Clinical Lead | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£51,657 - £58,785 per annum (Incl. of HCAS)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Maidenhead, SL6 6DU
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	26 Oct 2026
Closing date:	25 Nov 2026

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Summary

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert clinical support and leadership to community nursing staff working within theWindsor & Maidenhead Community Nursing Service.

• This role will consist of a minimum of 60% daily clinical patient facing activity.

• To work flexibly over 7 days to meet the changing needs of the One Community Nursing service.

• Collaborate closely with the Operational Team Lead to ensure staff competency, including overseeing induction processes and ongoing clinical development.

• Champion evidence-based practice to ensure delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective patient care.

• Act as a senior clinical resource, offering enhanced support and guidance for complex patient cases.

• Promote and support initiatives aimed at reducing inappropriate or unscheduled hospital admissions andfacilitatingtimelyhospital discharges.

Qualifications & Experience:

• SpecialistDistrictNursing Qualification (DN SPQ).

Clinical Governance & Care Quality

• Ensure care delivery is based on sound clinical assessment and robust care planning processes.

• Monitor and review staff practice regularly tomaintainhigh standardsof clinical care.

• Investigate complaints, safeguarding concerns, and serious incidents,identifyingroot causes and implementing improvements.

• Add areas of concern to the risk register anddisseminatelearning across the team

Leadership & Team Management

• Exercise leadership and sound judgment insupportingthemanagementteam.

• Support recruitment and retention strategies to build a resilient and skilled workforce.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority

• Committed to providing good quality, safe services

• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance

• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

• Generous NHS pension scheme

• Excellent learning and career development opportunities

• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles

• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality

• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave

• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role:

• District NursingSpecialistPractice Qualification(DNSPQ)

• Extensive communitynursingexperience

• Advanced History Taking andIndependent Prescribing qualification (V300)or has booked onto complete within 18month.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Saiyad Allymamod on 07930914721 or email Saiyad.Allymamod@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Monday 2 Nov 2026

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