Care Home Deputy Manager (Nursing)

Kingsley Home Care Services; Hadleigh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent care home provider in Hadleigh is seeking a Deputy Manager to assist in managing operations and ensuring high-quality resident care. This role involves overseeing care staff, conducting assessments, and maintaining resident communication. Candidates must be NMC registered nurses with experience. Join a team dedicated to enhancing the lives of residents while developing your own career.

Benefits

Opportunities for skill development

Support from a caring team

Qualifications

• Experience managing care operations and teams.
• Understanding of safeguarding adult/abuse referral pathways.
• Skills in evaluating care programs with service users.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing home operations to exceed care goals.
• Train and supervise care staff in their work.
• Conduct pre-admission assessments of residents.

Skills

Previous Deputy Home Manager experience

Ability to engage with service users

Good working knowledge of CQC standards

Ability to build and maintain relationships

Ability to promote ownership of care programs

Education

NMC registered nurse with relevant experience

Job description

About the company

At Kingsley Healthcare, we are more than just a care home group - we are a proud, family-run business driven by a passion to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives every single day. Our dedicated teams transform care into a calling, delivering excellence with compassion, integrity, and respect.

As the UK’s only large care home provider to achieve B Corp certification, we continue to lead the sector in responsible, values-driven care. In 2024 and again in 2025, we were honoured to be named Health Investor’s Residential Elderly Large Care Provider of the Year, a testament to our commitment to quality and innovation.

For eight consecutive years, we’ve been recognised among the Top 20 Large UK Care Home Groups by carehome.co.uk, reflecting consistently high standards and resident satisfaction. We are also proud to be a Real Living Wage employer, ensuring that the dedication of our team members is valued and fairly rewarded.

Our commitment to people-first values has earned us outstanding workplace recognition, including a 4.7 rating on Glassdoor, a 4.5 rating on Indeed, and the No.1 ranking in the UK for wellbeing at work (Indeed’s Better Work Awards 2023).

If you\'re passionate about delivering exceptional care and want to be part of a forward-thinking organisation that puts both its residents and people at the heart of everything it does, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role

As our Deputy Manager, you will assist in managing operations within the home in order to reach or exceed goals while assuring the provision of high-quality care. You will be in charge of overseeing the care staff and will be expected to assume full management in the event that the Home Manager is not present.

Through direct instruction and by setting a good example, you will assist in training and supervising care staff in all facets of their work. You will help the Home Manager with pre-admission assessments of residents, ensure that each resident\'s care plan and daily records are kept up to date, and foster effective communication with the residents\' families and other organisations.

Reports to: Home Manager

Skills and attributes

• Previous Deputy Home Manager experience.
• The ability to engage with the service users to understand their needs in order to provide excellent services of care.
• Ability to identify referral pathway for safeguarding adult/abuse.
• Good working knowledge of CQC standards.
• The ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with external care professionals, families, visitors and staffing team.
• Ability to promote ownership of care programs by fully involving service users and their families in developing, agreeing and evaluating care programs within the home.

Education and qualification

• NMC registered nurse with relevant experience - essential.

What will you gain?

You will have the satisfaction of working with and being supported by an enthusiastic and caring team that puts people at the heart of the business. We know the happiness of our staff improves the service we give our residents. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills, and we have the procedures and processes in place to help you at every step.