Deputy Manager

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Edenbridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Edenbridge is seeking a Deputy Manager to support the General Manager in operating a person-centred care home. The role involves providing leadership, ensuring high-quality care, and meeting performance targets. Applicants should have at least two years' experience in a management position, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to the organization's values of caring and respect. This is an opportunity to impact residents' lives positively while working in a supportive team environment.

Benefits

DBS Disclosure check covered

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' experience in a similar management position.
• Excellent leadership and management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Support the General Manager in operating a compliant care home.
• Provide ongoing leadership and management to the staff team.
• Ensure adherence to medication policies and procedures.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

IT systems competency

Flexibility

Job description

The Deputy Manager role at Avery Healthcare is a crucial position that supports the General Manager in operating a compliant and effective person-centred care home. The successful candidate will play a key role in providing inspirational leadership, ensuring high-quality care, and meeting commercial performance targets. The role requires a minimum of two years' experience in a similar management position, excellent leadership and communication skills, and a commitment to living the organization's values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable.

Main duties of the job

As the Deputy Manager, your focus will be to support the General Manager in running a compliant and effective person-centred care home that provides a safe, caring, and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors. This will involve responsibilities such as providing ongoing inspirational leadership and management to the staff team, ensuring medication policies and procedures are adhered to, monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, and completing monthly audits and quality reports. You will also be expected to attend weekly clinical meetings and monitor clinical risk areas in the home.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. The organization is committed to creating meaningful experiences for its residents and team members alike, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together.' Avery operates over 100 care homes across the country, offering exceptional care and a supportive, inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. Were now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Deputy Manager. If this sounds like the place for you, wed love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Care Home Deputy Manager will be to support the General Manager to operate a compliant and effective person-centred care home which provides a safe, caring and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors, whilst meeting stringent professional and statutory standards and commercial performance targets.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Providing on-going inspirational leadership and management to the staff team.
• Ensuring that medication policies and procedures are adhered to and support with the reviewing of medication and administration.
• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting on care and care plans.
• Completing monthly audits, quality indicator report and any other report as required.
• Attending weekly clinical meetings and monitor clinical risk areas in the home.

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have a minimum of two years experience working in a similar care environment, in a management position.
• Have excellent leadership and management skills.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and be competent in use of IT systems.
• Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

ABOUT AVERY

At Avery, were not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes were a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and were passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you will need a minimum of two years' experience working in a similar care environment, in a management position. You should also have excellent leadership and management skills, the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, and be competent in the use of IT systems. Additionally, you should be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

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.