Job Description

Are you a passionate and caring Registered Nurse looking for a rewarding career with excellent training and opportunities for development? Join Care UK as Clinical Lead and we will give you all the support and training you need to develop your specialist nursing skills.

The Role

Lead the nursing team and be responsible for delivering individual care plans. Deputise for the management team and work with local GPs and other healthcare professionals. Lead, support and inspire your team members, making sure your residents get the very best one-to-one care. It's a highly collaborative setting, where everyone pulls together. Have good knowledge of care planning and clinical compliance.

As a Clinical Lead these are some of our benefits, you'll receive by joining the Care UK family

Paid Annual NMC Registration (T&Cs apply) Wagestream- access your wages at any-time Bank Holiday Pay Enhancements Career development, training and access to our approved apprenticeship scheme Hundreds of online and in-store discounts Wellbeing support

Skills/Experience Required

An NMC Registered Nurse Understands clinical assessment tools like Waterlow and MUST Experienced in writing comprehensive care plans Have held a clinical leadership role and can demonstrate managing others

You're a senior nurse with a passion for caring for older people. You want to spend more time doing what you do best - nursing, providing care and helping vulnerable people lead happier, healthier lives.


We are committed to recruiting diverse, talented people, who share our passion for helping others. We see the potential in everyone, let us help fulfil yours.

Our care home's name, Scottish Gaelic for 'friends and relatives', sums up the welcome you'll receive, as well as our approach to care.

Here at Cairdean House, in Colinton, south west Edinburgh, we offer the highest standards of nursing, residential and respite care for older people, including those who are living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Our 90-bedroom purpose-built care home opened in early 2013 and has already established a strong reputation for its expertise and ground-breaking approach.

Inspiring design

Cairdean House is a care home with a difference. It has been innovatively designed by internationally renowned architect, Richard Pollock and sits in the beautiful village of Colinton in Edinburgh. Richard and his team created the design with every thought for the needs of older people, particularly those living with dementia, and the smallest of details are considered in their approach. Find out more about Cairdean House's specialist design.