Home Manager - Care Home (Permanent)

Here at Wellburn, our lovely family run business operates a little differently to a lot of other businesses. Our recruitment policy is as much to do with personality as it is about qualifications.

Excellent rates of pay, ongoing wellbeing and mental health initiatives, £500 refer a friend scheme, and birthday wishes – prize draw each month to have your birthday off.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered Manager. You will be a strong, motivated and committed individual who will manage a 38 bed care home, providing residential care for elderly residents with dementia.

You will have excellent knowledge and a proven track record of health and safety legislation, along with knowledge and experience of safeguarding of vulnerable adults. We are looking for someone who has a full driving licence, who is flexible in their approach along with strong interpersonal and communications skills.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that the home operates according to its registration status and conditions and complies with all legal requirements.
• Developing, promoting and maintaining high standards of care and best practice.
• Managing effectively and efficiently the financial, human and material resources needed by the home.
• Ensuring all staff receive a copy of the Codes of Practice for social care.
• Maintaining the day-to-day running of the home on behalf of the registered provider and meeting all legal requirements.
• Developing an ethos that reflects residents' individual needs and celebrates their individual differences and diversity.
• Addressing the care and health needs of each resident and ensuring they are kept safe and well protected.
• Ensuring the emotional, spiritual, physical, medical and material needs of the residents are recognised, assessed and met where possible.
• Providing effective support and supervision to the home's staff.
• Engaging in business planning and marketing of the home.
• Establishing effective working relationships with other professionals, agencies and CQC inspectors.
• Investigating complaints and taking appropriate action.
• Taking responsibility for the recruitment, appointment and deployment of care, catering, domestic and other staff employed by the home.
• Planning and managing the required staff complement, cover, levels and rotas.
• Planning, organising and implementing effective staff induction, supervision, appraisal and training in accordance with statutory requirements and standards.
• Maintaining account ledgers, cash books and documentation as required in law.
• Assisting in the application of disciplinary rules, and in the implementation of disciplinary procedures.
• Supervising all aspects of catering in the Home to ensure that required standards of Food Hygiene are achieved.
• Assisting in the planning of menus, ensuring that any special dietary requirements are met.
• Completing CQC Notifications/Safeguarding in line with legal obligations.
• Ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act (1998).
• Commitment to promoting and developing the highest quality personal care for the home's residents.
• Ability to work with other health/care professionals.
• Knowledge of local and national codes of practice relating to care for older people.
• Good planning and organisational skills.