Assistant Manager

Regional Recruitment Services; Colwick; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare recruitment agency is seeking an Assistant Manager for a dynamic dementia care facility in Nottingham. The role involves leading a dedicated team, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care, and complying with regulatory standards. Candidates should have experience in clinical leadership and operational management within the nursing field, alongside excellent communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary of £50,000 per annum and various benefits including training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company pension

On-site parking

Referral programme

Extensive induction and training opportunities

Access to wellbeing programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in dementia care and clinical leadership.
• Proven operational management skills.
• Ability to ensure compliance with CQC standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a dementia unit, providing person-centred care.
• Support the Registered Manager in operational oversight.
• Ensure staff training and legislative compliance.

Skills

Leadership within a nursing or dementia care environment

Clinical oversight of medication, care planning, and risk management

Operational management of care, housekeeping, and ancillary teams

Staff supervision, development, and support

Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills

IT literacy and experience with digital care records

Education

RMN qualification or equivalent clinical background

Job description

Assistant Manager

Location: Nottingham

Pay rate/Salary: £50,000 per annum

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week (flexible to service needs)

Type: Permanent

Start Date: Immediately (flexible for notice periods)

We are hiring for an Assistant Manager that is experienced in dementia care, clinical leadership, and operational management in the Nottingham area. This is a dynamic, high-quality nursing care environment, and you will be supporting the Registered Manager to deliver exceptional, person-centred care while overseeing daily operations and staff leadership.

Duties of an Assistant Manager

• Leading and managing a dedicated dementia unit, ensuring safe, compassionate, and person-centred care for residents.
• Providing RMN clinical leadership and operational oversight in line with CQC standards, NICE guidance, and best practice.
• Supporting the Registered Manager in overseeing administration, care, catering, housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance functions.
• Deputising for the Registered Manager during their absence while supporting their decisions.
• Ensuring staff maintain up-to-date skills and undertake required training and development.
• Managing the service in accordance with legislative requirements, regulations, financial plans, and organisational standards.
• Protecting staff, residents, and visitors from infection risks and complying with infection control policies.
• Overseeing assessment, care planning, and review (digital records) to ensure trauma-informed, person-centred care.
• Leading management of BPSD, medication monitoring, clinical risk (falls, nutrition, pressure care, delirium).
• Chairing or attending MDTs and coordinating input from GPs, CMHT, SALT, OT, physio, and pharmacy.
• Maintaining accurate documentation, incident reporting, and clinical audit cycles (medications, care plans, falls, IPC, MCA/DoLS).

Skills and Experience of an Assistant Manager

• Leadership within a nursing or dementia care environment.
• Clinical oversight of medication, care planning, and risk management.
• Operational management of care, housekeeping, and ancillary teams.
• Staff supervision, development, and support.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
• IT literacy and experience with digital care records.

It would be beneficial if you also had:

• RMN qualification or equivalent clinical background.
• Experience deputising for a Registered Manager.
• Strong understanding of CQC, MCA, DoLS, and dementia care best practices.

What the client offers an Assistant Manager

• Competitive salary of £50,000 per annum.
• Company pension.
• On-site parking.
• Referral programme.
• Extensive induction and training opportunities.
• Ongoing support to develop leadership and clinical skills.
• Access to wellbeing programmes and employee assistance services.
• A positive, values-driven care environment.

About the Client

Our client is a specialist provider of dementia and nursing care in Nottingham. They are committed to delivering person-centred, high-quality care, with a focus on dignity, independence, and excellence across all services.

Next Steps

Apply to this Assistant Manager role through this advert. If you would like more information, please contact Asha in our Health care team.

If successful, you will need to digitally register with our agency (if not already done). If you have not heard from us within 7 days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful; however, your application will be retained for suitable future roles.