Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead (RN)

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Nurse Mentor bonus schemes

Refer a Friend bonus schemes

Skilled Worker visa application fee 2

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited is seeking a Care Home Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead to support the General Manager and lead the clinical team in delivering high-quality care.

You’ll oversee audits, regulatory compliance, and risk assessments while inspiring a multidisciplinary team to achieve the best possible quality of life for residents. This role requires strong nursing leadership and mentoring skills.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN/RMN) with current NMC registration.
• Teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification is required.
• Experience with residents' diverse health needs and safeguarding investigations.
• HR experience, budget management knowledge and preceptorship support is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead care delivery in absence of General Manager and support leadership duties.
• Inspire and manage multidisciplinary teams to deliver quality care and audits.
• Monitor regulatory compliance and supervise clinical practice.
• Develop and deliver strategies to improve resident quality of life.
• Foster a compassionate, resilient, and energetic care environment.

Skills

Nursing leadership

HR experience

Sales & marketing knowledge

Budget management

Preceptorship support

Safeguarding investigations

Clinical risk assessments

Mentoring & supervision

Education

NMC nursing registration (RN/RMN)

Teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification

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 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.