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James Hopkins Trust

Clinical Manager

The closing date is 12 December 2025

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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 Dependant 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


Job description

Job responsibilities

About the role

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

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 requirement

- Be a Registered Manager with the Care Quality Commission or willingness 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 orientated 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

Job description

Job responsibilities

About the role

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

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 requirement

- Be a Registered Manager with the Care Quality Commission or willingness 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 orientated 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • -Have full NMC registration with appropriate nursing qualifications
  • -Be a Registered Manager with the Care Quality Commission or willingness to become one

Experience

Essential

  • -Previous clinical leadership experience
  • -Educated to degree or equivalent level of experience
  • -Professional knowledge of CQC requirement
  • -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 orientated 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.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • -Have full NMC registration with appropriate nursing qualifications
  • -Be a Registered Manager with the Care Quality Commission or willingness to become one

Experience

Essential

  • -Previous clinical leadership experience
  • -Educated to degree or equivalent level of experience
  • -Professional knowledge of CQC requirement
  • -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 orientated 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 NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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 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/ (Opens in a new tab)

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/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Trust Director

Ann Price

hr@jameshopkinstrust.org.uk

01452612216

Details

Date posted

19 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,000 to £43,000 a year Dependant 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


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