Care Home Deputy Manager (Nursing)

Kingsley Healthcare Group; Woolverstone; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive induction and training

Career development and progression

Employee Assistance Programme

Blue Light Card Scheme

Loyalty Bonus: extra holidays

DBS disclosure paid

NMC PIN renewal paid

Job summary

Spring Lodge Care Home in Ipswich (Woolverstone) seeks a Deputy Manager (Clinical) to support the Home Manager in delivering safe, compassionate nursing care in line with regulatory standards. You will lead clinical governance, mentor nursing staff, and ensure accurate documentation and record keeping.

You will oversee medication management, care plans, pre-admission assessments, and evaluation of residents’ needs, maintaining liaison with families and external agencies to guarantee continuity

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse with relevant experience - essential.
• Deputy Home Manager experience preferred.
• Knowledge of CQC standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical governance and lead nursing teams to deliver safe care.
• Mentor and supervise nurses and care staff; conduct audits.
• Oversee care plans, medication management, and documentation.
• Support pre-admission and risk assessments; liaise with families and professionals.
• Ensure continuity and quality of care in line with policy.

Skills

Deputy Home Manager

CQC standards knowledge

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

NMC registered nurse

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.

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 (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?

Spring Lodge Care Home, Ipswich, Suffolk

Pay:: £50,000 per year

Type: Permanent

Shift: Days

Benefits

• Comprehensive induction and training programme.
• Opportunities for career development and progression.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Blue Light Card Scheme. We’ll reimburse the enrolment fee of this fantastic scheme that offers discounts on holidays, days out and over 15,000 national brands.
• Loyalty Bonus: Accrue up to 5 additional holiday days depending on length of service.
• We’ll pay for your full DBS disclosure
• Annual NMC PIN renewal paid

Location

A charming period property with oodles of character, Spring Lodge Care Home is comfortably nestled in the peaceful village of Woolverstone on the stunning Shotley Peninsula. For those searching for the best care homes in/around Ipswich, Spring Lodge is the perfect location for residential, respite and dementia care.

Main Road, Woolverstone, Ipswich IP9 1AX

Your right to work in the UK

In accordance with the Asylum and immigration Act 2006 you will need to demonstrate your eligibility for employment in the United Kingdom.