About The Role
Salary Up to £55,000 per annum depending on experience
Hours per week: 40
Location: Chorleywood Manor Care Home, Chorleywood
At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; We recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, support your career development and offer a range of apprenticeships, and cover the cost of your Blue Light Card so that you can enjoy a wide variety of retail and leisure discounts.
We are seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as Care Home Deputy Manager.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your focus as Care Home Deputy Manager will be to support the Home Manager to operate a compliant and effective Person-Centred care Home which provides a safe, caring and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors, whilst meeting stringent professional and statutory standards and commercial performance targets.
Other responsibilities include:
1. Providing on-going inspirational leadership and management to the staff team
2. Ensuring that medication policies and procedures are adhered to and support with the reviewing of medication and administration.
3. Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting on care and care plans.
4. Completing monthly audits, quality indicator report and any other report as required.
5. Attending weekly clinical meetings and monitor clinical risk areas in the home.
This list is not an exhaustive list of the responsibilities, and other tasks and responsibilities may be allocated to the role which are appropriate for the skills and experience expected in this role.
About You
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
6. Have a minimum of two years experience working in a similar care environment, in a management position.
7. Have excellent leadership and management skills.
8. Have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, and be competent in use of IT systems.
9. Possess sound knowledge of the Care Standards Act 2000, the Key lines of enquiry and safeguarding.
10. Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.