Clinical Lead - Dymchurch

Active Care Group; Dymchurch; Remote; GBP 51,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days + bank holidays

Birthday off

Training & development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Nest Pension account

NMC Renewal paid

Job summary

Active Care Group is seeking a Clinical Lead - RGN for Bethany Lodge in Dymchurch, Kent. The role covers 37.5 hours weekly with on-call and out-of-hours visits to lead nursing care and ensure high standards of patient wellbeing.

The successful candidate will hold RN1 registration, drive clinical governance, and oversee medicines management while promoting a safe, supportive environment for residents and staff.

Qualifications

• RN1 Registered Adult Nurse (NMC registered)
• Proven leadership in nursing within a clinical setting
• Strong infection prevention and control practice
• Experience with clinical governance and quality improvement
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Effective communication with patients, families and teams

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing team to deliver clinical outputs as per performance contract.
• Ensure safe and clean environment, address standards and remedial actions.
• Champion infection prevention and control initiatives across the service.
• Oversee safe medicines management in line with policy and regulation.
• Respond to complaints and incidents; take appropriate action.
• Provide visible professional and clinical leadership to staff and patients.
• Develop nursing leadership and contribute to service development.
• Collaborate with clinical teams to optimise patient care.
• Report risk issues to the Registered Manager; manage staff performance.

Skills

RN1 Registered Adult Nurse

Clinical leadership

Infection prevention & control

Clinical governance

Time management

Communication

Education

NMC registered

Job description

# Clinical LeadDymchurchFull TimeCloses 11 November 2026Apply nowYou'll be taken to our application system to complete your application.## About this role**Come and join one of the UK’s largest providers in complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.**We'd like you to join us as a **Clinical Lead - RGN** at our Bethany Lodge service in Dymchurch, Kent.At Bethany Lodge, we provide support for young adults with a disability in a residential home, helping to promote independence and maintain a high standard of both physical and mental wellbeing. We’re committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy, empowered enabling them to live the best life possible.**What you'll be working:**37.5 HoursRota'd On Call and \"Out of Hours\" visits**What you'll be doing:*** Manage the delivery of all nursing aspects of the agreed outputs for their area of responsibility, as set out in their performance contract.* Holding service nursing accountable for delivering their objectives in the clinical area.* Ensuring effective action is taken where nursing performance risks falling below expected levels and standards are not maintained.* Implementing Active Care Group (ACG) nursing priorities locally.* Ensure patients are cared for in a clean and safe environment, taking remedial action if standards are not maintained.* Championing the infection prevention and control agenda, challenging poor practice.* Ensure compliance with the safe ordering, storing, administration and disposal of medicines in accordance with policy, legal and regulation requirements.* Responding to complaints and adverse incidents.* Be a visible leader, accessible to patients, carers, and staff.* Provide professional and clinical leadership.* Develop the specialist contribution nursing can make within the service.* Develop nursing care leadership and management.* Represent ACG at local and national forums, promoting achievements in patient care.* Collaborate with clinical teams daily.* Monitor and action decisions in relation to clinical areas, ensuring an appropriate nursing skill mix in relation to activity and acuity.* Manage and report any risk issues to the Registered Manager.* Performance manage staff with direct responsibility for continuous performance review/appraisal.* Manage staff absence and report trends in sickness absence to the Registered Manager.This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and duties may be altered from time to time in light of changing circumstances.*“At Active Care Group we want everyone to feel welcome and supported. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment or interview process, just let us know and we’d be very happy to discuss this with you.”* We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.**What you'll have:*** **RN1**: Registered Adult Nurse, Level 1, part of the NMC register.* **A legal right to work in the U.K.*** Ability to demonstrate clinical and professional knowledge.* Can manage own workload with excellent time management skills* Demonstrates the ability to effectively manage resources.* Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.* Commitment to improving patient services through a sustained focus on achieving demanding goals.* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including good listening skills.* High level of work organization, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.* Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty, and integrity in undertaking the role.* Well-developed leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to enthuse, motivate, and involve individuals and teams, aligning them with the Trust’s and your performance expectations.**What to look forward to:*** 25 days plus bank holidays* Birthday off* Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities* Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop* Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice* A Nest Personal Pension account* Paid NMC Renewal* Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians* We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme* Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits* Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, £500 all other roles, by recommending someone you know* ......and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group| || --- || **Take a look around the company** https://activecaregroup.co.uk/ |Salary£56,215.00 p/a + Perks & Benefits## Job detailsReference: REQ002494Contract type: Full TimeDivision: SouthPosted: 7 October 2026Closing date: 11 November 2026