Deputy General Manager (Clinical)

Role description

Job summary

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 recor

Main duties of the job

This role involves being a Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead at a Barchester care home, where you will support the delivery of high-quality care. You'll work closely with the General Manager, taking on leadership duties in their absence, ensuring care standards, and motivating your team. The position requires inspiring a multidisciplinary team to help residents enjoy the best possible quality of life. Responsibilities include leading by example, monitoring standards through audits, and checking regulatory compliance. As a member of the team, you'll need to be a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and possess a teaching/mentoring/supervision qualification. You must have experience in assisting residents with different health needs and managing safeguarding investigations. Other requirements include HR experience, knowledge of sales and marketing, budget management understanding, and supporting newly qualified nurses through preceptorship. You should be compassionate, resilient, and determined to deliver quality care.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a renowned provider of care and services, known for its commitment to quality care in its residential homes. The organisation places a strong emphasis on creating environments where residents can enjoy the best possible quality of life. Barchester Healthcare supports its staff by offering one of the best rewards packages in the care sector, including free learning and development opportunities, a profit share scheme, and various discounts. The organisation also offers a Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes and is willing to pay the Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses. Barchester Healthcare strives to be a rewarding and empowering place for employees to work, valuing the clinical and people skills every team member contributes. With a reputation for setting the highest standards in care and compliance, the organisation focuses on delivering strategies that empower staff and ensure residents receive quality care.