Clinical Nurse Lead

Priory; Bury; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits: gym membership and

IPD sponsorship

Job summary

Priory is seeking a Clinical Lead for the Highbank Centre in the UK. The role focuses on clinical leadership, governance, and directing the nursing team across neuro-rehabilitation services.

The successful candidate will have RN qualification with post-qualification experience, leadership capabilities and experience in neurological/complex care. The posting provides development opportunities and a contributory pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with post-qualification experience.
• Managerial or leadership experience, preferably in neurological/complex care settings.
• Experience in supervising a nursing/clinical team and liaising with external professionals.

Responsibilities

• Promote, monitor and implement standards for service provision within clinical environments.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervise the nursing team, with mentorship and appraisals.
• Develop relationships with external professionals and ensure practice complies with Priory policies.
• Lead the clinical team at site and supervise other clinicians as senior clinical colleague.
• Act as main contact for commissioners, families and external professionals.
• Organise pre-admission assessments and work with the MDT.
• Carry out nursing and neuro assessments to identify needs and plan interventions.
• Compose Nursing reports and lead multidisciplinary meetings.
• Lead the implementation of site innovations and share best practices.
• Undertake on-call duties as part of the leadership team.

Job description

Description

Priory Highbank Centre
£46,000 per annum
Full Time – 37.5 hours

Highbank has an opportunity for a Clinical Lead to join our team.

Application Deadline: 20 October 2026

Department: Nursing

Location: Highbank AC

Compensation: £46,000 / year

The Priory Highbank Centre is a 19 bedded facility for Neuro-rehabilitation and complex neuro-disability. Service users are referred mainly from NHS funders across the country for slow stream neuro rehabilitation or specialist assessments like PDoC assessments by experienced clinicians. The team also manages those people with complex tracheostomy and/or mechanical ventilation for specialist assessments or slow stream neuro-rehabilitation.

What you'll be doing

• To promote, monitor and implement standards for service provision within the clinical environments, evaluating through clinical governance and audits as per company guidance and standards.
• Provide clinical leadership, positive role modelling to the whole team, ensuring effective communication across the multidisciplinary team, through supervision, mentoring and appraisals.
• Develop close working relationships with external professionals and clinical colleagues, ensuring clinical practice is in line with Priory policies and procedures and complies with statutory regulations and quality standards.
• Be the leader for the clinical team at site, directly supervising the nursing team and supporting other clinicians as a senior clinical colleague.
• Be the main contact and liaison person for commissioners, families and other external professionals who supports our service users at site.
• Conduct and organize pre-admission assessments following referrals from external stakeholders and consultants, working with the whole MDT.
• Carry out nursing and neuro assessments alongside other clinical colleagues to identify service user needs, before planning and delivering the appropriate interventions.
• Compose Nursing reports and attend / lead on multidisciplinary team meetings / reports with other senior clinicians.
• Lead the implementation of new innovations within their site and sharing best practice with colleagues within the service.
• Undertake on-call duties as part of the leadership team at site to advise and support team as required.

What you'll bring to the role

You will be an experienced and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with post qualification experience. You will have managerial or leadership experience, preferably working in a neurological or complex care service in a mixture of physical, sensory, cognitive, emotional & psychological difficulties e.g. prolonged disorders of consciousness, long term medical conditions, tracheostomy and long term mechanical ventilation etc.

Applicants will be subject to recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasis the Unit's commitment to the safeguarding of its service users.

What we will give you in return

• Designated supernumery hours to do leadership and managerial duties
• All mandatory training provided at site
• Support and opportunities for continuing professional development and specialist training relevant to the speciality
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
• Access to development opportunities
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
• Leadership & management development
• Long service award
• Refer a friend bonuses

Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.