Care Home Deputy Manager (Nursing)

Kingsley Healthcare (Ds) Ltd; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a family-owned care home group as a Deputy Manager, where your leadership will ensure high-quality care for residents. This role offers the chance to work alongside a dedicated team, fostering relationships with service users and their families while maintaining CQC standards. You'll play a crucial role in training staff and managing operations, ensuring that every resident receives the care they deserve. With a strong emphasis on staff wellbeing and development, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a supportive environment. If you’re passionate about care and ready to take on a leadership role, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse with relevant experience is essential.
• Previous experience as a Deputy Home Manager is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing operations and overseeing care staff.
• Help with pre-admission assessments and updating care plans.

Skills

Deputy Home Manager experience

Engagement with service users

Knowledge of CQC standards

Building relationships with care professionals

Promoting care program ownership

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

About the company

Family-owned Kingsley Healthcare is a UK top 20 ranked care home group (carehome.co.uk) employing 2,000-plus staff and supporting 1,400 residents.

We have a sector-leading 4.7 Glassdoor rating and are proud to be a Real Living Wage employer. Furthermore, we are proud to have been ranked Number 1 in the UK for work wellbeing in recruiter Indeed’s Better Work Awards 2023. A true testament to Kingsley’s caring ethos.

Role Overview

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

This role could be for you if you have:

1. Previous Deputy Home Manager experience.
2. The ability to engage with the service users to understand their needs in order to provide excellent services of care.
3. Good working knowledge of CQC standards.
4. The ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with external care professionals, families, visitors and staffing team.
5. 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.

Qualifications required for the role

NMC registered nurse with relevant experience - essential.

What will you get from the role?

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.