Nurse Unit Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Bishop Auckland; On-site; GBP 44,928 - 54,912; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent supervision and peer support

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Paid NMC membership

Paid access to RCNi Learning platform

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Nurse Unit Manager for Laurel Place care home in Bishop Auckland, offering an exciting opportunity to lead a nursing team and impact resident care.

This full-time position demands flexibility and involves substantial responsibilities including overseeing clinical risks and ensuring high-quality care.

Benefits include excellent training, peer support, and various employee discounts.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC PIN.
• Management or supervisory experience.
• Excellent clinical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead care and nursing teams to meet needs of residents.
• Maintain high standards of care and drive improvement.
• Oversee clinical elements and risks in the unit.
• Ensure care plans and risk assessments are completed.
• Act as Named Nurse for allocated residents.
• Supervise medication management.
• Role model for nursing team.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Clinical skills

Communication skills

Digital skills

Education

First-level nursing registration with valid NMC PIN

Management or supervisory experience

Job description

Care home: Laurel Place
Location: Gudmensen Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RG
Contract type: Full time - Must be flexible
Rate: £24.00 per hour

This is an exciting opportunity to use your nursing leadership skills to make a real difference every day.

Join us as a Nurse Unit Manager at Laurel Place care home in Bishop Auckland

In this role, you’ll work at a senior level, under the leadership of the Clinical Nurse Manager, to manage a team of nursing and care colleagues, drive quality and maintain high standards of care on your unit.

As a Registered Nurse with us, you’ll 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead your unit’s care and nursing teams to ensure we meet the medical, physical and emotional needs of the people we support.
• Provide strong leadership to maintain and continuously develop high standards of care and drive continuous improvement.
• Oversee and manage all your unit’s clinical elements and risks.
• Ensure care plans and risk assessments are completed and reviewed in a timely manner and reflect care interventions appropriately.
• Act as the Named Nurse for residents allocated to you, with responsibility for the oversight, review and update of their care profiles.
• Supervise and manage the ordering, handling, storage, administration, recording and disposal of medication.
• Be a natural role model with the ability to manage your unit’s team of Registered Nurses, Nurse Associates and Health Care Assistants.
• Identify with our core values: fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Qualifications

• A first‑level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.
• Post‑registration and management or supervisory experience and/or training or qualifications.
• A thorough understanding of best practice in nursing care.
• An excellent range of clinical and communication skills that you’re 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.

What we offer

• 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.

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.