Clinical Lead

Belsize Healthcare; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid DBS

Pension

Uniform provided

Annual leave 5.6 weeks

Job summary

Gowrie House Care Home is seeking a Clinical Lead Nurse (RGN/RMN) to provide strong clinical leadership, support the Home Manager, and drive high standards of safe, person-centred care in a 60-bed service in Kirkcaldy.

You will lead nursing teams, conduct competency assessments, deliver training, and support audits and quality improvement initiatives, with clear progression opportunities within the service.

Qualifications

• Active NMC PIN and current nursing registration (RGN or RMN).
• Proven leadership experience in a care home or similar setting.
• Strong governance, training and quality improvement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical leadership within the home and work with the Home Manager.
• Develop nursing and care teams, conduct competency assessments and training.
• Lead audits, contribute to quality improvement and ensure governance standards.
• Promote person-centred care and support staff development.

Skills

NMC PIN

Leadership

Clinical governance

Staff development

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN)

Job description

Our care home, located in the heart of Kirkcaldy, a coastal town on the Forth Estuary in East Central Scotland, offers comprehensive Residential, Nursing, Dementia & Respite care, providing a supportive and caring environment for 60-residents.

Clinical Lead Nurse (RGN/RMN) Contract

• £23.00 per hour
• Contracted to 45 hours per week
• Dayshift – 4 days per week
• Paid DBS, pension and uniform provided
• 5.6 weeks annual leave (based on a full time contract)

Ongoing training, clinical development and funded skills updates, with clear progression into Deputy Manager and Home Manager roles, within a well led and structured environment where your clinical expertise and leadership are recognised and developed.

Role Overview

As Clinical Lead Nurse, you will play a key role in providing strong clinical leadership within the home, working closely with the Home Manager and wider management team to ensure consistently high standards of safe, effective and person centred care.

You will use your broad clinical knowledge and experience to support and develop the nursing and care team, including completing clinical competency assessments, providing training and supporting regular skills updates. You will provide guidance and leadership to ensure staff are confident and competent in delivering high quality care.

Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will support the management team with audits, attend relevant meetings and contribute to quality improvement initiatives. You will help identify opportunities to improve practice and maintain high standards of care, compliance and clinical governance throughout the service.

You will also promote a person centred approach to care, ensuring residents' individual needs and wellbeing remain at the heart of clinical decision making while supporting and developing the wider team.

What We Are Looking For

• Registered Nurse (RGN or RMN) with an active NMC PIN
• Broad clinical knowledge and strong clinical nursing skills
• Previous leadership or senior nursing experience, ideally within a care home setting
• Experience supporting and developing nursing and care teams
• Confidence completing clinical competency assessments, training and skills updates
• Experience supporting audits, quality improvement and compliance
• Strong communication, organisational and leadership skills
• A proactive and supportive approach with a genuine commitment to staff development
• Passion for delivering high quality, person centred care
• Ability to work 4 days per week, totalling 45 hours, on a dayshift basis

About Us

Gowrie House Care Home is part of Belsize Healthcare, a division of Care Concern Group, a family owned, market leading care provider with a strong and growing presence across the United Kingdom. We are committed to creating safe, welcoming care homes for our residents and developing supportive workplaces where our teams can grow and thrive.

Our five core values Trust|Respect|Passion|Kindness|Inclusivity are at the heart of everything we do, shaping the care we deliver and the environments we create. If you share these values and want to build or develop your career in care, we would love to hear from you.