Clinical Manager - London

Active Care Group’s Care in the Home division continues to go from strength to strength ensuring we provide a safe, reliable and outcome-based care to all clients by our exceptional support workers, clinicians, and management team.

Calling all clinicians, are you tired of working 12-hour days/nights and in need of a better work-life balance?

Due to the continued growth of the business we are looking for an additional Clinical Manager to join Care in The Home division, where we are proud to employ RGN, Nurses as our Clinical Managers.

This is an amazing time to join our team as we have ambitious growth plans for our Care in the Home division where we pride ourselves on providing the best support for children, young people and adults with a wide range of conditions, including: brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurological conditions and neurodegenerative diseases, respiratory conditions and gastro-intestinal conditions, including percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding.

We are looking for someone with experienced clinical skills, great leadership skills who enjoys teaching and mentoring while working in a close knit team with other professionals, to ensure people with complex needs such as spinal cord injury or ABI can live safely and feel secure and cared for in their own home.

Please note we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore will not be able to progress any candidates who require a certificate of sponsorship to work in the UK.

What You'll Be Working

• Monday - Friday ( you will also be part of the on-call rota and be expected to attend for any emergencies )
• Home based - with travel across a designated region ( London, Surrey, Sussex )
• This role will carry a small cased load of clients and include some senior responsibilities.
  
  

What You'll Be Doing

• The Clinical Manager will have responsibility of completing, competency based training to support their clients/patients complex needs, working to enhance their ability to live independently at home in conjunction with other team members.
• Delegation of approved clinical skills to Support Workers and Care Managers through training and assessment which contributes towards the safe practice of complex care skills in the home setting.
• Work with the Care Manager team to ensure that the Personal Care Plan is continuously updated, accurate & compliant with Active Care Group protocol.
• Evidence delegation of clinical skills to Support Workers / other team members in line with company policy
• Conduct annual observations of Support Workers and Care Managers within the workplace and ensure all reports are accurate
• Ensure that all support workers assigned to our clients/patients have up to date competencies.
• Ability to deal calmly and accurately with safeguarding issues.
• Liaise regularly with ICB’s or our Client’s Care Funders
• Communicate with all scheduling teams and Care Manager teams about risks within care packages on a daily basis
• Monthly auditing all records and MAR charts of patient caseload in assigned geographical area of working
• Visiting clients/patients in own homes to teach competencies, assuring they are safe and problem solving any issues.
• Ensuring accurate documentation by support workers at all times
• Noticing whether support workers appear overwhelmed by their role and ensuring their welfare is a priority especially if they are lone workers. Completing risk assessments accordingly.
• This is a diverse & interesting role and as well as leadership qualities, it will need someone who can think laterally and see the bigger picture of the World of Complex Care.
  
  

What You'll Have

• A current NMC Pin registration
• A legal right to work in the U.K.
• Full driving licence with your own vehicle
• Skills and knowledge around Vents, Bowel and Bladder management.
  
  

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

What To Look Forward To

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, £500 all other roles, by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group