Care Home Community Lead

NHS; Malvern; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job description

As a Community Lead within Barchester's Residential Care Homes, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring our residents' lives are stimulating and fulfilling, delivering person-centred care and support. With senior-level care experience, you'll supervise a team of Carers and Senior Carers, taking on some clinical responsibilities while being a trusted role model for your colleagues and the residents.

Main duties of the job

The Community Lead role involves recording observations, carrying out simple wound dressing procedures, and building key relationships within the home and externally. You'll need to demonstrate senior-level care experience, the ability to supervise others, and a good understanding of clinical care for the older person. A Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care, plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification, is required. Your caring approach, strong communication skills, and commitment to empowering the team to put residents and their families first will be essential.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of residential care homes in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. With a focus on creating vibrant, supportive cultures, Barchester offers rewarding career opportunities for those passionate about making a difference in the lives of the elderly.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Community Lead within our Residential Care Homes at Barchester, you'll help to make our residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling so that we can deliver the person-centred care and support they deserve. Always focusing on respecting our residents' independence, privacy, dignity and choice, while leading and supervising our team of Carers and Senior Carers.

The role of Community Lead will involve some clinical responsibilities, including recording observations on weight and blood pressure, and carrying out simple wound dressing procedures. Across everything you do, you'll be a role model for your team and someone our residents and their families can trust to provide a safe, reassuring and happy environment. You will build key relationships within the home and externally.

ABOUT YOU You'll need senior-level care experience to join us as a Community Lead. You'll also have supervised others and developed a good understanding of how to provide clinical care for the older person. We'll look for a Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification. Enthusiastic, tenacious and full of integrity, your caring approach and strong communication skills mean you inspire trust in others. Most of all, you'll share our commitment to maintaining a vibrant, supportive culture that empowers our people to put our residents and their families first.

Rewards Package

As 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
• A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
• Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme

If you'd like to use your leadership and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care, plus a willingness to undertake the assessor 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.