Quality Clinical Lead Nurse

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse leader ready to make a real impact? At Newcross Healthcare Solutions, we’re on a mission to transform healthcare services and deliver excellence across the UK – and we’re looking for a Lead Nurse to join our team in the North of England.

This is more than just a role. It’s your chance to influence care quality, support clinical teams, drive innovation, and shape the future of healthcare delivery.

Job Title: Quality Lead Nurse

Reporting to: Director of Quality and Nursing

Location: Leeds / North of England Region - with requirements to travel for meetings

Salary: Up to £43,775 + up to 10% pa Bonus

Who are you?

You’re an experienced and confident nurse leader, ready to take on a role that blends clinical expertise, regulatory oversight, and strategic influence. You thrive in dynamic environments, bringing strong judgment and problem-solving skills to support colleagues and ensure the highest standards of care.

You’re collaborative by nature – working closely with both Community and Health Force teams – and you have the credibility to guide, advise, and inspire. With a keen eye for compliance and best practice, you’re committed to driving continuous improvement in quality and safety.

You’re also commercially aware, able to lend your clinical knowledge to bids and tenders, creating compelling submissions that showcase excellence and support the organisation’s growth. Above all, you’re passionate about making a difference – not just for patients, but for the teams and services that deliver their care.

What will you do?

Whilst a full job description can be supplied, here are a few of the key responsibilities for the role:

• Provide expert clinical and regulatory support across multiple services
• Support the recruitment and development of skilled, compassionate nurses
• Offer high-level clinical and management advice, using your judgment and expertise
• Lead on audits, training, and service improvement projects
• Support with regulatory referrals, complaints, and patient safety matters
• Contribute to business development by bringing clinical insight to bids and tenders
• Take part in the on-call clinical support rota to ensure 24/7 coverage

Skills / Experience:

• Learning Disability Nurse qualification (dual registration an advantage)
• 5+ years’ post-registration experience, including management roles
• Strong knowledge of regulatory frameworks (CQC, Care Inspectorate, CSSIW, SSSC)
• A confident communicator with leadership and influencing skills
• Organised, resilient, and motivated with a commitment to quality and safety
• Computer-literate with strong audit and governance experience

Desirable extras:

• Recruitment experience, complaints handling, safeguarding expertise, or community/complex care background.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion:

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us and we will talk to you about how we can assist.