Bank Care Team Lead

Athenacarehomes; March; On-site; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home in March seeks a Team Leader to manage the care team and ensure high-quality care for residents. This role offers leadership opportunities and potential for progression into CHAPS or nursing positions, supported by training and development programs. Ideal candidates will have experience in senior care roles, NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, and a genuine passion for care.

Benefits

Fully comprehensive induction

Competitive salary with enhancements on bank holidays

Free Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar senior care position.
• Understanding of clinical care duties.
• A passion for care and resident-first approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the care team.
• Assist and motivate the care team for exceptional outcomes.
• Carry out enhanced clinical care duties.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team Management

Clinical Care

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

As a Team Leader at Aria Court Care Home, you will be responsible for leading, managing, and supporting our care team who are passionate about delivering making moments for our residents and providing high-quality care.

About Aria Court Care Home:
After a recent refurbishment, Aria Court is now a sparkling 92-bedroom care home with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

Located in a quiet residential nook in March, Cambridgeshire, our home boasts a cinema, hair salon, multiple dining rooms. Beautiful gardens provide a bounty of home-grown fruit and vegetables.

The kitchen team at Aria Court are award-winning and have even created their own cookbook full of their best recipes. As one of the leading residential care homes in March, Cambridgeshire, Aria Court offers nothing less than the best care for your loved ones in a safe and comfortable environment.

About the role:
As a Team Leader, you’ll play a key part in care delivery in the home. Our Team Leader supports us to ensure the highest standards of care are achieved in all areas of the home.

One of our values is Celebrating Every Individual and we have fantastic Learning and Development options at Athena Care Homes to support your progression. Development from this role can take you onto CHAPS or nursing positions, and we offer fully funded apprenticeships to help you achieve an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care. If traditional qualifications aren’t for you, or you have a specific interest, we have a variety of other options to support your career journey.

Salary:
£13.07 per hour.

Shift Pattern:
[Bank] hours per week, 12-hour shifts worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• To be central to our care. Providing leadership and direction to the care team whilst on duty.
• Assist, motivate, and inspire passion into our care team to deliver exceptional outcomes in care.
• Manage supervision, appraisal, and performance management of our care team. Celebrating every individual and helping our team to achieve their potential.
• Carry out enhanced clinical care duties; clinical observations of blood pressure, pulse, respiration rate, temperature, and blood oxygenation level, and monitor urine output.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• A passion for care – we’re looking for a genuinely caring individual who will put the needs of our residents first.
• Experience in a similar senior care position.
• You must hold an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.
• Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting, and motivating a team.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.

About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family-run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk), and Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality, and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving excellent outcomes for people in our care.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and their importance. We approach everything we do with thought and deliver with passion.