Clinical Team Leader (Clinical Lead)
Location: Heatherdale Nursing Home, Hempstead, Gillingham, Kent
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:00am – 2:30pm (35 hours per week)
Please note: breaks are unpaid.
Join Our Team
Heatherdale Nursing Home is looking for an experienced, compassionate and motivated Clinical Team Leader to join our dedicated nursing team.
We provide high-quality nursing, residential, respite, convalescence and palliative care, placing our residents’ wellbeing, dignity and independence at the heart of everything we do. This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Nurse who enjoys leading by example, supporting colleagues and driving high standards of clinical care.
Working alongside the Home Manager, Deputy Manager, Head of Care and Compliance Team, you will play an important role in ensuring our residents receive safe, effective and person-centred care every day.
The Role
As Clinical Team Leader, you will provide visible clinical leadership across the home, supporting the nursing and care teams while promoting best practice and ensuring compliance with CQC standards.
This is a predominantly supernumerary leadership position, with a strong focus on quality improvement, staff development and maintaining excellent clinical standards.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Leadership
- Complete daily quality walk rounds across the home.
- Monitor residents’ wellbeing, staff practice and environmental standards.
- Provide clinical guidance and support to nurses and care staff.
- Promote a positive, professional and person-centred culture.
Care Planning & Documentation
- Ensure care plans remain accurate, personalised and up to date.
- Lead the completion of care plans for new admissions within 72 hours.
- Support staff with PRN protocols, risk assessments and clinical documentation.
- Promote best practice in Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and DoLS documentation.
Quality & Compliance
- Support the Home Manager with quality assurance and clinical audits.
- Monitor compliance with CQC Fundamental Standards.
- Help implement and evidence improvements identified through audits.
- Contribute to continuous quality improvement projects.
Staff Development
- Deliver group supervision sessions and provide ongoing coaching.
- Assess and monitor Moving & Handling competencies.
- Support competency assessments and staff development programmes.
- Encourage teamwork, accountability and professional growth.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has a thorough understanding of CQC Fundamental Standards.
- Has excellent knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and DoLS.
- Demonstrates strong clinical leadership skills.
- Is confident completing audits and producing reports.
- Enjoys mentoring and developing others.
- Has excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Is passionate about delivering outstanding person-centred care.
What Success Looks Like
You’ll help ensure:
- High-quality, person-centred care is delivered consistently.
- Care plans remain accurate and up to date.
- Clinical documentation is completed to a high standard.
- Staff competencies remain current.
- Audit actions are completed within agreed timescales.
- Residents continue to receive safe, compassionate and effective care.
Why Join Heatherdale?
At Heatherdale Nursing Home, you’ll be joining a supportive and experienced team that genuinely values quality care and continuous improvement. We are committed to creating a positive working environment where staff feel supported, respected and empowered to make a real difference in the lives of our residents every day.
Please note: We are currently unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this position.
Pay: £23.00 per hour
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Gillingham ME7 3QG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Licence/Certification:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
