Clinical Lead (Band 6) – Coombe Dingle Nursing Home
Full-time | 37.5 hours per week | From £24 per hour
Tier 2 sponsorship is not available for this role.
Coombe Dingle is a specialist dementia nursing home in Caterham, Surrey providing excellent care to up to 35 residents in a warm and homely environment. At Coombe Dingle, we provide a high-standard clinical environment where our Clinical Lead is empowered to lead. We are seeking a dedicated Clinical Lead (RGN/RMN) to join our multidisciplinary team, ensuring our residents receive the sophisticated, person-centred care they deserve, while providing clinical leadership and oversight across the nursing team.
The Role:
As Clinical Lead, you will be responsible for the clinical oversight and nursing standards across the home. You will have the clinical freedom to make critical decisions while supported by a management team that values your expertise.
- Clinical Management: Take the lead in assessing, planning, and implementing bespoke care plans that address complex physical, psychological, and social needs, and provide clinical oversight and quality assurance of care plans across the home.
- Medication Administration: Oversee the safe storage and administration of medicines in strict accordance with NMC standards and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines, holding overall responsibility for medicines management and audit across the home.
- Decision Making: Act as the senior clinical lead across the home, utilising your professional judgment to respond to emergencies and changing clinical conditions, and act as the escalation point for the nursing team on complex cases.
- Quality Assurance: Maintain impeccable records and lead detailed risk assessments to ensure a safe, compliant environment for both residents and staff, including leading the home's clinical audit programme.
- Advocacy: Act as a key point of contact for families and external healthcare professionals, ensuring the resident's voice is at the heart of all care decisions.
- Leadership & Supervision: Provide clinical supervision, competency assessment and mentoring to Registered Nurses and senior care staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
About You:
We are looking for a Clinical Lead who balances technical proficiency with deep empathy. To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Professional Status: A valid, clear NMC Pin (Registered General Nurse or Registered Mental Health Nurse), with post-registration experience in a senior or leadership capacity.
- Clinical Expertise: Proven experience in a nursing home, with a strong grasp of wound care, catheterisation, and end-of-life care.
- Regulatory Knowledge: A robust understanding of the Health and Social Care Act, including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and the Mental Capacity Act (MCA).
- Documentation Skills: Proficiency in digital care management systems with an eye for detail in clinical auditing.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional communication skills and the ability to lead, supervise and mentor junior nursing and care staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Eligibility: We welcome local applicants and cannot offer Tier 2 sponsorship at this time.
Your Benefits Package: Workplace Pension | 5.6 weeks Annual Leave | Free Parking | Employee Assistance Programme
Ready to join a dynamic and rewarding team?
At Coombe Dingle, you won't be a number - you'll be at the heart of our home. If you're a compassionate leader who wants the autonomy to do things properly, apply today. We review applications as they arrive, but as a small family run business it may take some time for us to respond.
Pay: From £24.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Experience:
- Nursing home: 4 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
