Care Home Community Lead

NHS; Walton-on-Thames; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Community Lead to enhance residents' lives in Walton-on-Thames. This role involves supervising a care team, ensuring high-quality person-centred care, and performing clinical tasks. Ideal candidates will have senior-level care experience and relevant qualifications.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Senior-level care experience including supervising others.
• Understanding clinical care for older adults.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of Carers and Senior Carers.
• Perform clinical responsibilities like recording observations.
• Build relationships within the home and externally.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Integrity

Enthusiasm

Tenacity

Education

Level 3 NVQ in Health & Social Care

Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care

Job description

Job summary

As a Community Lead within Barchester's Residential Care Homes, you'll play a crucial role in making residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling. With senior-level care experience, you'll lead and supervise a team of Carers and Senior Carers, ensuring person-centred care and support. The role involves clinical responsibilities like recording observations and carrying out simple wound dressings, while building key relationships internally and externally.

Main duties of the job

The role of Community Lead involves clinical responsibilities, including recording observations on weight and blood pressure, and performing simple wound dressing procedures. You will be a role model for your team and a trusted figure for residents and their families, providing a safe, reassuring, and happy environment. Building relationships within the home and externally is also key.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of residential care homes across the UK, committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care that empowers residents and supports staff to provide the best experience.

Details

Date posted: 10 May 2025

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £17.50 an hour

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Reference number: 1299688801

Job locations: Barchester Healthcare, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4DD

Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Community Lead within our Residential Care Homes at Barchester, you'll help make residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling, delivering person-centred care while respecting independence, privacy, dignity, and choice. You'll lead and supervise Carers and Senior Carers.

The role involves clinical responsibilities such as recording observations on weight and blood pressure and performing simple wound dressings. You'll be a role model and trusted figure, building relationships within the home and externally.

ABOUT YOU

You need senior-level care experience, including supervising others and understanding clinical care for older adults. A Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care and willingness to undertake the assessor qualification are required. Your caring approach, strong communication skills, enthusiasm, tenacity, and integrity are essential. You should share our commitment to a supportive culture that prioritizes residents and their families.

REWARDS PACKAGE

We offer a competitive salary and one of the best rewards packages in the care sector, including:

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

This is a rewarding opportunity for those wanting to use leadership and people skills in a quality care organization.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• Senior-level care experience
• Supervised others and provided clinical care for older adults
• Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care
• Willingness to undertake assessor qualification

Additional requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a Disclosure check via the DBS is required.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For details, see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Barchester Healthcare

Address: Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4DD

Website: https://www.barchester.com/