffing and care delivery with clinical risk management.

• Work alongside the Critical Care Lead Nurse to support higher acuity and complex care packages while maintaining overall operational oversight.

• Support clinical governance by translating learning from incidents, audits, complaints, and safeguarding activity into practice.

• Mentor and support managers and teams, providing guidance on risk management, decision-making, and leadership.

• Act as a senior clinical role model, promoting evidence-based care, professionalism, and a culture of high-quality practice.

Person Specification

The role would suit someone who is calm under pressure, confident in making decisions, and comfortable holding accountability. The individual needs to be able to work across multiple relationships, support managers effectively, and keep the service moving safely. They should be adaptable, pragmatic, and able to see the wider picture while still understanding how care is being delivered in practice.

Essential:

• Registered Nurse with active NMC registration (consideration for PT, OT, or SLT for exceptional candidates).

• Significant post-registration experience in community, complex care, or similar environments.

• Experience managing teams or leading care delivery.

• Strong knowledge of care planning, risk management, escalation, and safe service delivery.

• Ability to balance operational and clinical priorities in a fast-moving environment.

• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.

• Confident decision-maker with the ability to support and challenge others appropriately.

Desirable:

• Experience in nurse-led homecare or community-based services.

• Experience supporting non-clinical managers or multidisciplinary teams.

• Experience contributing to quality improvement, service development, or governance implementation.

What We Offer

At Paragon, we care for our staff as much as we care for our clients. You’ll enjoy:

• Competitive salary

• Private Medical Insurance

• Pension scheme

• Cycle-to-Work scheme

• Ongoing professional development

• Flexible working options (office, field, and some home-based)

• The opportunity to work within a respected, nurse-led organisation recognised by the Spinal Injuries Association

About Paragon Home Healthcare

We are proud to be the trusted homecare provider for individuals with spinal cord injuries and complex needs, recognised for delivering safe, compassionate, and person-centred care.

At Paragon, our mission is simple — to help people live independently and with dignity in their own homes.

Would you like to find out more before applying?

If you'd like to have an informal discussion regarding the role ahead of applying, feel free to reach out to our Director of Nursing, Anita Osborn, for a chat to see if this is the right fit for you.

We look forward to hearing from you!