Nurse Unit Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Loversall; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities

Career prospects

DBS check

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care seeks a Nurse Unit Manager for Quarryfields in Balby, Doncaster. You will lead a team of nurses and care staff, ensuring high standards of care and compliance with CQC requirements while delivering person-centred support.

As a Registered Nurse with a valid NMC PIN, you’ll provide clinical leadership, manage risks, oversee medication processes and support staff development across day and night shifts.

Qualifications

• First-level registered nurse with valid NMC PIN.
• Post-registration management or supervisory experience.
• Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team and drive quality care.

Responsibilities

• Lead unit’s care and nursing teams to meet medical, physical and emotional needs.
• Provide strong clinical leadership to maintain high care standards and drive improvement.
• Oversee unit's clinical elements and risks.

Skills

Leadership

Nurse leadership

Team management

Communication skills

Digital skills

Education

NMC PIN

Tools

Electronic records

Job description

Nurse Unit Manager

Position: Unit Manager (RGN, RMN, RNLD)

Care home: Quarryfields

Location: Balby, Doncaster, DN4 8EP

Contract type: Full time, 36 hours per week to work across days and nights (must be flexible)

Rate: £22.48 per hour

Care home CQC rating: Rated 'Good' by CQC

This is an exciting opportunity to use your nursing leadership skills to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Unit Manager at Quarryfields learning disability service in Balby.

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.

About Exemplar Health Care

Quarryfields is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with a learning disability and/or autism, and complex mental health needs.

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 Unit Manager with Exemplar Health Care, you’ll be at the forefront of clinical care delivery for the people living on your designated unit.

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

• leading your unit’s care and nursing teams 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
• overseeing and managing all your unit’s clinical elements and risks
• ensuring care plans and risk assessments are completed and reviewed in a timely manner and reflect care interventions appropriately
• 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 unit’s ordering, handling, storage, administration, recording and disposal of medication.

About you

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

You’ll be a natural role model with the ability to manage your unit’s team of Registered Nurses, Nurse Associates and Health Care Assistants.

You’ll also have:

• 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.

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