About this role
Job summary This is a key leadership role as a Deputy General Manager (Clinical) at Barchester Healthcare, a leading provider of high-quality care homes. You will support the General Manager in delivering exceptional care and services, leading a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The role offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities for professional development.
Main duties of the job As the Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead, you will work closely with the General Manager to oversee the delivery of quality care in a Barchester care home. You will take on leadership duties in the General Manager's absence, ensuring care standards are met, motivating your team, and developing strategies to achieve your goals. This includes leading by example, conducting regular audits, supervising clinical practice, and managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. You will also have some HR experience, knowledge of sales and marketing, and an understanding of budget management.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes in the UK. The company is committed to delivering excellent care and support to its residents, and values its employees as the key to achieving this. Barchester offers a range of benefits and opportunities for professional development to attract and retain the best talent in the industry.
Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLE- A £2000 Golden Hello is just one of the ways we'll reward you when you join Barchester in this role.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE REQUIRES 2 X 12 HOUR SHIFTS TO BE WORKED ON THE FLOOR AND 16 HOURS SUPERNUMERARY
ABOUT THE ROLEAs Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead of a Barchester care home, you'll support the delivery of the quality care we're known for. Working closely with the General Manager and taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help with everything from ensuring care standards to motivating your team. You'll inspire a multidisciplinary team to make sure they help every resident to enjoy the best possible quality of life. That means leading by example and monitoring standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice and checking our regulatory compliance. You'll set the highest standards and draw on your skills to develop and deliver strategies that will help you achieve your goals.
ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead, you'll need be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification. Experience in helping residents with different health needs is important too, as is a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. We'll also look for some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, an understanding of budget management, and a track record of supporting newly qualified nurses through preceptorship. Finally, you'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment.
REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses
If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
To be considered for this role, you must be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification. Experience in caring for residents with different health needs, as well as a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments, is also required.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Barchester Healthcare
Address Barchester Healthcare
Southgate
N14 5QR
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)