Clinical Service Manager

Fairlie Healthcare Group; London Borough of Lambeth; Sur place; GBP 65 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Fairlie Healthcare Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced nurse leader to oversee four specialist wards, each with 8-15 beds, providing hands-on clinical leadership and multidisciplinary collaboration.

You will lead nursing teams, ensure safe staffing and effective skill mix, drive clinical governance and quality improvement, manage budgets and resources, and promote safeguarding and high standards of compassionate care for residents.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with an active NMC PIN.
• Five years' experience managing clinical services in a similar healthcare setting.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills to inspire clinical teams.
• Experience in nursing management, acute medicine and patient care.
• Experience in clinical governance reporting and quality improvement action plans.
• Excellent communication, organisation and interpersonal skills.
• Experience as Safeguarding Lead would be desirable.

Responsabilités

• Providing visible, hands-on leadership and acting as a role model for nursing practice.
• Ensuring compassionate, dignified care in line with care plans and evidence-based practice.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams to meet patients' needs and manage clinical risks.
• Maintaining safe staffing levels, skill mix, and resource allocation.
• Overseeing medicines management, staff training and supervision.
• Leading clinical governance, IPC, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Coordinating safe patient admissions and clinical assessments.
• Supporting GSF processes and accreditation.
• Managing budgets, stock and resources.
• Promoting safeguarding and regulatory compliance.

Connaissances

Leadership

Clinical governance

Staff management

Budget management

Care quality

Communication

Safeguarding lead

Formation

NMC PIN registered nurse

Outils

Records management

Description du poste

Location: West Norwood
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Hours: 40 hours per week, fully on-site
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

About the role

You will be responsible for four specialist nursing wards, each with 8-15 beds, providing hands-on clinical leadership and working closely with the Centre Director, Nurses, Carers, Therapists and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing visible, hands-on leadership and acting as a role model for excellent nursing practice.
• Ensuring care is delivered with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect, in line with individual care plans and evidence-based practice.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams to meet patients' assessed needs and manage clinical risks effectively.
• Ensuring safe staffing levels, appropriate skill mix, staff competency and effective resource allocation.
• Overseeing medicines management, ensuring safe practice and appropriate staff training and supervision.
• Leading clinical governance, infection prevention and control (IPC), and quality improvement initiatives.
• Coordinating safe patient admissions and overseeing clinical assessment processes.
• Supporting Gold Standards Framework (GSF) processes and accreditation.
• Managing clinical budgets, stock and resources effectively.
• Promoting safeguarding, regulatory compliance and a positive culture of continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

• A Registered Nurse with an active NMC PIN.
• At least five years' experience managing clinical services in a comparable healthcare setting.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills, with the ability to inspire and develop clinical teams.
• Experience in nursing management, acute medicine and patient care.
• Experience in clinical governance reporting and developing and implementing quality improvement action plans.
• Excellent communication, organisation and interpersonal skills.
• Previous experience as a Safeguarding Lead would be desirable.

Experience in any of the following would be particularly valuable:

• A&E, ITU, HDU or CCU
• Respiratory care
• Complex nursing care
• Ventilator and tracheostomy care

We are looking for a leader who is confident managing complex clinical needs, supporting multidisciplinary teams and maintaining the highest standards of care.

Ready to lead, inspire and make a difference?

If you have the clinical expertise, leadership experience and passion to drive excellence in specialist care, we would love to hear from you.

Find out more about us: https://fairliehealthcare.co.uk