Clinical Lead Nurse
Office-based with travel across Delore Care regional offices
Reports to: Director of Operations Accountable to: Quality Manager Location: East Sussex Hours: Full-time | Monday–Friday | 9:00am–5:00pm
Salary: Competitive
Help Raise the Standard of Complex Care
At Delore Care, we believe care should feel personal, respectful, and genuinely supportive, especially for people living with complex clinical needs.
We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Clinical Lead Nurse to help shape and strengthen the quality of care we deliver across our services.
This is more than a clinical oversight role. It is an opportunity to lead with empathy, expertise, and professionalism, supporting people to live with greater dignity, confidence, and stability in their own homes.
You will play a central role in ensuring our care remains safe, person and relationship-centred, clinically effective, and rooted in the real needs of the people we support and their families.
About the Role
As Clinical Lead Nurse, you will provide leadership across complex care services, supporting the mobilisation, delivery, and ongoing quality of care packages for individuals with a wide range of clinical needs.
You will work closely with our care teams, families, healthcare professionals, and operational leaders to ensure care is delivered with consistency, compassion, and clinical excellence.
This role combines:
- Clinical leadership
- Staff development and mentoring
- Quality assurance
- Relationship-centred care
- Operational collaboration
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the mobilisation of new complex care packages, including clinical assessments and person-centred care planning
- Support and mentor care teams, ensuring confidence and competence in specialist clinical interventions
- Develop, review, and maintain clear and effective clinical documentation, care plans, and risk assessments
- Monitor and audit care delivery to ensure the highest standards of safety, dignity, and quality are consistently achieved
- Build trusted relationships with the people we support, their families, multidisciplinary teams, and external professionals
- Provide clinical leadership and support investigations or incident reviews where required
- Manage a caseload of complex care packages across the region
- Act as Medication Lead for the organisation, ensuring safe medication practices and regular staff competency assessments
- Work collaboratively with Care Managers and Field Supervisors to strengthen quality, communication, and continuity of care
- Maintain accurate and compliant clinical records in line with company procedures and regulatory requirements
- Support a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and reflective practice across the care team
What We’re Looking For
We are seeking someone who combines strong clinical capability with warmth, leadership, and emotional intelligence.
Essential:
- Registered Adult Nurse with experience in Complex Care and/or Learning Disabilities
- Experience delivering and signing off clinical competencies and training
- Competent in tracheostomy and ventilator care
- Confident in writing and reviewing clinical documentation and care plans
- Strong understanding of CQC regulations and commitment to the NMC Code of Conduct
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Organised and confident managing priorities independently
- Comfortable working collaboratively across operational and clinical teams
- Driving licence and access to a vehicle
- Based within East Sussex
Desirable:
- Experience supporting CQC inspections and local authority engagement
- Experience within domiciliary or community-based complex care settings
- Ability to complete TDDI registration as part of the role
Why Join Delore Care?
At Delore Care, we are working to raise the standard of domiciliary care by building services that feel more human, more connected, and more supportive for the people who rely on them.
When you join Delore Care, you become part of a team that values:
- Compassion and professionalism equally
- Relationship-led care
- Collaboration and mutual support
- Continuous learning and development
- Doing the right thing, even when it’s difficult
This is a role where your leadership and expertise will have a genuine impact, not only on the people we support, but on the teams around you.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 20 days holiday (negotiable)
- Company pension scheme
- Mileage allowance
- Ongoing training and development
- Career progression opportunities
- Referral programme
How to Apply
If you would like to be part of a care organisation committed to delivering high-quality, relationship-centred care, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV to: [email protected]
If you would like to speak to someone before applying, please call: 07718 932787
Safeguarding & Equality
Delore Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable individuals. All appointments are subject to a rigorous recruitment and vetting process, including DBS checks and satisfactory references.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community
We are committed to raising the standard of everyday care for the people we support, the families who trust us, and the carers who make it possible. Because when care is delivered properly, it does more than meet needs. It improves how people experience their day.
