Clinical Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic Clinical Lead to join the Community Nursing Team in West Berkshire. The role involves fostering a positive learning environment for clinicians, identifying key learning needs, and delivering training packages. You will work closely with the Service Manager and Leadership Team to ensure staff competency and support the development of robust career pathways. The aim is to provide high-quality, integrated care and improve patient experience and outcomes.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver the fundamental elements of education and training to staff working across the Community Nursing Services.
- Support the Service Manager in the development of robust career pathways to support recruitment, retention and staff satisfaction.
- Work clinically with clinicians and their mentors to facilitate development of clinical skills, theoretical knowledge and conceptual understanding of clinical practice.
- Ensure that undergraduate students are exposed to and are taught evidence-based interventions to the required national standards.
- Design and deliver training and development programmes on a range of topics.
Essential criteria
- NMC registered Nurse
- Specialist Community Practice qualification relevant to field of practice. (DN Degree, diploma or Certificate in District Nursing)
- Must be willing to undertake Advanced History taking qualification within 6-12 months of appointment.
- Must be willing to undertake NonMedical-Prescriber Qualification within 6-12 months of completing advanced history taking.
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Experience in teaching and assessing both pre and post reg. nursing.
- Act as clinical expert in the field of community nursing.
- Evidence of clinical leadership within a nursing environment.
- Knowledge relating Risk and Incident Reporting (Root Cause Analysis) and supporting teams in learning from findings.
- Able to manage own workload and support others.
- Able to conduct courageous conversations and support staff with performance related issues.
- Able to motivate self and teams to manage change.
- Reinforces within the service the need to view users holistically and promote self -care and independence.
- Works collaboratively with their counterparts from teams in other provider organisations to develop a seamless service.
- Develops strong interpersonal relationships, ensuring that staff are given the opportunity to develop and grow into roles; promoting succession planning, to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to support staff to undertake clinical duties implementing evidence - based practice.
- Ability to influence and problem solve.
- Demonstrates cultural awareness
- Demonstrates wider and current competencies in clinical skills transferable to community setting
- Reinforces the need to view users holistically and promote self-care and independence
- Able to work flexibly across service areas to enhance quality of service provision.
- Valid full UK licence with the use of a car for work purposes
- Able to work bank Holidays, weekends and unsocial hours to meet service needs.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Evidence at studying at Masters level.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a dynamic, strategic and enthusiastic individual to join our Community Nursing Team in West Berkshire has arisen.
Good quality care can change everything. Our service aims to deliver truly brilliant, integrated care and we are committed to continually striving to improve patients' experience and outcomes.
An exciting career opportunity is available for a Clinical Development Lead who has the passion and enthusiasm to foster a positive learning environment for clinicians in our Community Nursing team.
The service has a wide range of skill mix from band 4 Nursing Associates, through to band 7 Community Matrons.
We aim to provide the highest quality of care and standards of practice to our patients and to provide care as close to home as possible. As a Clinical Lead you will work closely with the Service Manager and Leadership Team to identify key learning needs and to deliver training packages to ensure that all staff are fully competent and confident in undertaking both existing and new skills.
Main duties of the job
- The Clinical Development Lead will deliver the fundamental elements of education and training to staff working across the Community Nursing Services
- The Clinical Development Lead will also support the Service M
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