Top Benefits
About the role
Job Overview We are looking for a Clinical Lead Nurse to support the manager. They will ensure all clinical needs of clients are appropriately assessed and plans of care and support are developed and implemented, which effectively meet with stated needs, with the overall objective of maintaining the wellbeing of clients. This will be undertaken within the context of best current thinking and practice.
All the care we deliver is person centred to the needs of the individual and we develop lasting relationships with families and external multi-disciplinary professionals, who we work closely with to deliver outstanding care.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership to nursing and care staff, Maintain high standards of evidence-based nursing care. Act as the clinical expert for complex physical and mental health needs. Lead on health assessments, care planning, and risk management. Monitor and improve outcomes for residents with learning disabilities. Support positive behaviour support (PBS) and trauma-informed care approaches. Ensure care is person-centred, rights-based, and promotes independence. Advocate for residents, ensuring reasonable adjustments are made. Support residents to make choices and exercise mental capacity wherever possible.
- Lead on Mental Capacity Act (MCA) assessments and best-interest decisions. Oversee safe medication management, including PRN use. Monitor long-term conditions (e.g. epilepsy, diabetes, dysphagia). Ensure robust health action plans and annual health checks. Work closely with GPs, psychiatrists, SALT, OT, and community LD teams. Lead on reducing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities. Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to nurses and support workers.
- Ensure safeguarding concerns are identified, reported, and managed appropriately. Oversee incident reporting, investigations, and learning outcomes. Lead on risk assessments (falls, behaviours, choking, epilepsy, self-harm).
Working for our organisation
St. Anne's wants to reward its employees for their hard work. Employee benefits include;
- New pay framework launched in 2025. Rewarding the dedication and work of staff across the charity. Potential increases after 6 months, 2.5 & 5 years.
- Rising 20 to 25 days plus statutory bank holidays
- 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme
- Continuous opportunities for ongoing training and career development
- Cycle To Work scheme
- Refer A Friend recruitment initiative
- Flexible working opportunities (where applicable) upon successful completion of probation period
- Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Discounted income protection scheme
- Free car parking at most services
- Free life assurance cover
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Supporting the manager in ensuring that all staff employed within your service are recruited, developed, supported and managed in an appropriate and professional manner with specific responsibility around the management of clinical needs of clients
- Responsible, with your manager in addressing the training and development needs of staff and ensuring that they are pertinent to the stated clinical needs of clients within the service.
- Responsible, with your manager, for addressing your own personal development and training needs based on service objectives and philosophy.
- Responsible for supporting the manager in maintaining the quality of the service provided within your defined service with specific responsibility around the ongoing monitoring of support plans and positive risk assessments for relevance, effectiveness and overall quality.
- Responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that you and staff within your service comply with St. Anne’s values and beliefs, policies and procedures.
- Responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that your service(s) have access to, and uses, the best current thinking and practice in the delivery of those services.
- Responsibility to undertake (with the manager) a lead role in the clinical supervision of staff with reference to Skills for Care code of conduct for Health and Social care workers and with the overall objective of maintaining quality of service provision.
- Supporting and assessing Specialist Support Workers in the completion of the Level 3 Mental health Certificate
- Responsibility for contributing to the successful future development of St. Anne’s by highlighting opportunities within the broad corporate aims of the organisation. This will include contributions to policy and procedures and to service developments.
- Responsibility for supporting your manager in monitoring your service(s) in such a way that it is compliant with the expectations and statutory requirements set by local commissioning agreements and regulators of services.
- Responsibility for supporting the manager in establishing and maintaining effective links within your teams, with other organisations, and agencies or workers whose role(s) may impact upon your service area.
- Responsibility for supporting your manager in ensuring that staff respect the rights of clients with whom they work and for providing a healthy, safe and stimulating environment for both clients and staff.
- Responsibility for any specific roles and duties within the home as agreed with the manager.
- Responsible for ensuring that as an individual, and as part of a team, that resources are used appropriately and that all necessary steps are taken to avoid fuel energy waste.
- Responsible for maximising the opportunities for client participation.
- Assessing and mentoring student nurses on placement within the service
St. Anne’s is working to actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We want people from underrepresented groups such as disabled, black and ethnic minority, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and non-binary (LGBTQ+) communities to apply for all our roles.
St. Anne's is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job. Please contact recruitment on 0113 243 5151 opt 5 if you require any reasonable adjustments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Clinical Nursing Lead (PDF, 192.4KB)
Apply online now
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Nobuhle Mallinson (Tash) Job title Nursing Home Manager Email address Nobuhle.mallinson@st-annes.org.uk Telephone number 01422 369724
About St Anne's Community Services
St Anne’s Community provides a wide range of quality services for people who require support. We work with people who have a learning disability, have mental health problems, have issues around substance use – drugs and/or alcohol – or who are or have been homeless. Services include a variety of housing and accommodation based support and care, day services and community based support. St Anne’s Community Services is a major provider of services across the whole of Yorkshire and the North East.
Established in 1971, this Leeds based charity, with our headquarters on St Mark’s Avenue, has expanded over the last 48 years and now is a major provider with services across Yorkshire, The Humber and the North East of England. We support hundreds of people and employ upwards of 1500 staff.
The people we support are at the heart of everything we do and we aim to make a positive difference to their lives. We are innovative in approach and have never lost focus in our sim to strive to constantly improve and design pioneering approaches to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable members of our society.
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Overview We are looking for a Clinical Lead Nurse to support the manager. They will ensure all clinical needs of clients are appropriately assessed and plans of care and support are developed and implemented, which effectively meet with stated needs, with the overall objective of maintaining the wellbeing of clients. This will be undertaken within the context of best current thinking and practice.
All the care we deliver is person centred to the needs of the individual and we develop lasting relationships with families and external multi-disciplinary professionals, who we work closely with to deliver outstanding care.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership to nursing and care staff, Maintain high standards of evidence-based nursing care. Act as the clinical expert for complex physical and mental health needs. Lead on health assessments, care planning, and risk management. Monitor and improve outcomes for residents with learning disabilities. Support positive behaviour support (PBS) and trauma-informed care approaches. Ensure care is person-centred, rights-based, and promotes independence. Advocate for residents, ensuring reasonable adjustments are made. Support residents to make choices and exercise mental capacity wherever possible.
- Lead on Mental Capacity Act (MCA) assessments and best-interest decisions. Oversee safe medication management, including PRN use. Monitor long-term conditions (e.g. epilepsy, diabetes, dysphagia). Ensure robust health action plans and annual health checks. Work closely with GPs, psychiatrists, SALT, OT, and community LD teams. Lead on reducing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities. Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to nurses and support workers.
- Ensure safeguarding concerns are identified, reported, and managed appropriately. Oversee incident reporting, investigations, and learning outcomes. Lead on risk assessments (falls, behaviours, choking, epilepsy, self-harm).
Working for our organisation
St. Anne's wants to reward its employees for their hard work. Employee benefits include;
- New pay framework launched in 2025. Rewarding the dedication and work of staff across the charity. Potential increases after 6 months, 2.5 & 5 years.
- Rising 20 to 25 days plus statutory bank holidays
- 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme
- Continuous opportunities for ongoing training and career development
- Cycle To Work scheme
- Refer A Friend recruitment initiative
- Flexible working opportunities (where applicable) upon successful completion of probation period
- Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Discounted income protection scheme
- Free car parking at most services
- Free life assurance cover
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Supporting the manager in ensuring that all staff employed within your service are recruited, developed, supported and managed in an appropriate and professional manner with specific responsibility around the management of clinical needs of clients
- Responsible, with your manager in addressing the training and development needs of staff and ensuring that they are pertinent to the stated clinical needs of clients within the service.
- Responsible, with your manager, for addressing your own personal development and training needs based on service objectives and philosophy.
- Responsible for supporting the manager in maintaining the quality of the service provided within your defined service with specific responsibility around the ongoing monitoring of support plans and positive risk assessments for relevance, effectiveness and overall quality.
- Responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that you and staff within your service comply with St. Anne’s values and beliefs, policies and procedures.
- Responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that your service(s) have access to, and uses, the best current thinking and practice in the delivery of those services.
- Responsibility to undertake (with the manager) a lead role in the clinical supervision of staff with reference to Skills for Care code of conduct for Health and Social care workers and with the overall objective of maintaining quality of service provision.
- Supporting and assessing Specialist Support Workers in the completion of the Level 3 Mental health Certificate
- Responsibility for contributing to the successful future development of St. Anne’s by highlighting opportunities within the broad corporate aims of the organisation. This will include contributions to policy and procedures and to service developments.
- Responsibility for supporting your manager in monitoring your service(s) in such a way that it is compliant with the expectations and statutory requirements set by local commissioning agreements and regulators of services.
- Responsibility for supporting the manager in establishing and maintaining effective links within your teams, with other organisations, and agencies or workers whose role(s) may impact upon your service area.
- Responsibility for supporting your manager in ensuring that staff respect the rights of clients with whom they work and for providing a healthy, safe and stimulating environment for both clients and staff.
- Responsibility for any specific roles and duties within the home as agreed with the manager.
- Responsible for ensuring that as an individual, and as part of a team, that resources are used appropriately and that all necessary steps are taken to avoid fuel energy waste.
- Responsible for maximising the opportunities for client participation.
- Assessing and mentoring student nurses on placement within the service
St. Anne’s is working to actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We want people from underrepresented groups such as disabled, black and ethnic minority, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and non-binary (LGBTQ+) communities to apply for all our roles.
St. Anne's is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job. Please contact recruitment on 0113 243 5151 opt 5 if you require any reasonable adjustments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Clinical Nursing Lead (PDF, 192.4KB)
Apply online now
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Nobuhle Mallinson (Tash) Job title Nursing Home Manager Email address Nobuhle.mallinson@st-annes.org.uk Telephone number 01422 369724
About St Anne's Community Services
St Anne’s Community provides a wide range of quality services for people who require support. We work with people who have a learning disability, have mental health problems, have issues around substance use – drugs and/or alcohol – or who are or have been homeless. Services include a variety of housing and accommodation based support and care, day services and community based support. St Anne’s Community Services is a major provider of services across the whole of Yorkshire and the North East.
Established in 1971, this Leeds based charity, with our headquarters on St Mark’s Avenue, has expanded over the last 48 years and now is a major provider with services across Yorkshire, The Humber and the North East of England. We support hundreds of people and employ upwards of 1500 staff.
The people we support are at the heart of everything we do and we aim to make a positive difference to their lives. We are innovative in approach and have never lost focus in our sim to strive to constantly improve and design pioneering approaches to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable members of our society.