Clinical Care Specialist

This role is home-based but will require significant travel and regular overnight stays.

You will hold a Nursing Qualification and have an active PIN. You will also be required to maintain your nursing registration throughout your time in the role.

This exciting new role for Leonard Cheshire and will help us deliver high-quality, person-centred care to our customers. You will be critical in ensuring effective clinical governance and clinical practice in our services. The role will report in to our Head of Clinical Care.

You will support the Head of Clinical Care in developing, maintaining and improving our clinical governance and ensuring nursing and clinical practice are based on the latest guidance and best practice.

You will oversee clinical incidents, investigations, and monitor our quality returns.

You will also support the Head of Clinical Care with our policy and strategy development.

This permanent role provides an exciting opportunity to continue to shape clinical governance and practice in a dynamic, UK-wide social care provider. The role is home-based but will require significant travel and regular overnight stays.

About You

You will have a genuine commitment to the social model of disability and experience of working with people with disabilities. You will also have management experience in the social care sector.

You will have in-depth knowledge of current legislation, policy, and practice. This will include knowledge and experience of care regulators, regulations, and standards.

You will need to work flexible hours, travel and stay away from home.

You are an effective communicator. You have excellent written skills, including preparing formal reports. You are self-motivated, with the ability to set and meet deadlines.

We seek candidates with a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire. You will be excited by this opportunity to make a difference for people with disabilities.

About Leonard Cheshire

We believe disabled people should be free to live their lives how they choose and fully participate in society.

We open doors to opportunity, choice, and support in communities and are at the heart of local life with 3,500 staff. Our social care services support 2000 people with quality amongst the highest in the UK.  

We offer a wide range of employee rewards to include:

• Wagestream, access earned pay before pay day (click here for more details).
• Free Blue Light Card.
• Free DBS / AccessNI check or PVG membership as applicable.
• Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
• Substantial and flexible annual leave, with the option to sell (salary sacrifice).
• Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates.
• Comprehensive training relevant to your role.
• Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and chance to gain recognised qualifications.
• Unlimited payments through our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.
• Access to cycle-to-work benefits (salary sacrifice).
• Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please *