Care Home Deputy Manager (Nursing)

Kingsley Healthcare Group; Norwich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Norwich seeks a Deputy Manager (Clinical) to support the Home Manager in delivering high-quality nursing care. Responsibilities include clinical governance, mentoring staff, and ensuring compliance with CQC standards. Ideal candidates are NMC registered nurses with experience as a Deputy Home Manager. The position offers opportunities for professional development in a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for skill development

Qualifications

• Must be NMC registered with relevant experience.
• Experience as a Deputy Home Manager is essential.
• Ability to build relationships with service users and care professionals.

Responsibilities

• Support Home Manager in delivering nursing care.
• Conduct clinical audits and oversee medication management.
• Mentor nursing and care staff.

Skills

Deputy Home Manager experience

Engagement with service users

Safeguarding knowledge

Knowledge of CQC standards

Relationship building

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

About the role

As our Deputy Manager (Clinical), you will play a key role in supporting the Home Manager to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care in line with regulatory standards and best practice. You will provide clinical leadership to the care and nursing teams, ensuring that residents receive person‑centred care that promotes dignity, choice, and wellbeing.

You will take responsibility for the clinical governance and the running of the service of the home in the absence of the Home Manager, ensuring care delivery meets CQC requirements and aligns with company policies and procedures. Your role will include mentoring and supervising nurses and care staff, conducting clinical audits, reviewing and updating care plans, overseeing medication management, and ensuring accurate documentation and record keeping.

You will also support with pre‑admission assessments, risk assessments, and ongoing evaluations of residents’ needs, maintaining close liaison with healthcare professionals, residents’ families, and external agencies to ensure continuity and quality of care and other aspects of running the home.

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.