Clinical Care Manager

We are seeking a compassionate Clinical Care Manager to lead high quality nursing and care services in our care home with nursing. This key leadership role offers a Registered Nurse the chance to shape clinical standards, develop colleagues, and ensure safe, person centred care. You will provide visible clinical leadership, support clinical governance, inspection readiness and continuous quality improvement, working closely with the Registered Manager and deputising as required.

This is an opportunity for a confident clinical leader passionate about care excellence, staff development and positive resident outcomes. Full time, 39 hours/week, Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and oversee nursing and clinical care, ensuring compliance with NMC standards, legislation and organisational policies.
• Manage assessments, care plans, medication, wound and end of life care, and clinical interventions.
• Provide supervision and guidance to nurses and care staff, supporting admissions and pre admission assessments.
• Maintain clinical governance, quality and compliance with CQC standards, audits, safeguarding, MCA/DoLS and regulatory reporting.
• Line manage, appraise and develop staff, champion digital care systems and support training.
• Oversee staffing, environment safety, incidents and complaints.
• Deputise for the Registered Manager and act as a visible clinical leader.

Essential Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RGN or RMN) with current NMC registration.
• NVQ/QCF Level 4 or 5, or a recognised leadership/management qualification (or willingness to work towards).
• Experience working in a care home with nursing or a similar clinical environment.
• Experience leading and supervising registered nurses and care staff.
• Experience in medication management, emergency care and end of life nursing.
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, safeguarding, MCA/DoLS and clinical governance.
• In depth knowledge of nursing care for older people, including dementia and palliative care.
• Confident clinical leadership, decision making and escalation skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities.
• A strong commitment to values led, person centred care.

Desirable

• Dementia care or specialist nursing qualification.

About us

Jewish Care is the largest provider of health and social care services for the Jewish community in the UK. Every week, we touch the lives of 10,000 people. We provide services to a range of people, including older people, people with mental health needs and people living with dementia. Our five values are Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion and Inclusivity.

Person Specification

Please refer to the job description above.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.