Clinical Community Lead

As a Clinical Community Lead at Avocet Court Care Home, you will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership and management on our clinical community within the home. 

About Avocet Court Care Home: 
Situated in a residential nook in Ipswich, our 115-bedroom Avocet Court Care Home is surrounded by beautiful gardens. As one of the top residential care homes, we provide exceptional standards of care.  

We’re proud to have an award-winning activities team and a newly refurbished café that is the heart of our home. We also have fantastic sustainability credentials, including solar panels and green initiatives to minimise our environmental impact. 

About the role: 
The role of Clinical Community Lead will involve completing clinical audits, safe management of medication and team member supervision. Across everything you do, you’ll be a role model for your team and someone our residents and their families can trust to provide a safe, reassuring and happy environment. 

Salary: 
£23.58 per hour. 

Shift Pattern: 
45 hours per week, 12.25-hour shifts worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday. 

Home Location: 
Monmouth Close, Ipswich, England, IP2 8RS. 

Key Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Take responsibility for pro-actively managing the clinical unit within the care home.
• Ensure timely completion of monthly audits: medication management, pressure ulcer prevention, diet and hydration and care planning.
• Monitor the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of residents’ care through monthly audit of care plans using a planned approach, for example Resident of the Day.
• Ensure planned supervision is carried out for all team members in line with company policy.  

Training, Skills & Experience Required: 

• Qualified RN/RGN/RMN.
• Minimum of two years’ shift leadership and management experience.
• Proven track record leading, empowering, supporting and motivating a clinical team. 

What we can offer: 

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays and a welcome bonus.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Paid DBS and NMC renewals.
• Refer a friend scheme. 

About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).
 
We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.  ​
 
Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.​
 
We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.