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.
• 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 whilst 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.