Clinical Lead
CompanyOrchard Care Homes
Location
Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/7/2026
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Description
Brief Description
Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care
Clinical Lead - Dementia
Location: Lansbury Court Care Home - Parkhouse Avenue, Castletown, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR5 3DF
Salary: £55,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week (must be flexible to work across 7 days)
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with a passion for leadership and clinical excellence? Orchard Care Homes is seeking a Clinical Lead Nurse to join our dedicated team at Lansbury Court in Sunderland. This is a pivotal role where you’ll lead and support our nursing and care teams to deliver outstanding, person-centred care to our residents in out Reconnect community.
What is Reconnect?
Reconnect is Orchard Care Homes’ award-winning model of dementia care, designed to help people living with dementia reconnect with the life they love. These specialist communities are built around the principles of independence, engagement, and meaningful living.
Reconnect Communities Feature
Over the past few years, Orchard has successfully launched 10 Reconnect services, with another currently underway. This growth is part of our wider strategy to expand the volume of Reconnect services across both dementia and elderly mental health care, positioning Orchard as the UK’s number one elderly specialist care provider.
What You'll Be Doing
Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care
Clinical Lead - Dementia
Location: Lansbury Court Care Home - Parkhouse Avenue, Castletown, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR5 3DF
Salary: £55,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week (must be flexible to work across 7 days)
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with a passion for leadership and clinical excellence? Orchard Care Homes is seeking a Clinical Lead Nurse to join our dedicated team at Lansbury Court in Sunderland. This is a pivotal role where you’ll lead and support our nursing and care teams to deliver outstanding, person-centred care to our residents in out Reconnect community.
What is Reconnect?
Reconnect is Orchard Care Homes’ award-winning model of dementia care, designed to help people living with dementia reconnect with the life they love. These specialist communities are built around the principles of independence, engagement, and meaningful living.
Reconnect Communities Feature
- Homely environments with fully equipped kitchens and utility rooms
- Dedicated hobby spaces such as gardening rooms, DIY workshops, and creative studios
- A higher ratio of dementia-trained staff providing 24/7 support
- Personalised care plans and innovative wellbeing monitoring technologie
Over the past few years, Orchard has successfully launched 10 Reconnect services, with another currently underway. This growth is part of our wider strategy to expand the volume of Reconnect services across both dementia and elderly mental health care, positioning Orchard as the UK’s number one elderly specialist care provider.
What You'll Be Doing
- Provide clinical leadership and guidance to nursing and care staff.
- Supervise, monitor, and evaluate care delivery to ensure high standards and regulatory compliance.
- Support the implementation of best practices and quality improvement strategies.
- Promote infection control standards and the Gold Standards Framework.
- Lead service development initiatives and support nurse revalidation.
- Facilitate training, induction, and personal development plans for staff.
- Maintain effective communication with residents, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Conduct audits, investigate complaints, and liaise with CQC and Social Services as needed.
- Salary £55,000 per annum, depending on experience
- NMC PIN Renewal
- Excellent training and progression opportunities, from day one, with career pathways to enable you to grow and develop
- Recognition schemes, such as ‘Making a Difference’ and an annual awards ceremony
- Access to Blue Light Discount Card & App
- Access to our 24/7 Employee Support Hub offering confidential support on personal and professional issues
- Registered General Nurse with valid NMC registration .
- Minimum 6 months leadership experience in a clinical setting
- Experience in teaching and assessing (qualification desirable).
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills. .
- A team player with a person-centred approach to care.
- Knowledge of Care Standards Act , Health & Safety , and Infection Control .
- Experience in care home settings
A former mining community, Castletown is an area of Sunderland north of the River Wear and close to Hylton Castle. With good road access to Wessington Way, Lansbury Court care home is a single-storey modern home that has been purpose-built to provide specialist care tailored to both younger adults and older people living with dementia.
Orchard Care Homes has a network of 23 care homes and has been providing care for older people for over 15 years. We are committed to being at the heart of the local community and delivering the same level of care that we would all wish for our loved ones.
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