Deputy Manager

NHS; Chapeltown; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chapeltown is seeking a Deputy Manager to join their senior clinical management team. The successful candidate will oversee nursing assessments, ensure quality care, and provide leadership. Key qualifications include a Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification and experience in clinical settings. Join a passionate team dedicated to high-quality care and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in supervision of junior staff.
• Experience of working with older adults with dementia.
• Experience of practicing in a clinical setting with services users that have complex and enhanced dementia.
• Experience of working in a clinical setting where physical assessment and/or triage skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and management alongside the Clinical Manager.
• Conduct thorough supervision of Band 5 nurses.
• Ensure effective communication occurs with residents and their relatives.

Skills

Knowledge of assessment planning and implementation of care plans

Ability to participate and deliver clinical supervision

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification and registration with NMC

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Job description

Overview

Go back Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 16 November 2025

Responsibilities

The post is part of the senior clinical management team, which consists of the Registered / Clinical Manager, fellow Deputy Managers / Senior Nurses. This post will assist in ensuring the smooth running of the Home and the provision of good quality care, activity, and nutrition including the maintenance of a clean, safe environment. The post holder will also act as duty manager, in the absence of the Clinical / Registered Manager. The Deputy Manager will provide clinical leadership and management alongside the Clinical Manager for the unit.

Main duties of the job

• Thorough supervision of Band 5 nurses, to ensure that a detailed nursing assessment is carried out for new residents, and that they have a comprehensive, clear, and up-to-date plan of care designed to meet the individuals identified care needs, and that these plans are regularly reviewed
• Quality assurance through the auditing of care plans and drug charts, identifying best practice and identifying areas of improvement back to the senior clinical management team
• To ensure the appropriate involvement of residents, their relatives, and friends in their care and to ensure that clear, effective communication occurs with the person identified as the main carer, or appropriate contact, for the resident
• To maintain and improve communication systems within Birch Avenue, and with community professionals who come into the Home
• To ensure that qualified staff are supported in developing best practice within the home, through working alongside them, and through supervision and formal and informal teaching
• To provide clinical advice and expertise to colleagues in Birch Avenue, taking a lead role in particular areas, working with the Manager and Senior Management Team

About us

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

Job responsibilities

Clinical

• To assess people on the waiting list to ensure the environment can meet their needs, and to ensure a smooth transition of care as they take up their tenancy by drawing up an initial care plan, communicating this to staff and supporting residents, their relatives, and staff through the transition
• Thorough supervision of Band 5 nurses, to ensure that a detailed nursing assessment is carried out for new residents, and that they have a comprehensive, clear, and up-to-date plan of care designed to meet the individuals identified care needs, and that these plans are regularly reviewed
• Quality assurance trough the auditing of care plans and drug charts, identifying best practice and identifying areas of improvement back to the senior clinical management team
• To ensure the appropriate involvement of residents, their relatives, and friends in their care and to ensure that clear, effective communication occurs with the person identified as the main carer, or appropriate contact, for the resident
• To maintain and improve communication systems within Birch Avenue, and with community professionals who come into the Home
• To be responsible for monitoring that structured handovers are taking place in the format agreed by the management team
• To ensure that qualified staff are supported in developing best practice within the home, through working alongside them, and through supervision and formal and informal teaching
• To accompany the GP on doctors rounds and reviews of residents when necessary and communicate this back to staff through handovers and care records
• To provide clinical advice and expertise to colleagues in Birch Avenue, taking a lead role in particular areas, working with the Manager and Senior Management Team
• To work flexibly to meet service requirements within contracted hours which will involve acting as duty manager, and also working shifts on clinical areas when the need arises. This will involve working some evenings and weekends and other variable hours should the need be identified
• To manage and lead junior staff in the delivery of high-quality care to residents. To ensure the appropriate delegation of key tasks to junior staff
• To work to Professional Codes of Conduct, Care Quality Commission Outcomes and SHSC Policies and Procedures in conjunction to close working with relevant Housing Association and to ensure junior staff also comply with these standards

Principal duties

• To work flexibly to meet service requirements within contracted hours which will involve acting as duty manager, and also working shifts on clinical areas when the need arises. This will involve working some evenings and weekends and other variable hours should the need be identified
• To manage and lead junior staff in the delivery of high-quality care to residents. To ensure the appropriate delegation of key tasks to junior staff
• To work to Professional Codes of Conduct, Care Quality Commission Outcomes and SHSC Policies and Procedures in conjunction to close working with relevant Housing Association and to ensure junior staff also comply with these standards

Be personally responsible for maintaining professional registration with the NMC. Failure to produce evidence of periodic registration on time may lead to regrading/dismissal

Person Specification

Training and Qualification

• Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification and registration with NMC
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Knowledge and skills

• Knowledge of assessment planning and implementation of care plans
• Ability to participate and deliver clinical supervision.

Experience

• Experience in supervision of junior staff
• Experience of working with older adults with a dementia
• Experience of practicing in a clinical setting with services users that have complex and enhanced dementia
• Experience of working in a clinical setting where physical assessment and / or triage skills are required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust