Head Of Clinical Services

Leaders in Care; Derby; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Leaders in Care is recruiting a Head of Clinical Services to lead nurse-led community complex-care across a multi-branch network. You will shape clinical standards, governance and service development, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care for adults and children in the Midlands and North West.

You will oversee governance, quality, risk management and policies, while developing clinical teams and maintaining CQC compliance to support sustainable service growth.

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse with current NMC registration.
• Substantial senior leadership experience in complex care.
• Experience in community nurse-led complex care.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical governance, quality assurance and risk management across community complex-care services.
• Provide clinical oversight of packages involving ventilation, tracheostomy care, acquired brain injury, spinal injury and neurological conditions.
• Overseeing safeguarding, incidents, complaints, investigations and clinical audits, turning learning into practical improvements.
• Developing clinical policies, care standards and competency frameworks.
• Supporting and developing clinical teams through supervision, training and competency assessment.
• Ensuring new care packages are assessed and mobilised safely.
• Maintaining CQC compliance while supporting sustainable service growth.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Clinical governance

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Head of Clinical Services -Community Complex Care £75,000 - £85,000 | Midlands and North West

We're recruiting a Head of Clinical Services for an established provider of nurse-led community care for adults and children.

This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape clinical standards, strengthen governance and support the safe development of complex-care services across a multi-branch network.

The role

You'll lead the clinical agenda, working closely with operational colleagues, commissioners, case managers and families to deliver safe, effective, person-centred care.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading clinical governance, quality assurance and risk management across community complex-care services.
• Providing clinical oversight of packages involving ventilation, tracheostomy care, acquired brain injury, spinal injury and neurological conditions.
• Overseeing safeguarding, incidents, complaints, investigations and clinical audits, turning learning into practical improvements.
• Developing clinical policies, care standards and competency frameworks.
• Supporting and developing clinical teams through supervision, training and competency assessment.
• Ensuring new care packages are assessed and mobilised safely.
• Maintaining CQC compliance while supporting sustainable service growth.

What you'll bring

You'll be a qualified nurse with current NMC registration and substantial senior leadership experience in complex care.

• Your background could include Head of Clinical Services, Head of Nursing, Clinical Director, Head of Quality or a comparable senior clinical-management role.

We're particularly interested in people who can demonstrate:

• Extensive experience of nurse-led complex care delivered in the community.
• Strong clinical knowledge of high-acuity care, including ventilation and tracheostomy support.
• Leadership of clinical teams across multiple services or locations.
• Sound judgement around safeguarding, clinical risk and incident management.
• The ability to balance clinical quality, operational delivery and service development.

Location

Providing support to Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincoln, Staffordshire and Chester