Care home: Laurel Place
Location: Gudmensen Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RG
Contract type: Full time - Must be flexible
Rate: £24.00 per hour
This is an exciting opportunity to use your nursing leadership skills to make a real difference every day.
Join us as a Nurse Unit Manager at Laurel Place care home in Bishop Auckland
In this role, you’ll work at a senior level, under the leadership of the Clinical Nurse Manager, to manage a team of nursing and care colleagues, drive quality and maintain high standards of care on your unit.
As a Registered Nurse with us, you’ll be empowered to really make a difference.
Our high staffing levels give you the time to provide truly person‑centred nursing care, with a supportive team around you.
And our excellent training and career development pathways support you to be the best Nurse you can be.
Responsibilities
- Lead your unit’s care and nursing teams to ensure we meet the medical, physical and emotional needs of the people we support.
- Provide strong leadership to maintain and continuously develop high standards of care and drive continuous improvement.
- Oversee and manage all your unit’s clinical elements and risks.
- Ensure care plans and risk assessments are completed and reviewed in a timely manner and reflect care interventions appropriately.
- Act as the Named Nurse for residents allocated to you, with responsibility for the oversight, review and update of their care profiles.
- Supervise and manage the ordering, handling, storage, administration, recording and disposal of medication.
- Be a natural role model with the ability to manage your unit’s team of Registered Nurses, Nurse Associates and Health Care Assistants.
- Identify with our core values: fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
Qualifications
- A first‑level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.
- Post‑registration and management or supervisory experience and/or training or qualifications.
- A thorough understanding of best practice in nursing care.
- An excellent range of clinical and communication skills that you’re able to demonstrate.
- An enthusiastic approach to encouraging and motivating people.
- The ability to work confidently on your own initiative.
- A good standard of digital skills.
What we offer
- Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects.
- Retail and lifestyle reward discounts.
- Free DBS check.
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
- Paid NMC membership.
- Paid access to the RCNi Learning platform.
- 24/7 counselling and support.
- Blue Light Card eligibility.
Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
