About this role
Job summary ABOUT THE ROLE As 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 YOU To 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...
Main duties of the job As a Deputy General Manager (Clinical) at Barchester Healthcare, you will play a critical role in supporting the delivery of high-quality care within the care home environment. In the absence of the General Manager, you will undertake leadership duties, ensure adherence to care standards, and motivate the multidisciplinary team to provide optimal care for residents. Responsibilities include monitoring and auditing clinical practices, ensuring regulatory compliance, and developing strategies to achieve care objectives. The ideal candidate must be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and possess teaching or mentoring qualifications. Additionally, experience in managing safeguarding investigations, clinical risk assessments, HR functions, sales and marketing, and budget management is required. The role demands a compassionate and resilient individual determined to deliver quality care in an engaging, energetic atmosphere. You'll be rewarded with a competitive salary, learning opportunities, and various benefits, including a profit share scheme and discounts.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a notable care provider recognized for its commitment to delivering high-quality care and support to residents across its care homes and hospitals in the UK. The organization places a strong emphasis on resident-centered care, ensuring that the needs and preferences of those they care for are met with respect and dignity. Offering a wide range of services including residential care, nursing care, and specialized dementia care, Barchester is dedicated to fostering environments where residents can thrive and enjoy their best possible quality of life. They invest in their staff through continuous learning and development opportunities, ensuring that their teams are equipped to deliver the care standard they are known for. Moreover, Barchester fosters a rewarding work environment, offering competitive salaries and extensive benefits to its workforce, making it a sought-after employer in the care sector.
Job description Job responsibilities
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
Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification.
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
High Wycombe
HP11 2LJ
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)