Clinical Lead Nurse

St Annes Community Services; Halifax; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Halifax is seeking a Clinical Lead Nurse to provide expert clinical leadership. The role involves ensuring high-quality person-centred care, conducting assessments, and mentoring nursing staff. With responsibilities including health monitoring and promoting independence for clients with learning disabilities, this position requires strong advocacy and risk management skills. Candidates should be registered nurses with a nursing degree and experience in similar settings. Benefits include flexible working opportunities and a comprehensive employee rewards framework.

Benefits

New pay framework launched in 2025

20 to 25 days paid leave

24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme

Continuous training opportunities

Cycle To Work scheme

Refer A Friend initiative

Flexible working opportunities

Group Personal Pension Scheme

Discounted income protection scheme

Free car parking

Free life assurance cover

Qualifications

• Must be a registered Nurse with a degree in nursing.
• Experience in working with individuals with learning disabilities preferred.
• Strong clinical leadership skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical assessments and care planning.
• Monitor health conditions and implement appropriate interventions.
• Support and supervise nursing staff.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Person-centred care

Mental health understanding

Risk management

Advocacy

Education

Nursing degree

Registered Nurse

Job description

Position Overview

We are looking for a Clinical Lead Nurse to support the manager. They will ensure all clinical needs of clients are appropriately assessed and plans of care and support are developed and implemented, which effectively meet with stated needs, with the overall objective of maintaining the wellbeing of clients. This will be undertaken within the context of best current thinking and practice. All the care we deliver is person centred to the needs of the individual and we develop lasting relationships with families and external multi-disciplinary professionals, who we work closely with to deliver outstanding care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to nursing and care staff, maintain high standards of evidence-based nursing care.
• Act as the clinical expert for complex physical and mental health needs.
• Lead on health assessments, care planning, and risk management.
• Monitor and improve outcomes for residents with learning disabilities.
• Support positive behaviour support (PBS) and trauma-informed care approaches.
• Ensure care is person-centred, rights-based, and promotes independence.
• Advocate for residents, ensuring reasonable adjustments are made.
• Support residents to make choices and exercise mental capacity wherever possible.
• Lead on Mental Capacity Act (MCA) assessments and best-interest decisions.
• Oversee safe medication management, including PRN use.
• Monitor long-term conditions (e.g. epilepsy, diabetes, dysphagia).
• Ensure robust health action plans and annual health checks.
• Work closely with GPs, psychiatrists, SALT, OT, and community LD teams.
• Lead on reducing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to nurses and support workers.
• Ensure safeguarding concerns are identified, reported, and managed appropriately.
• Oversee incident reporting, investigations, and learning outcomes.
• Lead on risk assessments (falls, behaviours, choking, epilepsy, self-harm).

Management Responsibilities

1. Supporting the manager in ensuring that all staff employed within your service are recruited, developed, supported and managed in an appropriate and professional manner with specific responsibility around the management of clinical needs of clients.
2. Responsible, with your manager, in addressing the training and development needs of staff and ensuring that they are pertinent to the stated clinical needs of clients within the service.
3. Responsible, with your manager, for addressing your own personal development and training needs based on service objectives and philosophy.
4. Responsible for supporting the manager in maintaining the quality of the service provided within your defined service with specific responsibility around the ongoing monitoring of support plans and positive risk assessments for relevance, effectiveness and overall quality.
5. Responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that you and staff within your service comply with St. Anne's values and beliefs, policies and procedures.
6. Responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that your service(s) have access to, and uses, the best current thinking and practice in the delivery of those services.
7. Responsibility to undertake (with the manager) a lead role in the clinical supervision of staff with reference to Skills for Care code of conduct for Health and Social care workers and with the overall objective of maintaining quality of service provision.
8. Supporting and assessing Specialist Support Workers in the completion of the Level 3 Mental health Certificate.
9. Responsibility for contributing to the successful future development of St. Anne's by highlighting opportunities within the broad corporate aims of the organisation. This will include contributions to policy and procedures and to service developments.
10. Responsibility for supporting your manager in monitoring your service(s) in such a way that it is compliant with the expectations and statutory requirements set by local commissioning agreements and regulators of services.
11. Responsibility for supporting your manager in establishing and maintaining effective links within your teams, with other organisations, and agencies or workers whose role(s) may impact upon your service area.
12. Responsibility for supporting your manager in ensuring that staff respect the rights of clients with whom they work and for providing a healthy, safe and stimulating environment for both clients and staff.
13. Responsibility for any specific roles and duties within the home as agreed with the manager.
14. Responsible for ensuring that as an individual, and as part of a team, that resources are used appropriately and that all necessary steps are taken to avoid fuel energy waste.
15. Responsible for maximising the opportunities for client participation.
16. Assessing and mentoring student nurses on placement within the service.

Employee Benefits

St. Anne's wants to reward its employees for their hard work. Employee benefits include:

• New pay framework launched in 2025. Rewarding the dedication and work of staff across the charity. Potential increases after 6 months, 2.5 & 5 years.
• Rising 20 to 25 days plus statutory bank holidays.
• 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme.
• Continuous opportunities for ongoing training and career development.
• Cycle To Work scheme.
• Refer A Friend recruitment initiative.
• Flexible working opportunities (where applicable) upon successful completion of probation period.
• Group Personal Pension Scheme.
• Discounted income protection scheme.
• Free car parking at most services.
• Free life assurance cover.