Care Home Deputy Manager

NHS; Croydon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS as a Care Home Deputy Manager, where you will lead and support a dedicated team in delivering high-quality care. This pivotal role involves overseeing healthcare standards, managing diverse resident needs, and driving team performance. With a strong emphasis on compassion and resilience, you will contribute to fostering an engaging environment for residents. Enjoy competitive benefits and the chance to make a significant impact in your community.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonuses

Tier 2 visa application fee covered for eligible nurses

Qualifications

• Experience managing safeguarding investigations.
• Strong understanding of health needs.
• HR experience and knowledge of sales/marketing.

Responsibilities

• Support the General Manager in care home operations.
• Ensure care standards and motivate team.
• Handle regulatory compliance and risk assessments.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Budget Management

Sales Knowledge

Marketing Knowledge

Management of Clinical Risks

Job description

As the Care Home Deputy Manager, you will play a crucial role in supporting the delivery of high-quality care within a Barchester care home. You will work closely with the General Manager, taking on leadership responsibilities in their absence. Your responsibilities will include ensuring care standards, motivating the team, and helping residents enjoy the best possible quality of life. You will set the highest standards and develop strategies to achieve your goals in this engaging and energetic environment.

Main duties of the job

The Care Home Deputy Manager will be responsible for supporting the General Manager in all aspects of running the care home. This includes ensuring care standards, leading and motivating the team, and overseeing regulatory compliance. You will need experience in managing residents with different healthcare needs, as well as a track record of handling safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. Strong HR, sales, marketing, and budget management skills are also required. The successful candidate will be compassionate, resilient, and committed to delivering high-quality care.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering a range of services including residential, nursing, and dementia care. The company is dedicated to providing the highest standards of care and support to its residents, with a focus on creating a warm, welcoming, and engaging environment.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs Care Home Deputy Manager of 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 YOUTo join us as a Care Home Deputy Manager you'll need experience in helping residents with different health needs and a 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 and an understanding of budget management. Finally, you'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs 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 Offer to pay Tier 2 visa application fee for eligible nurses

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be considered for the Care Home Deputy Manager role, you will need experience in helping residents with different health needs and a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. You should also have some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, and an understanding of budget management. Additionally, you will need to be compassionate, resilient, and determined to deliver quality care.

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.