Job overview

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced healthcare professional to join our Continuing Healthcare Service as a Senior Complex Care Practitioner. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious leader with extensive NHS Continuing Healthcare experience to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering high-quality, equitable and sustainable complex care services across North Central London.

As a senior clinical and operational leader within the Complex Care Service, you will provide expert oversight of highly complex cases, support strategic service development and lead a team of skilled practitioners delivering NHS Continuing Healthcare services. Working across organisational boundaries, you will collaborate with local authorities, provider organisations, acute and community services, primary care and wider system partners to improve patient outcomes, support discharge pathways and ensure services deliver value for money whilst maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the future direction of Continuing Healthcare services, contribute to system-wide transformation programmes and support the delivery of integrated care across North Central London.

Main duties of the job

• Provide senior clinical leadership and expert advice across all aspects of NHS Continuing Healthcare.
• Oversee the management of highly complex cases.
• Lead, develop and support a multidisciplinary team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, inclusion and compassionate leadership.
• Manage service performance, workforce planning and operational delivery to ensure key targets and quality standards are achieved.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of service improvement initiatives, pathways and transformation programmes.
• Work collaboratively with system partners to improve patient flow, discharge pathways and integrated care delivery.
• Support budget management and ensure care packages deliver high-quality outcomes and value for money.
• Lead on governance, quality assurance, risk management and compliance with relevant statutory and regulatory frameworks.
• Represent the service at senior-level meetings and contribute to strategic planning across the wider health and care system.
• Promote equitable, patient-centred services that improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities for patients, families and carers.

This is an opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service alongside experienced clinical and operational leaders, influencing the future delivery of Continuing Healthcare services and contributing to transformation across North Central London.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life’s most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.