Job Purpose
To support the Home Manager in all aspects of running the nursing home. You will lead the care and nursing teams to maintain excellent clinical standards, ensure regulatory compliance, and foster a safe, comfortable environment for elderly residents, including those living with dementia. You will also deputise for the Home Manager during periods of absence.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Leadership & Resident Care
- Oversee care standards: Ensure all residents receive safe, effective, and dignified person-centred nursing care.
- Manage care plans: Supervise the creation, implementation, and regular evaluation of detailed person-centred care plans.
- Clinical assessments: Conduct clinical and health needs assessments for prospective and current residents.
- Medication management: Auditing and monitoring the safe administration, storage, and ordering of medications.
- End-of-life & Dementia care: Provide expert guidance on palliative care and therapeutic interventions for residents with advanced dementia.
Staff Management & Team Development
- Line management: Lead, mentor, and motivate a multidisciplinary team of nurses, senior carers, and healthcare assistants.
- Supervisions & Appraisals: Conduct regular clinical supervisions, annual appraisals, and performance management evaluations.
- Rota management: Develop and coordinate staff rotas to ensure a safe and compliant skill mix at all times.
- Training facilitation: Identify training gaps and deliver or facilitate continuous professional development for the team.
Operational Support & Governance
- Deputise for manager: Assume full responsibility for the workplace and daily operations in the absence of the Home Manager.
- Clinical auditing: Run routine audits on infection control, tissue viability, falls management, and care records.
- Regulatory compliance: Maintain strict adherence to local regulatory frameworks, such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards in England.
- Stakeholder relations: Build strong relationships with residents' families, GPs, social workers, and local healthcare authorities.
Requirements & Person Specification
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- Professional Registration: Registered General Nurse (RGN) or Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with a valid, restriction-free NMC PIN.
- Leadership Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience working as a Clinical Lead, Senior Nurse, Unit Manager, or Deputy Manager within an elderly care environment.
- Clinical Expertise: Up-to-date, hands-on clinical skills including venepuncture, catheter care, syringe drivers, and wound management.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Thorough understanding of regulatory standards, safeguarding protocols, and clinical governance frameworks.
Key Skills & Attributes
- Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for interacting with families, medical professionals, and auditors.
- Resilience: The ability to adapt quickly, problem-solve under pressure, and resolve internal team conflicts professionally.
- Compassion: A genuine passion for enriching the lives of older people and upholding high standards of dignity in care.
Pay: £24.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
