Clinical Lead (Community) | Charitable Elderly Care Provider

Clinical Lead (Community) | Charitable Elderly Care Provider

Qualification: Registered Clinician (OT, Physiotherapist, Nurse or equivalent)

Salary: £65,000 per annum

Location: UK (Hybrid working with regular travel)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday–Friday)

About the Role

Compass Associates are proud to be working in partnership with a respected charitable organisation to recruit a Clinical Lead (Community) for a brand-new community services programme.

This is a rare opportunity to take on a senior, values-driven leadership role where you will shape, develop and lead community services from the ground up. Working closely with senior leadership, you will design and implement clinical pathways across a range of services, including therapy access (OT/PT), outreach, community hubs, supported living and end-of-life care. Acting as the clinical bridge between residential services and this new community offering, you will play a key role in ensuring safe, high-quality, person-centred care from the very outset.

This role would suit an experienced clinician who thrives in a start-up or evolving environment and is motivated by the opportunity to build something meaningful, rather than step into an already established service.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight across the development of new community services
• Design and implement clinical pathways and standards from the ground up
• Lead on clinical governance, safeguarding and risk management frameworks
• Support pilot programmes, service launch and ongoing development
• Provide supervision and support to therapy teams (OT/PT) as services grow
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external healthcare partners
• Contribute to evaluation design, outcomes tracking and continuous improvement
• Act as the clinical voice within programme design and strategic discussions

Requirements

• Registered clinician (OT, Physiotherapist, Nurse or equivalent)
• Significant experience in community-based clinical practice
• Strong background in clinical governance, safeguarding and risk management
• Experience supporting or supervising multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Comfortable working in a developing or evolving service environment
• Experience in service development, pilots or new service mobilisation
• Experience in end-of-life care, rehabilitation or therapy services
• Experience within charity, community or purpose-led organisations
• Advanced clinical practice or leadership training

Location & Travel

This is a hybrid role with regular travel required across services in Worthing, Surbiton, High Wycombe and Solihull. The remit of the role may expand as further as community hubs are established.

Candidates based within the South East or Midlands, with good access to major transport links, will be well placed for the travel requirements of the role.

Flexibility to travel nationally is essential.

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