As a Community Lead within Barchester's Residential Care Homes, you'll play a vital role in making our residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling. You'll lead and supervise a team of Carers and Senior Carers, ensuring our residents receive the person-centred care and support they deserve. With senior-level care experience and a strong understanding of clinical care for older people, you'll be a role model and trusted figure for both our residents and their families.
Main duties of the job
The Community Lead role will involve some clinical responsibilities, such as recording observations on weight and blood pressure, and carrying out simple wound dressing procedures. You'll build key relationships within the home and externally, always focusing on respecting our residents' independence, privacy, dignity and choice. As a leader, you'll inspire trust and confidence in your team, empowering them to put our residents and their families first.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering high-quality residential, nursing, dementia and specialist care. With a strong focus on person-centred care, Barchester is committed to creating vibrant, supportive environments where both residents and staff can thrive.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Community Lead within our Residential Care Homes at Barchester, you'll help to make our residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling so that we can deliver the person-centred care and support they deserve. Always focusing on respecting our residents' independence, privacy, dignity and choice, while leading and supervising our team of Carers and Senior Carers.
The role of Community Lead will involve some clinical responsibilities, including recording observations on weight and blood pressure, and carrying out simple wound dressing procedures. Across everything you do, you'll be a role model for your team and someone our residents and their families can trust to provide a safe, reassuring and happy environment. You will build key relationships within the home and externally.
ABOUT YOUYou'll need senior-level care experience to join us as a Community Lead. You'll also have supervised others and developed a good understanding of how to provide clinical care for the older person. We’ll look for a Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification. Enthusiastic, tenacious and full of integrity, your caring approach and strong communication skills mean you inspire trust in others. Most of all, you’ll share our commitment to maintaining a vibrant, supportive culture that empowers our people to put our residents and their families first.
REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
Free learning and development A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
If you'd like to use your leadership and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* You’ll need senior-level care experience, as well as the ability to supervise others and a good understanding of providing clinical care for older people. A Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care, plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification, are required.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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