Care Home Community Lead

NHS; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a Community Lead to enhance the lives of residents in their care homes. This role involves supervising a dedicated team while ensuring the delivery of person-centred care. You will take on clinical responsibilities and foster a supportive environment for both residents and staff. If you possess senior-level care experience and a passion for making a difference, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading provider committed to high-quality care and employee development. Enjoy a rewarding career where your leadership and compassion can truly shine.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Senior-level care experience and supervision of care teams required.
• Level 3 NVQ in Health & Social Care or equivalent is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead a team of Carers and Senior Carers.
• Perform clinical responsibilities like recording observations and wound dressing.

Skills

Senior-level care experience

Supervision skills

Clinical care for older people

Strong communication skills

Education

Level 3 NVQ in Health & Social Care

Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care

Job description

As a Community Lead within Barchester's Residential Care Homes, you'll play a crucial role in making residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling, delivering person-centred care and support. With senior-level care experience, you'll supervise a team of Carers and Senior Carers, take on some clinical responsibilities, and build key relationships to ensure a safe, reassuring, and happy environment for residents and their families.

Main duties of the job

The Community Lead role involves supervising and leading a team of Carers and Senior Carers, as well as taking on some clinical responsibilities such as recording observations on weight and blood pressure, and carrying out simple wound dressing procedures. You'll be a role model for your team and someone 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 us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care. They are committed to empowering their staff to put residents and their families first, and provide a comprehensive rewards package including competitive salaries, learning and development opportunities, and a range of discounts.

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

• You'll need senior-level care experience, as well as experience in supervising others and providing clinical care for older people. A Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care, plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification, are required.

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.