About this role
Job summary ABOUT THE ROLE As a Peripatetic Deputy General Manager (Clinical) at Barchester, you'll travel across your region to manage and develop the teams in various care homes, to help us deliver the high quality care and service we're known for. Working closely with the General Manager or hiring manager, you'll help implement action plans that make sure our resident's needs are met. Taking on leadership duties in the absence of the General Manager, you can expect to help with everything from 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 Peripatetic Deputy General Manager (Clinical), you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching, mentoring or supervision qualification. Previous experience of working within a nursing home setting is essential and evidence of continual professional development is also required. 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. You'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment. Finally, due to the nature of this role, you must be flexible and willing to travel.
Main duties of the job As a Peripatetic Deputy General Manager (Clinical) at Barchester, you will travel across your region to manage and develop teams in various care homes, helping deliver high quality care and service. You will work closely with the General Manager, helping implement action plans to ensure residents' needs are met. Your responsibilities will include taking on leadership duties in the absence of the General Manager, managing care standards, and motivating your team. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, monitoring standards through regular audits and supervised clinical practice, while ensuring regulatory compliance. The role requires you to be a Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN) with current NMC registration, a teaching or mentoring qualification, and experience within a nursing home setting. Essential skills include managing safeguarding investigations, clinical risk assessments, and supporting newly qualified nurses through preceptorship. You will need some HR experience, strong knowledge of sales and marketing, understanding of budget management, and should be compassionate and resilient.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, known for delivering high-quality care and service. The company operates various care homes where they focus on providing the best possible life quality for their residents. They are dedicated to employing professionals who are compassionate and resilient, striving to create engaging and energetic environments for both residents and staff. Employees at Barchester Healthcare benefit from competitive salaries and rewards packages, including learning and development opportunities, profit share schemes, and various discounts. Barchester Healthcare is committed to ensuring all staff receive proper training and support, promoting continual professional development and excellence in care standards.
Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Peripatetic Deputy General Manager (Clinical) at Barchester, you'll travel across your region to manage and develop the teams in various care homes, to help us deliver the high quality care and service we're known for. Working closely with the General Manager or hiring manager, you'll help implement action plans that make sure our resident's needs are met.
Taking on leadership duties in the absence of the General Manager, you can expect to help with everything from 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 Peripatetic Deputy General Manager (Clinical), you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching, mentoring or supervision qualification. Previous experience of working within a nursing home setting is essential and evidence of continual professional development is also required. 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. You'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment. Finally, due to the nature of this role, you must be flexible and willing to travel.
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
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 (RGN/RMN) with current NMC registration, teaching, mentoring or supervision qualification, previous nursing home experience, HR experience, strong knowledge of sales and marketing, understanding of budget management, compassionate, resilient.
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
York
YO10 3SJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)