Home Manager

Are you an experienced Care Home Manager looking for a new challenge?

Are you passionate about providing excellent care to the elderly?

We are seeking to recruit a dedicated Care Home Manager with proven experience, responsible for ensuring a high level of clinical care and governance is provided to our residents.

Responsibilities include:

The successful candidate will need to have extensive experience in running a residential and nursing care home.

The role includes but is not limited to:

• To manage and support a competent and highly driven team of Clinical Leads and clinical teams; providing the environment which allows support and development of clinical skills effectively
• Work in tandem with the Operations Team, the Deputy Manager and senior care staff to deliver high quality care standards within your home through regular meetings
• Anticipate problems/needs and resolve these in a proactive, independent manner whilst ensuring effective communication
• To promote Residents Rights at all times by ensuring all staff have completed their mandatory training.
• Agree, develop and maintain a relevant clinical knowledge and current best practice depending on personal clinical experience
• Develop and implement clinical and care review processes to effectively monitor clinical and care performance at Home level
• Provide Clinical Supervision as required to qualified Home staff specifically nurses/clinical leads
• Build positive customer relationships and develop the homes relations with relatives, applying a proactive approach to understanding customer needs
• Effectively manage risk to ensure compliance with standards and customer safety at all times
• Liaise closely with all Regulatory bodies in order to build effective relationships. Ensure any requests for information from such Regulatory bodies are responded to promptly
• Support colleagues within our Homes to develop the knowledge and expertise required to deliver clinical care in accordance with best practice advice & guidance
• Conduct competency assessments for key members of the team as and when required, working within personal capabilities and competence
• Establish and maintain effective methods of communication with all stakeholders.
• To maintain staffing levels to those required by CQC, Local Authority and Carewhilst participating in the recruitment of all levels of staff
• Understand and support policies and procedures of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• To maintain confidentiality at all times being mindful of Data Protection and Caldicott Principles, and following the NMC Code of Conduct without exception
• Maintain excellent relationships within the region and also with external agencies to build and maintain a positive reputation in the local community
• Ensure that effective measures are taken to adequately protect the safety and welfare of service users, visitors and staff
• Maintain an awareness of changes in the care environment
• Promote, share and sustain best practice clinical methods at all times
• Drive continuous improvement and support the agreed innovations and technological advances where appropriate
• To ensure compliance with all aspects of employment legislation, personnel checks, references and Disclosure & Barring Service requirements
• To maintain and develop staff training, appraisals and supervision
• To ensure that all documentation required by regulatory bodies is maintained and reviewed as necessary
• To ensure assessments of all prospective Residents are carried out prior to admission
• Any other duties to meet service delivery for our residents.

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of experience as a Residential/Nursing care home manager
• Strong background in elderly and dementia care
• Must be a registered nurse, with a NMC pin number
• Able to lead, develop and inspire both clinical and non-clinical teams
• Working to deadlines and meeting KPI expectations
• Excellent leadership skills
• Sound knowledge of CQC regulations
• The ability to manage a busy workload and prioritise tasks
• Highly motivated and good communication skills

There are many great reasons to join our team and what we can offer:

• Great opportunities for further training and development
• Competitive salary on offer £55,000 per annum
• Plus a Management Bonus Scheme
• Full time, 40 hours per week
• Monday Friday Occasional requirement to work on call, based on the demands of the role
• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time contracts)
• Life insurance
• Free DBS (T & Cs apply)
• Free parking
• Company pension
• Wagestream Same-day pay
• Our employee assist programme healthcare and mental health support
• Free in house training via our elearning platform, your Hippo, in addition to our fully funded apprenticeship courses
• Yearly salary review
• Being part of an organisation where empowering and valuing our people is fundamental to everything we do