Clinical Lead Nurse

Clinical Lead Nurse
Wetherby Manor Wetherby

Location: Wetherby Manor Wetherby
Salary: £55000 per annum
Closing date: 16/11/2026

Ready to take the next step?
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse looking for your next career move?
Would you like to combine hands-on clinical nursing with genuine leadership responsibility?

Wetherby Manor is looking for an experienced and motivated Clinical Lead who would act as a 2nd Deputy Manager to join our team on a 23 nursing bed ward and play a key role in the day-to-day leadership of our luxury care home.

Working closely with the Home Manager and wider leadership team, you will act as the 2nd Deputy Manager for the home, providing strong clinical leadership, supporting the nursing team and helping to ensure our residents receive the highest standards of care.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Care Home Nurse or NHS Nurse who is ready to take the next step into a senior leadership position.

What we offer

• 8am–8pm shifts
• Every other weekend off
• Permanent contract
• Senior clinical leadership role
• Opportunity to develop your management and leadership experience
• Supportive, professional working environment

Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a confident, compassionate Registered Adult Nurse with a minimum of 3 years' post-registration experience.

We would particularly welcome applications from:

• Experienced Care Home Nurses looking to progress into a senior leadership role.
• NHS Nurses who want to bring their clinical expertise into a rewarding care home environment.
• Senior Nurses, Clinical Leads or experienced nurses ready to take the next step towards management.
• Nurses with experience caring for older people, dementia and/or complex clinical needs.

Your clinical experience matters
Ideally, you will have experience in some of the following areas:

• Bowel irrigation
• Catheter care
• Venepuncture
• Complex clinical care
• Medication management
• End-of-life care
• Safeguarding
• Clinical assessments and care planning

You don't necessarily need experience in every area — we're looking for a strong, experienced nurse with the right attitude, clinical confidence and willingness to develop.

If you're an experienced senior nurse who is ready to step up, lead a team and make a real difference, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for.

Join Wetherby Manor as our Clinical Lead /2nd Deputy Manager and take the next step in your nursing career!

Wetherby Manor offers the full spectrum of 24-hour residential and dementia care, assisted living and nursing care. Our home is included in the Knight Frank luxury care homes List 2021. Located close to the centre of Wetherby, and close to the villages of Collingham and Boston Spa, Wetherby Manor is surrounded by many local attractions, including public gardens, theatres and places to drink and dine. There are also excellent transport links to the historic towns of York, Knaresborough and Harrogate.

Anchor – a great place to work
Anchor is England's largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We're not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

Our values
Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

A rewarding environment
From health and happiness to finance and your career, we'll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options
• Access to online GP appointments

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we'll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
• Free Blue Light Card

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website .

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you
Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.

Apply through our website