Clinical Lead, Healthcare

Clinical Lead – Nursing Home

£48,000 per annum – Brackley, West Northamptonshire

• Work closely with nurses and carers to maintain the highest standards of clinical care and governance.
• Use professional judgement to make clinical decisions, manage projects, and evolve care levels to meet every resident’s needs.
• Provide effective leadership on clinical excellence, including training and competency development.
• Ensure CQC compliance and maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of guidelines.
• Participate in the on‑call service and rota cover for clinically related matters and out‑of‑office hours.
• Complete floor shifts to meet the Home’s needs.
• Collaborate with clients, families, and professionals to enhance care quality and support residents, managers, and staff.
• Deliver specialist training and mentoring to keep the team updated with the latest clinical developments.
• Maintain confidentiality, discretion and conduct yourself professionally and courteously at all times.
• Attend meetings and assessments as required.
• Effectively manage your own workload, prioritise tasks and maintain excellent written and verbal communication and record keeping.
• Maintain knowledge of residents’ care plans.

• Strong clinical skillset and confidence to lead the nursing team.
• Prior management experience or experience of leading a small team.
• Ability to make clinical decisions and remain calm under pressure.
• A passion for promoting best nursing practice and ability to train, support and mentor others.
• A desire to encourage positive working relationships within the team.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A good working knowledge of audits, safeguarding, DOLS, CQC and compliance.

• Comprehensive induction and training programme.
• Opportunities for career development and progression.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Blue Light Card Scheme – reimbursement of enrollment fee and discounts on holidays, days out and over 15,000 national brands.
• Full DBS disclosure payment.
• Uniform provided.
• Enhanced rates of pay for bank holidays.
• Paid breaks – securely paid during working hours.
• Annual NMC PIN renewal paid.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.