Nurse Unit Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supervision & support

Discounts

DBS check

Car salary sacrifice

NMC membership

RCNi access

Counselling

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care's Willowbeck care home in Sheffield is seeking a Nurse Unit Manager to lead a team of nurses and care colleagues on night shifts, ensuring high standards of care and quality delivery. You will be the Named Nurse for residents, drive clinical governance, oversee care plans, and manage medication processes while supporting a skilled team of Registered Nurses, Nurse Associates and HCAs.

The role requires NMC registration, post-registration leadership or supervisory experience,

Qualifications

• First-level nursing registration with NMC PIN.
• Post-registration and management or supervisory experience or training.

Responsibilities

• Lead the care and nursing team on night shift to meet medical, physical and emotional needs of residents.
• Provide strong leadership to maintain and develop high standards of care and drive improvement.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and policies (observation, handover, care planning, risk assessment).
• Act as Named Nurse for assigned residents with oversight of care profiles.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing

Communication

Initiative

Digital skills

Job description

Nurse Unit Manager

Position: Nurse Unit Manager (RGN, RMN, RNLD)
Care home: Willowbeck
Location: 95 Holywell Road, Sheffield, S4 8AR
Contract type: Full Time
Rate: Up to £22.65 per hour

This is an exciting opportunity to use your nursing leadership skills to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Nurse Unit Manager at Willowbeck care home in Sheffield.

In this role, youll work at a senior level, under the leadership of the Clinical Nurse Manager, to manage a team of nursing and care colleagues on night shift, drive quality and maintain high standards of care.

As a Registered Nurse with us, youll be empowered to really make a difference.

Our high staffing levels give you the time to provide truly person-centred nursing care, with a supportive team around you.

And our excellent training and career development pathways support you to be the best Nurse you can be.

About Exemplar Health Care

Willowbeck is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the countrys leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, neurological conditions including brain injuries and strokes, and physical disabilities. The team is trained to support those living with tracheostomies and require ventilated care.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

As a Nurse Unit Manager with Exemplar Health Care, youll be at the forefront of clinical care delivery for the people living in your home.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• leading the care and nursing team when on shift to ensure we meet the medical, physical and emotional needs of the people we support
• providing strong leadership to maintain and continuously develop high standards of care and drive continuous improvement
• ensuring compliance with our clinical governance framework including following our observation, handover, care planning and risk assessment policies and processes
• acting as the Named Nurse for residents allocated to you, with responsibility for the oversight, review and update of their care profiles
• the supervision and management of your units ordering, handling, storage, administration, recording and disposal of medication.

About you

Above all, youre someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Youll be a natural role model with the ability to manage your units team of Registered Nurses, Nurse Associates and Health Care Assistants.

Youll also have:

• a thorough understanding of best practice in nursing care
• an excellent range of clinical and communication skills that youre able to demonstrate
• an enthusiastic approach to encouraging and motivating people
• the ability to work confidently on your own initiative
• a good standard of digital skills.

To apply for this role, you must have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.

As this is a management role, you should also have post-registration and management or supervisory experience and/or training or qualifications. This is a great opportunity for a Registered Nurse who wants to progress into management.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• free DBS check
• electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• paid NMC membership
• paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.