Unit Manager - Clinical

Bupa Global; Guildford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Bupa as a Clinical Unit Manager at Waverley Grange Nursing and Residential Home in Guildford. In this role, you'll lead a dedicated team delivering high-quality personalized care, ensuring residents maintain their dignity and independence. You'll build strong relationships within the community while promoting Bupa's values of care and respect. This opportunity offers comprehensive benefits and a supportive work environment focused on professional growth.

Benefits

My Healthcare - 24/7 support

Annual allowance for healthcare products

Wagestream - access to earned wages

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Free meal on every shift

Interest-free annual travel loan

Bupa pension plans

Parental leave schemes

Access to gym discounts

Qualifications

• Passionate about caring for the elderly.
• Able to lead, motivate, and mentor a team.
• Genuine commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess residents' well-being and ensure care standards.
• Deliver clinical guidance and manage team operations.
• Build relationships with residents, families, and local partners.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Empathy

Education

Registered Nurse with valid NMC pin

Job description

Job Description - Unit Manager - Clinical (WAV00K3)

Requisition Title

Job Number:

WAV00K3

Waverley Grange Nursing and Residential Home

Surrey GU9 8BH

Clinical Unit Manager

CQC rating: Good

We make health happen

Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence, and honoring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Waverley Grange Care Home is a residential care home providing personal and nursing care for up to 52 residents. The home provides care and support to people with various health conditions, including some living with dementia.

Whether you’re taking charge of a unit or a floor, you’ll promote our residents’ independence, choice, and dignity by ensuring the team provides the highest standards of care at all times.

• With the help of your team, you’ll assess each resident’s wellbeing – making sure their physical, emotional, and social needs are met – always maintaining accurate records.
• Delivering clinical guidance to your team, you’ll lead by example; motivating and mentoring the team to ensure the safe, smooth, and efficient running of the care home.
• You’ll build lasting relationships with residents and their families, as well as caring about the home itself — fostering a sense of community.
• Creating and developing strong relationships with local partners, you will liaise with these partners, playing an important role in raising the care home’s profile in the local area and beyond.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• A Registered Nurse with a valid NMC pin and a genuine commitment to adhering to the NMC Codes of Conduct and expanding your professional development.
• You’re passionate about caring for the elderly and have a flair for helping people maintain their independence, choice, and dignity.
• An effective communicator who’s able to build strong and honest relationships with residents and their families.
• Someone who’s ready to use their clinical experience to lead, motivate, and mentor a team – who’s able to delegate effectively and promote excellent customer service and relationships.
• A respectful and compassionate team player with the belief in giving your personal best.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role, you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, and mental health support.
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
• 28 days holiday.
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa, we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays, and money!
• Free meal on every shift.
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site.
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents, and co-parents - find out more on our career site.
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment, and take control of their health.
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives, and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

* Your starter bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI.

** Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.