Care Home Deputy Manager

Barchester Healthcare; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking a Care Home Deputy Manager to support delivery of high-quality care, lead a multidisciplinary team, and maintain regulatory compliance. You will work closely with the General Manager, mentoring staff and improving resident wellbeing through strong leadership and governance.

The role emphasizes audits, clinical practice supervision, and ensuring care standards are consistently met in a dynamic care home environment.

Qualifications

• Experience helping residents with different health needs.
• Track record managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments.
• HR experience and knowledge of budget management.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example and support the General Manager in their absence.
• Monitor standards through audits and regulatory checks.
• Develop and deliver strategies to improve quality of care and resident life.

Skills

Care home leadership

Clinical risk assessment

Safeguarding investigations

HR experience

Sales and marketing knowledge

Budget management

Compassionate

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Care Home DeputyManagerof a Barchester care home, you’ll support the delivery of the quality care we’re known for. Working closely with the General Manager and taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help with everything from ensuring care standards to motivating your team. You’ll inspire a multidisciplinary team to make sure they help every resident to enjoy the best possible quality of life. That means leading by example and monitoring standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice and checking our regulatory compliance. You’ll set the highest standards and draw on your skills to develop and deliver strategies that will help you achieve your goals.

ABOUT YOU

To join us as a Care Home DeputyManageryou’ll needexperience in helping residents with different health needs anda successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. We’ll also look for some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing andan understanding of budget management.Finally, you’ll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment.

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
• Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
• A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
• Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes

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