Job summary
The Clinical Care Manager is a pivotal leadership role responsible for overseeing the delivery of high-quality nursing and care services within one of Jewish Cares nursing homes. Working closely with the Registered Manager, the postholder will provide visible clinical leadership to nursing and care teams, ensuring residents receive safe, effective, person-centred care that promotes dignity, wellbeing, and quality of life. The role combines clinical oversight, staff leadership, governance, and quality improvement, ensuring compliance with professional standards, regulatory requirements, and organisational policies. The Clinical Care Manager will play a key role in supporting colleagues, maintaining excellent clinical standards, and driving continuous improvement across the service.

Main duties of the job
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join our team as Clinical Care Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for a confident clinical leader who is passionate about delivering outstanding care and supporting teams to achieve excellent outcomes for residents. You will provide leadership and guidance to nurses and care staff, oversee assessments, care planning, medication management, risk management, and clinical governance processes, while supporting regulatory compliance and continuous quality improvement. Working closely with the Registered Manager, you will help create a positive culture of learning, accountability, and person-centred care, while deputising for the Registered Manager when required.

About us
Jewish Care is the largest health and social care charity serving the Jewish community in London and the South East. Every week, our services support around 12,000 people through residential care, nursing care, retirement living, housing with care, community services, mental health support, and wellbeing programmes. Our nursing homes provide specialist care for older people, including those living with dementia, complex health conditions, and end-of-life care needs. Guided by our values of Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion, and Inclusiveness, we are committed to delivering exceptional care, supporting meaningful lives, and creating warm, welcoming communities for residents, families, volunteers, and staff.

Job responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Clinical Care Manager to lead and oversee the delivery of high-quality nursing and care services within our care home with nursing. This pivotal role provides visible clinical leadership to nurses and care teams, ensuring care is safe, effective, person-centred and fully compliant with professional, regulatory and organisational standards. Working closely with the Registered Manager, you will support clinical governance, inspection readiness and continuous quality improvement, while deputising for the Registered Manager as required. This is an opportunity for a confident clinical leader who is passionate about high standards of care, staff development and delivering excellent outcomes for residents.
This post is working an average of 39 hours on a two week rolling rota which includes alternate weekends and the shifts are 0800-1800

Key Responsibilities
Clinical Leadership & Nursing Practice

• Lead and oversee all nursing and clinical care practices, ensuring compliance with NMC standards, legislation and organisational policies
• Ensure high-quality assessments, care plans and risk assessments are completed, reviewed and implemented effectively
• Oversee medication management, wound care, end of life care, clinical interventions and emergency responses
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and guidance to nurses, team leaders and care staff, escalating concerns appropriately
• Support admissions and pre-admission assessments to ensure residents needs can be safely met

Clinical Governance, Quality & Compliance

• Maintain clinical and care standards to meet CQC requirements, ensuring inspection readiness at all times
• Lead and contribute to clinical audits, quality assurance processes and action plans
• Ensure safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act, DoLS and best-interest decision-making processes are followed and documented
• Support regulatory reporting, investigations and CQC inspections

Workforce Management & Development

• Line manage, supervise and appraise nurses and allocated team leaders
• Ensure NMC registration, revalidation and professional standards are maintained
• Promote reflective practice, clinical supervision and ongoing professional development
• Support the planning and delivery of training programmes and mandatory training
• Champion electronic care systems and digital processes
• Ensure comprehensive inductions for new staff
• Undertake safeguarding and employee investigations within required timescales

Operational & Environmental Oversight

• Support effective rota management, ensuring safe staffing levels and skill mix
• Ensure the environment is safe, well-maintained and compliant with health and safety standards
• Manage incidents, complaints and clinical concerns in a timely and person-centred manner
• Operate within the organisations Risk Management Framework

Leadership & Deputising

• Deputise for the Registered Manager, including on-call responsibilities as required
• Act as a visible, credible clinical leader, modelling professional and organisational values

Essential Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RGN or RMN) with current NMC registration
• NVQ/QCF Level 4 or 5, or a recognised leadership/management qualification (or willingness to work towards)
• Experience working in a care home with nursing or similar clinical environment
• Experience leading and supervising registered nurses and care staff
• Experience in medication management, emergency care and end of life nursing
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, safeguarding, MCA/DoLS and clinical governance
• In-depth knowledge of nursing care for older people, including dementia and palliative care
• Confident clinical leadership, decision-making and escalation skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities
• A strong commitment to values-led, person-centred care

Desirable

• Dementia care or specialist nursing qualification

Why Join Us?
Youll be joining a supportive and values-driven organisation where high-quality clinical care, leadership development and continuous improvement are genuinely valued. This role offers the opportunity to shape nursing practice, influence quality outcomes a

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.