Overview
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with a passion for providing exceptional care and inspiring others to do the same? As our Clinical Lead, you'll play a vital role in leading our nursing team and ensuring the highest standards of person-centred care are delivered. You'll combine your clinical expertise with strong leadership and mentoring skills to support staff development, drive best practice, and maintain exceptional quality across all aspects of care.
Responsibilities
* Demonstrate excellent clinical leadership with a sound understanding of change management principles.
* Champion independence and personal choice — develop, review and update care plans to meet residents changes in physical, social and psychological needs.
* Ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory and best practice guidelines; proactively manage risks and identify, investigate and resolve issues.
* Lead the nursing team in the delivery of safe practice within Company policies and procedures, professional standards and resource protocols, ensuring staff understand them.
* Oversee all aspects of medicine management — ensure medicines are appropriately received, stored and administered to residents.
* Conduct care audits — monitor standards of care and take corrective action where appropriate.
* Adhere to the NMC professional code of conduct, investigating and implementing recommendations as required.
* Implement and ensure appropriate reporting of incidents affecting residents and staff and the maintenance of legal documentation.
* Ensure care complies with professional standards through educational and clinical audits to monitor and evaluate care using recognised tools; encourage quality initiatives to enhance care provision.
* Act as a supervisor, teacher and mentor to members of the nursing team, supporting professional and mandatory development, including Health and Safety issues.
* Ensure Care Assistants receive appropriate induction and training in care skills to promote quality care.
* Develop and participate in the clinical supervision programme, promoting supervision modes for staff groups, ensuring it becomes part of the home’s practice.
* Ensure self-development needs are addressed and prioritised to meet the requirements of revalidation for registration purposes.
* Conduct annual staff appraisals as delegated by the Home Manager.
* Promote and develop professional attitudes among staff to be supportive to residents, relatives and other staff.
* Participate in home meetings as required to support the role.
* Act as a credible and visible team leader in the clinical care field, and promote the corporate image.
* Lead the home professionally in the absence of the Home Manager/Deputy Manager as assigned.
* Take an active role in training for the nursing team, working with the company’s training resources to keep nursing staff up to date with current practices and research-led developments.
* Support the development of yourself and others — ensure teams have skills and knowledge to meet changing business needs.
* Advise nursing and ancillary staff regarding revalidation, in-house and external study days, in liaison with the Home Manager.
* Target training and development to meet the home’s objectives and needs identified through the Performance Development Review process, clinical supervision and assessment of practice.
Requirements
* A confident and compassionate Registered Nurse (RGN) with a valid NMC PIN and up-to-date clinical knowledge.
* Proven leadership or supervisory experience in a care home or similar setting.
* Excellent communication, organisational, and mentoring skills.
* A passion for continuous improvement and high-quality care.
* Strong clinical knowledge and understanding of regulatory frameworks (CQC, safeguarding, infection control).
Benefits and Details
* Full time contract
* Monday - Friday; able to work weekends (1 in 4 a month); on-call based on role demands
* 28 Days Annual Leave including bank holidays (pro rata for part-time contracts)
* Hourly rate: £25 per hour; Salary £52,000 per annum (full-time equivalent)
* NMC revalidation provided
* Life insurance
* Free DBS (T&Cs apply)
* Free or discounted meals
* Free parking
* Company pension
* Wagestream — Same-day pay
* Employee assistance programme — healthcare and mental health support
* Free in-house training via our e-learning platform, Hippo, in addition to fully funded apprenticeship courses
* Yearly salary review
* Being part of an organisation that values and empowers its people
Note: Aurem Care is not a sponsoring organisation. The successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
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