Clinical Lead, Nursing

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead to join our Nursing and Care Team in one of the clinical houses. This role will require the successful candidate to provide high quality front-line clinical leadership, education, and expertise within a House leadership team (House Unit Manager, Deputy House Manager / Deputy Clinical Lead and Clinical Lead per house) responsible for one of our clinical houses.

Staff benefits include London weighting, shuttle bus, and more.

Being a member of the senior site management team, ensuring that there is senior clinical support and leadership on site at all times. It also includes the practice educator role and that of the clinical nurse specialist in a designated specialty of clinical care. This will include activities such as planning and delivering house-based training programmes, ensuring best practice and evidence-based care, chairing key meetings and working clinically across all areas of the organisation.

With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.

Interview Date:
Thursday 30th or Friday 31st July 2026

About Us

The Children's Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24‑acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of:
Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include free on‑site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on‑site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Clinical Leadership

• Work collaboratively as a member of a House leadership team comprising of a House Manager, Deputy House Manager / Deputy Clinical Lead and Clinical Lead per house participating in the senior site manager rota.
• Serve as the visible source of clinical leadership and support for your assigned House.
• Develop and deliver bespoke individualised education packages on House for all staff within your allocated House.
• Identify training needs specific to the children and young people residing in your allocated House and address through packages of on‑site training.
• Work collaboratively with other clinical leads to ensure consistency of offer and sharing of best practice.
• Ensure any potential or actual safeguarding concerns are promptly managed and reported as required.
• Identify and troubleshoot staffing issues. During working hours this is alongside the House Manager and Deputy House Manager/Deputy Clinical Lead.
• Lead the clinical and non‑clinical emergency response team (bleep holder) when allocated to do so.
• Respond to any clinical complaints raised on allocated House and resolve informally wherever possible.
• Respond to any incidents identified or reported on allocated House, ensuring safety is maintained and IRAR completed.
• Undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and abilities, as the organisation may…