Clinical Manager

Job responsibilities

Clinical Manager

Hours:37 per week

Location:Melwood Grange, Royston

Salary:£55,000 per annum

Quantum Care is a not for profit company providing high quality care services for over 2000 older people in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex. We need the right people to join us and provide the best possible care to our residents, offering support, maintaining dignity and assisting them to enjoy every day living in our Homes.

Were looking for a compassionate and experienced Clinical Manager to lead clinical care at Melwood Grange. If you're passionate about improving lives and want to make a meaningful impact, wed love to hear from you.

Your Role:

As Clinical Manager, youll oversee the clinical service delivery within the home, ensuring residents receive safe, effective, and person-centred care. Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating care plans and managing long-term and complex health conditions to reduce hospital admissions
• Ensuring compliance with clinical governance frameworks, including participation in audits
• Using monitoring and reporting systems to demonstrate high-quality service delivery
• Staying up to date with clinical guidelines and best practices to maintain excellence in care
• Maintaining accurate records and ensuring effective communication across the care team
• Manage the homes Registered Nurses and work with the Deputy Manager and General Manager in the management of other Care team members.
• Conduct clinical supervisions, appraisals, and supporting CPD for nursing staff in line with NMC standards

What youll bring:

Were looking for someone with strong clinical expertise and leadership skills. Youll need:

• NMC registration (Band 6 or above)
• Solid understanding of CQC regulations and compliance requirements
• Experience in care delivery within a Trust or Nursing Home setting
• Proven ability to lead and manage staff effectively
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and audit methodologies
• Excellent organisational skills and a calm, diplomatic approach to challenges

What we offer:

We value our team and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Competitive salary
• Career development and recognition of milestones
• Outstanding in-house training from day one
• Free Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 support for work-life balance
• Company pension scheme (after 1 year of service)
• Free DBS check and uniform
• Access to retail discounts and exclusive offers
• £500 refer-a-friend bonus

Terms and conditions apply to all benefits.

This is a great opportunity to join a well-established, values driven company that offers varied and rewarding work and opportunities for career progression. We welcome applications from a very diverse range of people who have the right to work in the UK. We are not able to offer sponsorship to candidates at this time.

Experience

Essential

• Qualifications
• NMC Registered Nurse (band 6 or above) essential
• Evidence of personal and professional development
• including leadership
• Good understanding of CQC regulations and regulatory
• requirements

Desirable

• Experience
• Experience of care delivery within a Trust or Nursing Care
• Home environment
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience in meeting regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and audit techniques
• Familiar with working under external scrutiny
• Technical Skills
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Good analytical and judgement skills
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to maintain and enhance effective working relationships
• Ability to positively contribute to, monitor and implement changes and improvements to services
• Ability to plan, allocate and evaluate own work
• IT literate
• Ability to identify and manage risk
• Other factors
• Ability to be flexible with regard to working hours
• Builds effective and credible relationships both internally and externally
• Works collaboratively with others sharing ideas and information at all times
• Has the ability to delegate broadening responsibilities to develop people
• Has the ability to raise standards through innovation and new ideas
• Will take responsibility for issues and resolve them.
• Car driver is essential with access to a vehicle for work purposes
• Personal qualities
• Able to cope in difficult situations with tact and diplomacy
• Ability to build rapport and positively influence others
• Ability to inspire professionalism
• Ability to encourage others

Qualifications

Essential

• Were looking for someone with strong clinical expertise and leadership skills. Youll need:
• NMC registration (Band 6 or above)
• Solid understanding of CQC regulations and compliance requirements
• Experience in care delivery within a Trust or Nursing Home setting
• Proven ability to lead and manage staff effectively
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and audit methodologies
• Excellent organisational skills and a calm, diplomatic approach to challenges

Desirable

• Previous Care Home Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).