Clinical Lead Nurse - Care Home Intensive Support Team

Job Summary
Make a Real Difference Across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Care Homes. Are you an experienced and passionate Registered Nurse looking for a role where you can truly transform lives, influence standards of care, and work within an innovative multidisciplinary team? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking Clinical Lead Nurse to join our highly valued Care Home Intensive Support Team (CHIST). CHIST is a dynamic, responsive service that brings together Nursing, OT, and Speech and Language Therapy professionals to provide targeted, specialist support to care homes across Staffordshire. Our mission is simple: to improve health outcomes, enhance quality of care, and help residents live healthier, more fulfilling lives while avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. This is an opportunity to use your clinical expertise, leadership skills, and passion for person-centred care to make a lasting impact across multiple care settings.

Why Join CHIST?
As a Clinical Lead Nurse, you'll be at the forefront of supporting care homes through hands-on clinical interventions, expert advice, and collaborative working. You'll play a key role in helping care home teams deliver outstanding care while supporting residents' health, wellbeing, and independence. You'll collaborate with colleagues and partners both in person and through Microsoft Teams, so you'll be comfortable working in a hybrid environment and maintaining strong professional relationships across services.

Main Duties of the Job
Every day brings new challenges and rewards as you:

• Deliver practical clinical advice, guidance and education to care home staff.
• Provide specialist nursing expertise tailored to residents' individual needs.
• Support the development of personalised care plans that achieve the best possible outcomes.
• Work closely with health and social care partners to ensure coordinated, seamless care.
• Identify risks early, prevent deterioration and help reduce avoidable hospital admissions.
• Promote high standards of care through evidence-based practice and clinical leadership.

What We're Looking For
We're seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate nurse who enjoys building relationships, supporting others and driving quality improvement. You'll have:

• Strong clinical nursing skills and experience.
• The ability to build positive, productive relationships with care home teams and partner organisations.
• Confidence in providing clinical leadership and managing complex situations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A proactive, flexible approach to problem solving.
• A genuine passion for improving the lives of care home residents and their families.

A Role with Variety, Autonomy and Impact
This rewarding community-based role offers a mix of care home visits and remote working, giving you the flexibility to work across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent while making a meaningful difference to residents' lives.

About Us
Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities. We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems. We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow. We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Key Details
Closing date: 14 August 2026
Date posted: 31 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 301-RJ-26-8178830
Job locations: Stone Rehabilitation Centre - TBC, 3 Stafford Road, Stone, ST15 0HE, United Kingdom

Job Responsibilities
Please see attached full Job Description & Person Specification. Join a Team That Makes a Difference Every Day. If you're looking for a rewarding leadership role where you can use your expertise to improve care, influence practice, and positively impact the lives of residents, families, and care home staff across Staffordshire, we'd love to hear from you. Bring your passion. Share your expertise. Help shape exceptional care. Join CHIST today.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Training - Essential

• Degree in nursing or equivalent
• Registration with NMC
• Post Graduate studies in relevant nursing field such as end of life care, long term conditions/palliative care or related/relevant subject
• Mentorship qualification (998-997)

Qualifications & Training - Desirable

• Modules at Masters level
• Evidence of further clinical study

Experience - Essential

• Relevant experience to the role including knowledge and management of long term conditions
• Ability to manage time and workload of both the team & self effectively
• Working in a multidisciplinary team
• To have knowledge & experience working within both nursing & residential care setting

Experience - Desirable

• To be able to negotiate and manage conflict in clinical situations
• To be able to lead and supporting staff
• To be able support in service improvement

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities - Essential

• Evidence of specialist clinical knowledge relevant to the post
• Understanding of Information Governance, Data Protection, NMC standards and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• To have highly specialised clinical skills in a wide range of nursing knowledge to enhance the health & wellbeing of care home residents
• Awareness of current guidance in relation to Covid 19, outbreaks and infection prevention
• & have an ability to prioritise the support needed in a care home & escalate any issues appropriately
• Awareness of relevant national policy and guidance
• Basic IT skills
• To be committed to evidence practice, to have excellent clinical leadership skills & be willing to take on additional responsibilities essential to the ongoing development of the team

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities - Desirable

• Understanding of wider NHS agenda and its application to the local context
• Understanding/knowledge of the governance & regulatory frameworks pertinent to care homes

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.

Employer Contact Details
For questions about the job, contact: Operational Manager Sarah Wood, sarah.wood@mpft.nhs.uk, 07841254826.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.