Job title: Clinical Lead
Employer: Active Care Group
Reference: REQ002181
Location: Chislehurst, BR7 5RU
Contract type: Full Time
Posted date: 2026-08-28
Closing date: 2026-09-30

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers in Neuro and Mental Healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

We'd like you to join us as a Clinical Lead - RGN at our Chislehurst service.

Chislehurst 15 bed service providing specialist residential rehabilitation for adults with an acquired brain injury or long-term neurological conditions.

The Clinical Lead will support the Registered Manager with the best possible standard of care, to ensure it is delivered to all residents. You will work closely with the Registered Manager, leading together on safeguarding, quality, and governance to improve and develop all aspects of care. The person will provide visible clinical leadership and influence the development of services to ensure continuous improvements in quality of care. They will also ensure the patient experience and learning of lessons, influence future developments and are embedded in everyday practice.

***This is a Nurse qualified role ***

What you'll be working:
42 Hours per week
Monday - Friday

What you'll be doing:

• The post holder will have responsibility for the leadership and line management of staff across all areas and is the named lead for all quality and governance.
• The post holder will be a Senior Nurse and be responsible for ensuring delivery of safe and clinically effective care, providing assurance.
• They will ensure that residents receive care, which is safe, responsive, compassionate, caring and well led.
• The post holder will promote a culture of openness and responsiveness to the views of residents and relatives, a philosophy of person-centred care and recovery, and an ethos of positive learning from incidents within a high performing service.
• The post holder will be able to balance this philosophy with a passion for co-ordinating and leading patient safety. They will lead and continually improve quality across, ensuring it is embedded as a day-to-day responsibility of all members of staff.
• The post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of safe, clinically effective and compassionate care.
• The post holder will lead the governance agenda on behalf of the Registered Manager, to ensure compliance with all external and corporate quality agendas and regulators, including the Care Quality Commission and ICB Commissioners.
• The post holder will provide highly credible, visible clinical leadership within the MDT and ensure that quality of care is delivered to the highest, evidence based possible standards; they will ensure that the highest possible standards of infection control and cleanliness exist in all areas.

What you'll have:

• A current NMC Pin number (RGN)
• A Legal Right to work in the U.K.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

What to look forward to:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Paid NMC Renewal
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, £500 all other roles, by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

Take a look around the company https://activecaregroup.co.uk/