Job Description
We Care Group
We Care Group are a family owned company. Founded on the tradition of healthcare excellence, we bring a combination of the highest quality health care services and experienced, compassionate and dedicated staff to all of our nursing and care homes
We offer a warm, supportive and uplifting environment, where our residents are able to maintain their own individuality and feel at home. We take pride in being both small enough to care and large enough to be able to care. After all, we believe in ‘caring for our loved ones, like they cared for us!
Benefits
* Quarterly Bonus
* DBS costs are covered and uniforms provided by Employer
* Employer Contributory Pension of 3%
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Company Events (such as Care Awards)
* Buddy System (£200)
* Employee of the Month (£100)
* Employee Competitions with Love2Shop Vouchers
* Free Tea/Coffee and Soup/Sandwiches
* Free On-Site Parking
About The Role
About you
You will need to have current NMC registration and a good knowledge of the most up-to-date clinical practices and experience of producing well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments is important too, as is an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. Dedicated and compassionate, you’ll pride yourself on your person-centred, thoughtful approach to nursing.
Job Overview
Must have both experience working as a Deputy Manager in Nursing and Care home environments with a valid PIN & an understanding of the Standards as set out by the Care Quality Commission.
The role would is 40 hours per week, 16 hours supernumerary, 18 hours on the floor.
The Successful candidate will support the Registered Manager by leading a nursing team in driving forward standards of excellent clinical practice and a broader care team promoting excellent care delivery.
Supporting service manager during supernumerary shifts to monitor and review standards of care and performance in order to meet CQC regulations.
You will need to have current NMC registration and a good knowledge of the most up-to-date clinical practices and experience of producing well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments is important too, as is an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. Dedicated and compassionate, you’ll pride yourself on your person-centred, thoughtful approach to nursing.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Job
* Ensure Service Users are at the heart of the care delivery and their wishes and preferences enhance their wellbeing.
* Undertake the Care Planning activities for Service Users to meet changing physical, psychological and social needs, taking into consideration privacy, dignity, personal choice, and informed consent.
* Ensure Care Plans are developed in collaboration with Service Users, their family, and friends (where appropriate) and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Undertake all aspects of medicine management in line with legal, professional, and regulatory requirements.
* Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals they support
* Work within the NMC Code of Conduct
* Act as a mentor to others and help to build strong team relationships.
* Update and monitor care plans, reviewing them as and when required
* Demonstrate strong clinical skills
* Ensuring that all documentation is compliant with NMC guidelines and legislation.
* Liaise with other healthcare professionals
* To provide nursing care in accordance with current best practice, according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations under the direction of the Manager and within the financial plans agreed from time-to-time
Skills Needed
About The Company
We treat all of our residents as individuals. We care about their unique needs as well as their likes and dislikes, hobbies and past times. We make sure every one of our residents is provided with a completely personalised care plan; giving them dignity, choice and independence in a home from home environment.
Our reputation is built on more than 15 years of experience in care and we work hard to make sure that all of our homes provide a safe, homely and happy setting for residents – we want our homes to be their homes. This also means that all of our 30 homes are completely unique, designed to meet the individual needs of our residents and make the most of the home environment and its surroundings.
Each home has a dedicated team delivering round-the-clock care to meet the varying and often complex needs of our residents. We continually invest in our homes and this, as well as our rigorous quality and safety standards, enables us to ensure our homes meet our exceptionally high standards and deliver the best support and care to residents.
Company Culture
As a family run business, we treat our people like they deserve to be treated; with dignity, compassion and respect. The principles of equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to creating a workplace community where everyone is treated fairly and which is representative of the people that we support.
We work hard to create a caring and welcoming environment for our residents based on our core values of privacy, independence, dignity and choice. We do the same for our people; nurturing their talents and celebrating their uniqueness to create a diverse, inclusive workplace where there are opportunities for everyone to grow and thrive.
We want our people to be themselves; bringing their best self to work so that they can provide the best care. That’s why we have a dedicated training course in equality and inclusion for our teams and operate a fair and open recruitment process. We also offer competitive rates of pay, flexible working hours, free uniforms and a range of benefits.
And we want you to be part of our future, helping us to grow as a family and put our residents and team members at the heart of everything we do.
Desired Criteria
Required Criteria
* Must have a live NMC Pin
* Must have experience as a deputy manager in a care home
Closing DateThursday 26th June, 2025