Deputy General Manager (Clinical)

Barchester Healthcare; Uckfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Nurse Mentor bonus scheme

Skilled Worker visa fee covered

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare in Uckfield is seeking a Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead to support the General Manager and lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering high‑quality care and improved resident wellbeing. You’ll monitor standards, run audits and ensure regulatory compliance to achieve outstanding care outcomes.

You’ll be an RN/RMN with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring qualification, with HR experience, budget awareness and safeguarding expertise.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification.
• Experience managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments.
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team and audit standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead as Deputy Manager and Clinical Lead in absence of GM.
• Set standards, audits and regulatory compliance.
• Support resident quality of life and care standards.
• Mentor and support newly qualified nurses.

Skills

NMC Registered Nurse

Clinical leadership

HR experience

Budget management

Preceptorship

Sales & marketing

Safeguarding investigations

Regulatory compliance

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead 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 YOU

To join us as a Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead, you’ll need to be a Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration and a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification. Experience in helping residents with different health needs is important too, as is 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, an understanding of budget management, and a track record of supporting newly qualified nurses through preceptorship. Finally, you’ll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment.

REWARDS PACKAGE

As 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 Skilled Worker 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.