Clinical Manager – Green Tree Court, Exeter

Clinical Manager – Green Tree Court, Exeter Role type:
Residential Care

Location:

Exeter

Role type:
Care Home

Please be advised there is Final date to receive applications: 12th December 2025

Do you like to connect with people, make a difference and do the right thing?

Somerset Care is an award-winning not-for-profit care provider across the South West. When people think about care, they think of the Somerset Care Group.

Green Tree Court became part of the Somerset Care Group in 2024.

We are proud to state that we are a disability confident employer.

Everything we do at Somerset Care is underpinned by our four core values:

• Connecting with people
• Making a difference
• Doing the right thing

By living these values, we ensure that we keep our commitment to delivering high-quality, tailored care to support and enrich the lives of our customers.

Join our Care Home Team in Exeter. Green Tree Court located in Exeter is a luxury, 68‑bedroom care home which has achieved the Stirling Gold Standard for dementia design. The home provides a comfortable, safe, stylish environment, for those requiring expert dementia support and nursing care.

The Clinical Manager is a senior clinical leader responsible for ensuring safe, high‑quality nursing care, supporting staff development, and embedding best practice. The role also carries a strategic remit to mentor and advise community services, strengthening Lexicon and Somerset Care’s role as an integrated partner in local health and social care systems. This includes oversight of clinical governance at service level, ensuring robust systems are in place to monitor and improve care quality across the home and wider service portfolio.

• Act as a clinical mentor to internal nursing and care staff.
• Provide advisory input to external community services including domiciliary care, district nursing, primary care, and therapy teams.
• Develop integrated care pathways that enhance continuity, reduce avoidable hospital admissions, and promote best practice.

• Champion the delivery of care across the service portfolio, ensuring individuals access the right care in the right setting.
• Represent the home in ICS forums and safeguarding partnerships.
• Provide clinical oversight for transitions of care and complex case management.

• Promote staff wellbeing and resilience, fostering a positive team culture.
• Involve residents and families in care planning and service evaluation.
• Encourage community engagement through events and partnerships.

• Lead the nursing and care team, working with the Home Director.
• Ensure compliance with NMC Code, CQC standards, and Lexicon or group policies as appropriate.
• Oversee clinical governance at service level, including:
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Medicines optimisation
  • Safeguarding
  • Risk management
  • Incident investigation
  • Management of DoLS, FNC applications, DNARs, Treatment escalation plan updates
  • Oversight of wounds, pressure ulcers, falls, and unexpected deaths
  • Completion of Quarterly Quality Assurance Returns (QAFs) for NHS/Local Authority contracts
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation using systems (such as care planning, medication management systems etc.).

• Provide structured mentorship and supervision for Registered Nurses, care staff, students, and newly qualified nurses.
• Facilitate reflective practice and promote a learning culture.
• Support succession planning and leadership development within the care home workforce.

• Lead audits, supervision, and reflective practice to ensure safe and effective care.
• Monitor key quality metrics (e.g. falls, pressure ulcers, infection rates) and implement improvement plans.
• Develop and implement clinical policies and procedures in line with regulatory and professional standards.

• Identify and implement evidence‑based improvements.
• Lead or contribute to projects enhancing residential, nursing, dementia, and…