Clinical Lead Nurse (Band 7)


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bath, BA3 2DT
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Aug 2026
Closing date:	3 Sept 2026

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Summary

Package Description: Shape and lead the delivery of high-quality community care, ensuring patients receive safe, effective, and person-centred support close to home. As a Clinical Lead Nurse, you will work closely with the Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) Operational Manager to drive the delivery of integrated, high-quality services across the neighbourhood team. Providing visible clinical leadership, you will support the effective coordination of care, foster collaborative working across professional groups, and ensure the team consistently delivers excellent patient outcomes. You will play a key role in overseeing clinical practice, supporting colleagues, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring services are delivered in line with organisational objectives, professional standards, and best practice. Working alongside multidisciplinary partners, you will help shape and develop services that meet the evolving needs of local communities while maintaining a strong focus on quality, safety, and patient experience. The post holder will provide professional support, guidance, and leadership to nursing and wider clinical staff, championing evidence-based practice, service innovation, and workforce development. You will contribute to operational performance, service improvement initiatives, and the achievement of key objectives, ensuring the Integrated Neighbourhood Team delivers responsive, proactive, and coordinated care to the population it serves. Location:The Hollies, High Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2DP Hours:37.5 hours per week Package Description As a Clinical Lead Nurse you will be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £49,387 - £56,515 FTE (Band 7 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission Key Responsibilities Provide visible clinical leadership and operational oversight for the Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT), ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality patient care, with a particular focus on nursing services. Work in partnership with commissioners, GPs, social care, acute providers, and voluntary sector partners to support integrated care pathways and facilitate timely patient flow across primary, community, intermediate, and secondary care services. Lead service improvement and transformation initiatives, using performance data, workforce intelligence, and patient feedback to drive quality, productivity, and achievement of key performance indicators. Manage team resources effectively, including workforce, capacity, and budgets, ensuring services meet patient needs while delivering agreed operational, quality, and financial objectives. Provide expert clinical guidance and support to staff, maintaining clinical credibility and contributing to the assessment, case management, and care planning of patients with complex health and social care needs. Promote a culture of clinical excellence, governance, and continuous improvement by supporting incident investigations, sharing learning, managing risk, safeguarding vulnerable adults, and ensuring compliance with policies and best practice standards. Develop, motivate, and support the workforce through effective leadership, performance management, appraisals, workforce planning, and the identification of learning and development opportunities. Work collaboratively with the INT Operational Manager and wider system partners to contribute to strategic planning, service development, policy implementation, and the delivery of key organisational objectives. Champion person-centred care by empowering patients and carers to make informed decisions, supporting choice and independence, and ensuring care is coordinated across the entire patient pathway to achieve the best possible outcomes. Person SpecificationEssential Criteria Current professional registration with the relevant regulatory body (NMC or HCPC) and evidence of ongoing professional development. Educated to postgraduate level, or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience. Management qualification, or willingness to work towards one. Significant leadership experience within community or integrated healthcare services, including service improvement and transformation. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, develop effective stakeholder relationships, and deliver patient-focused outcomes. Experience of operational, workforce, performance, and resource management, including HR processes and change management. Strong understanding of clinical governance, risk management, patient safety, safeguarding, and incident investigation. Excellent communication, influencing, and decision-making skills, with the ability to work effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities. Sound knowledge of current healthcare policy, community services, and integrated models of care. Confident, resilient, and credible leader with a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care and supporting team development. IT literate with a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes. Desirable Criteria Leadership or advanced management qualification. Experience leading projects, service redesign, or transformation programmes. Strong understanding of financial and budget management. High level of emotional intelligence with excellent networking and relationship-building skills. Experience preparing and delivering presentations to a range of audiences. Forfull details of the role, responsibilities, and person specification, pleaserefer to the attached Job Description. About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. 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