Lead Nurse

Clinical Lead Nurse – Complex Care

Location: Winsford, Cheshire
Salary: £24.00 per hour (Equivalent to £49,920 per annum based on 40 hours per week)
Hours: Full-Time

Are you an experienced and passionate Senior Nurse looking to lead with compassion, expertise, and purpose? A well-established health and social care charity is recruiting for a Lead Nurse to support our complex care provision in Winsford.

This role combines hands-on clinical excellence with strong leadership, allowing you to shape high-quality, person-centred care and mentor a dedicated team. You will oversee the delivery of specialist support tailored to adults presenting with Acquired Brain Injuries, mental health needs, and other complex behaviours.

The Role & Responsibilities

* Clinical Leadership: Provide clinical guidance to the nursing and support teams, ensuring the people we support remain at the centre of everything.

* Care & Risk Management: Manage complex clinical needs, oversee risk assessments, and ensure care plans and clinical documentation are accurate and up to date.

* Clinical Standards: Maintain safe clinical practices, medication management, and strong standards around safeguarding, governance, and CQC compliance.

* Team Development: Support staff development, conduct supervision, and assess clinical competency while working closely with the management team.

What We Are Looking For

* Qualification: Valid Registered Nurse qualification with an active NMC PIN.

* Experience: Proven experience working confidently within a complex care environment.

* Specialist Knowledge: Previous experience supporting people with Acquired Brain Injuries, mental health needs, or complex behaviours is highly desirable.

* Leadership Skills: A confident decision-maker who can take ownership, make sound clinical choices, and lead by example to maintain exceptional standards.

Why Join Us?

* Competitive pay rate of £24.00 per hour.

* Paid training and qualifications to support your ongoing development.

* Financial flexibility: Access to a wage-advance scheme, allowing you to draw down up to 80% of your earned pay early.

* Shift Perks: Free meals on 12-hour shifts and double-time pay for allocated Christmas hours.

* Extra Benefits: Free Blue Light Card and modern care/rota technology with full training provided.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Applicants must have the permanent right to work in the UK
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed