Clinical Lead

Role Overview

The Clinical Lead in Community Care provides strategic and clinical leadership across community-based services, ensuring safe, inclusive, and person-centred care. This role is pivotal in shaping responsive care pathways, empowering frontline teams, and embedding service user voice in every aspect of delivery.

• Clinical Governance & Quality Assurance
• Lead clinical oversight of community care services, ensuring compliance with CQC and safeguarding standards.
• Drive continuous improvement through audits, reflective practice, and co-produced quality frameworks.
• Embed trauma-informed, inclusive approaches that reflect the lived experiences of service users.
• Team Leadership & Development
• Supervise and mentor nurses and support workers
• Facilitate training, reflective supervision, and professional development aligned with care-led values.
• Foster psychologically safe environments that support staff wellbeing and collaborative problem-solving.
• Service Design & Transformation
• Co-design care pathways with service users, families, and stakeholders to address social isolation and promote inclusion.
• Analyse data and feedback to inform strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Build partnerships with local authorities, voluntary sector organisations, and advocacy groups.
• Represent the service in strategic forums, promoting care-led leadership and service user voice.
• Champion inclusive communication and accessible service information.

Qualifications & Experience

• Registered Nurse with active registration.
• Significant experience in community care, clinical leadership, and service development.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, inclusion, and co-production principles.
• Proven ability to lead dispersed teams and navigate complex care systems.

Skills & Attributes

• Empathetic, strategic, and results-oriented.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Adaptable and proactive in troubleshooting technical and operational barriers.
• Flexible approach to travel and supporting the business needs