Job Summary
James Hopkins Trust are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and passionate Clinical Manager to make a significant impact on the lives of children we support with medically complex and fragile conditions. As Clinical Manager you will be a member of the Trust Senior Management Team, working under the Trust Director, and alongside the Charity Manager and Registered Manager. You will be responsible for leading the Nursing Team ensuring respite for families continues to thrive and expand its reach, making a profound difference to the children and families we serve.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Manager You Will:
- Lead on the operational management of the respite provision in accordance with regulatory CQC standards and the James Hopkins Trusts Vision, Mission and Values.
- Manage the Nursing Team ensuring positive relationships are developed and maintained with each other and the wider Charity team
- Ensure compliance and develop all relevant clinical, governance and regulatory systems and policies
- Work closely with our local health and care service providers including with NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board who directly commission our services
- Provide an environment of continuous quality improvement
- Attend relevant training and cascade as appropriate
About Us
We are proud to have been able to provide free nursing respite care to hundreds of life-limited and life-threatened young children and their families over the past 35 years.
Based in Barnwood, Gloucester, we are the only registered charity in Gloucestershire to provide this level of care, day and night, either in the family home or at Kites Corner, our multi-sensory respite centre and gardens.
Details
Date posted: 19 November 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £40,000 to £43,000 a year depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: B0392-25-0000
Job locations: Kites Corner North Upton Lane Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 3TR
About The Role
Skills we require our Clinical Manager to possess:
- Have full NMC registration with appropriate nursing qualifications
- Previous clinical leadership experience
- Educated to degree or equivalent level of experience
- Professional knowledge of CQC requirements
- Be a Registered Manager with the Care Quality Commission or be willing to become one
- Good understanding of clinical governance
- Lead by example style to encourage a value-driven culture that brings the best out of everyone
- Proactive and solution-oriented approach to changing situations in a clinical environment
- Engaging communication skills and a friendly demeanour to successfully connect with a diverse team and patients
- Self-motivated and can work either independently or as a team player
- A caring, empathetic and resilient person with excellent interpersonal skills
- UK Driving licence
Qualifications
Essential
- Have full NMC registration with appropriate nursing qualifications
- Be a Registered Manager with the Care Quality Commission or be willing to become one
Experience
Essential
- Previous clinical leadership experience
- Educated to degree or equivalent level of experience
- Professional knowledge of CQC requirements
- Good understanding of clinical governance
- Lead by example style to encourage a value-driven culture that brings the best out of everyone
- Proactive and solution-oriented approach to changing situations in a clinical environment
- Engaging communication skills and a friendly demeanour to successfully connect with a diverse team and patients
- Self-motivated and can work either independently or as a team player
- A caring, empathetic and resilient person with excellent interpersonal skills
- UK Driving licence
Desirable
- Experience in a paediatric setting.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information, please see the NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name: James Hopkins Trust Address Kites Corner North Upton Lane Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 3TR
Employer's website: http://www.jameshopkinstrust.org.uk/
