Care Improvement Partner in Swindon

Covering England and Scotland

Salary: £45,736.60 per annum, rising to £48,157.20 after 12 months of service, plus a car allowance of £8,445.03 per annum.

35 hours per week

Your role

• Provide expertise, detailed understanding and practical guidance on regulatory compliance, care legislation and inspection regimes and action to ensure achievement of CQC and CI, legislative and organisational requirements and service delivery requirement.
• Ensure the highest level of care standards are maintained at all times through quality improvements, assessments, monitoring throughout the business demonstrating learning and sharing best practice.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues from other departments across the business to ensure continuous improvements and high standards of care quality.
• Represent the quality and clinical team at internal and external events as and when required.
• Work with residential and nursing home colleagues to ensure the effective use of systems and processes including compliance with policies and procedure.
• Provide support and guidance to ensure the effective practical application of theoretical principles and training concepts, acting as a role model for excellence in the delivery of care practices and standards.
• Maintain knowledge and expertise in care standards, regulatory compliance requirement and internal policy and procedures.

Qualifications and Experience

• Level 4 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent proof of continued professional development.
• Proven relevant leadership and management experience in the care sector.
• Proven experience in care, in a residential environment.
• Detailed understanding of regulatory compliance, care legislation and inspection regime.
• Experience of change management and/or managing challenged services.
• Proven ability to manage effective delivery of projects.
• Compassionate and clear leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills including understanding of written and spoken English.
• Able to interpret, analyse data from multiple complex systems.
• Effective time management and diary planning.

Your rewards

• 25 days’ annual leave pro rata (rising to 30, including bank holidays).
• Occupational sick pay linked to length of service.
• Pension matched up to 7%.
• Health and wellbeing support, including Aviva Digicare+ with virtual GP appointments, plus an Employee Assistance Programme offering medical, financial, and legal advice, as well as short-term counselling.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Parental leave arrangements.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Annual leave purchase scheme.
• Company-funded training and ongoing career development opportunities.
• Flexible working options.
• Inclusive culture with staff networks including PRISM, Disability, Race Equality and Parent networks.
• Free meals on long shifts.
• Exclusive retail discounts, Cycle to Work, and salary sacrifice arrangements.

Before you apply

We can only accept applications from individuals with the right to work in the UK. All roles require safeguarding and pre-employment checks, including criminal records and overseas police checks if needed; for more information, please get in touch. Internal candidates should apply via their internal careers account. We may close this advert early, so please apply as soon as possible.

Inclusion statement

Inclusion is one of our core values. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process in line with our Disability Confident employer status.