Chief Nurse

Thornbury Community Services (Part of Acacium Group)

Homebased with regular national travel

Permanent, Full Time

Competitive salary + annual bonus + car allowance

Unlock your potential:

We’re looking for an exceptional clinical leader to step into the role of Chief Nurse, accountable for all clinical elements of our service delivery. This is a pivotal position at the heart of our mission: to provide truly individualised, World Class Care to every service user.

You’ll work closely with the Global Clinical Director and the Community Services Senior Leadership Team, aligning clinical excellence with commercial strategy. With a dotted line into the Managing Director, you’ll help shape the future of our services, ensuring safe growth, scaling clinical teams, and entering new markets and revenue streams.

Once inducted, you’ll take on the Registration of TCS Complex, overseeing all regulated activities and ensuring we meet our contractual responsibilities. You’ll champion best practice, stay ahead of legislation, and drive continuous improvement in the quality of care we deliver.

This is more than a leadership role, it’s a chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of our service users, while helping the business exceed its profitability goals and maintain its reputation for excellence.

Part of Acacium Group, Thornbury Community Services deliver high-quality care as our number one priority. With a team of exceptional and conscientious nurses and care staff, we’re able to deliver the best complex care at home or in the community, 24/7 or whenever it's needed. With compassion, integrity and dedication, we help empower people to achieve personal aspirations, as well as providing care tailored to their needs. Making a positive difference to our client’s lives is our passion and it’s this that sets us apart.

Everyday you will...

• Lead and manage the clinical operations of TCS Complex, including direct line management of the Head of Clinical Service and oversight of all regulated activities and day-to-day care delivery.
• Provide strategic clinical leadership, fostering a positive, inclusive culture while guiding the team through innovation, performance improvement, and adoption of new technologies.
• Ensure compliance and quality across all clinical services, monitoring adherence to CQC domains, national legislation, and internal standards, while supporting incident and complaint resolution.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align clinical excellence with commercial goals, contributing to long-term strategic planning and supporting the delivery of our 5-year growth plan.
• Represent the organisation externally, building strong relationships with key stakeholders and ensuring our services reflect evolving national health and social care strategies.

What’s in it for you?

We love exceptional people, and in return, we offer an exciting place to work, with a wide range of benefits, rewards and opportunities to grow your career, including:

• Learning & development opportunities tailored to your role that will count towards your PIN re-validation, as well as fully funded qualifications
• Gym Flex- discounted gym memberships, UK-wide
• Events and incentives including regular team away days
• Rewards Portal offering discounts on shops, restaurants, bars and cinemas
• Rewards and recognition programme awarding monthly vouchers to nominated employees
• 25 days annual leave that increases upon each year of service
• Free flu vaccinations
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover and Private Medical Insurance
• Optional charity involvement with 2 paid charity days a year

Join us and make a difference!

If you want to join a global, marketing-leading organisation who are committed to the human side of business, then look no further. Acacium Group is the UK’s largest healthcare staffing and solutions partner and specialise in the healthcare, social care, and life sciences industries. We are a business with scale, leading digital capabilities and a strong financial profile, with a vision to be the leading global healthcare solutions partner.

We are powered by the best people and have an unrivalled and diverse range of capabilities, all while incorporating our company values into everything we do - Putting People First, Always by your Side, Driven by Excellence.

Join us and play a key part of shaping the future of society and improving people’s lives!

To thrive in this role, you must...

• Be a qualified Paediatric or Adult Nurse with a current NMC pin number
• Have proven experience at board level or other senior managerial position heading up clinical strategy
• Have experience leading and motivating teams 
• Have a solid understanding of budgeting, resourcing and performance evaluation procedures

Our Inclusion Commitment:

We are passionately committed to being a truly inclusive and diverse company- it is at the heart of our core value of Putting People First. We continue to enhance our culture of inclusion and diversity across all of our roles and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.