Clinical Nurse Lead

Registered Nurse – Complex Care

Location: Mid & West Cornwall
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Salary: £36,000 per annum
Role type: Office-based role with planned community visits

Take your nursing career in a new direction

Are you a Registered Nurse looking for a rewarding role where you can use your clinical skills to lead, support and develop others?

Bluebird Care Mid & West Cornwall has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our team as a Clinical Nurse Lead.

This is a varied full-time role, primarily based from our office, with time spent out in the community supporting our care teams and customers with complex care needs in their own homes.

You will play a key role in ensuring safe, high-quality, person-centred care is delivered across Mid & West Cornwall, while supporting and developing our Care Experts.

About the role

As Clinical Nurse Lead, you will combine your nursing experience with leadership, coaching and quality assurance.

You will provide clinical oversight, support staff development, review care delivery and work closely with customers, families, care teams and senior managers.

This role would suit a Registered Nurse who enjoys building relationships, leading others and making a meaningful difference in community-based care.

Key responsibilities

Your role will include:

• Providing clinical oversight for customers with complex care needs

• Supporting customers in their own homes through assessments, reviews and clinical guidance

• Developing, reviewing and monitoring care plans and risk assessments

• Supporting, coaching and developing care teams

• Completing competency checks, observations and supervisions

• Supporting staff training and confidence in complex care

• Working closely with customers, families, professionals and internal teams

• Ensuring care is safe, responsive, person-centred and compliant

• Supporting recruitment, onboarding and induction of new team members

• Assisting with rota planning and service coordination

• Participating in the shared out-of-hours on-call rota, approximately 1 in 10 weeks

• Managing customer and staff concerns professionally and compassionately

About you

We are looking for a Registered Nurse who is clinically confident, organised and passionate about high-quality care.

You may have experience in a hospital, community, care home, complex care, children’s services, mental health or learning disability setting. What matters most is your ability to lead, support others and make sound clinical decisions.

You will need:

• A valid NMC pin as a Registered Nurse

• Nursing experience from any clinical setting

• Strong communication and leadership skills

• Confidence supporting complex care needs

• Good organisation and problem-solving skills

• A commitment to safeguarding, clinical quality and person-centred care

• The ability to coach, guide and develop care teams

• A full UK driving licence and access to a reliable vehicle

What we offer

• Salary of £36,000 per annum

• Full-time role, 40 hours per week

• Primarily office-based, with planned community visits

• A rewarding clinical leadership role in complex care

• Ongoing training and professional development

• A supportive and values-led team environment

• The opportunity to influence care quality and staff development

• A varied role where you can make a real difference

• The opportunity to support people to live safely and independently at home

About Bluebird Care

Bluebird Care Mid & West Cornwall provides high-quality care and support to help people live safely, confidently and independently at home.

Our complex care service supports customers with a range of clinical and personal care needs. We are passionate about delivering care that is safe, compassionate and tailored to each person.

As Clinical Nurse Lead, you will be part of a team that values clinical excellence, kindness, teamwork and professional development.

Important information

You must already have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

You must have a full UK driving licence and access to a reliable vehicle.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

Apply now

To apply either click the link and complete the online forms or email us your cv midcornwall@bluebirdcare.co.uk, we look forward to hearing from you 

Apply today to take the next step in your nursing career with Bluebird Care Mid & West Cornwall.