Clinical Lead

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Consistently monitoring and leading the standard of care delivered by care home staff to ensure it is at optimum levels.
• Ensuring that all residents receive quality medical and personal care and that care plans are fully maintained.
• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any changes impacting care and ensuring new needs are met.
• Acting as a focal point for contact with residents, their relatives, visitors, and health and social care professionals.
• Supporting the Home Manager in implementing policies, procedures, and business objectives.
• Managing the Home in the absence of the Home Manager/Deputy Home Manager.
• Conducting staff supervisions and appraisals in line with company policy.
• Encouraging staff attendance at relevant meetings.
• Marketing the Home to existing and potential residents and developing links with other care providers.
• Ensuring all staff are trained on safe systems of work including Manual Handling and fire safety evacuation procedures.
• Understanding personal responsibilities in relation to the Health and Safety at Work Act.
• Assisting in the completion of all resident documentation in line with regulations.
• Carrying out general nursing duties including maintaining peg tubes, catheter care, changing dressings, and administering medication.
• Ordering repeat prescriptions and handling resident medication in line with company policy.
• Maintaining high standards of care practices within the home.
• Reporting any incidents affecting the wellbeing, safety, or welfare of residents to the Home Manager.
• Assisting residents to live as normal a life as possible.
• Assisting in all aspects of personal care including toileting, dressing, eating, and personal hygiene.
• Completing relevant documentation and reports during shifts.
• Maintaining a safe and healthy environment and demonstrating safe practice.
• Ensuring attendance at mandatory training courses to maintain skills and knowledge.
• Supporting the equality, diversity, and rights of Residents, Carers, and Colleagues.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Abiding by ‘The Nursing Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005’ and associated standards.
• Performing any other related duties as needed.

Essential Criteria:

• Registered Nurse Qualification.
• 5 years post-registration experience with at least 2 in the last 3 years in a similar care setting.

Desirable Criteria:

• Relevant experience managing a team within a care home setting.
• Understanding of clinical governance.
• Experience of coordinating and managing residents' care plans and risk assessments.
• Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints.
• Supervision and managerial experience.
• Effective leadership and organisational skills or level 5 Management qualification.
• IT skills.