Team Leader - Nights Guiseley Manor Care Centre Care Full time Permanent
New Home, New Team, New Opportunity; New Care!
Our stunning care home Guiseley Manor Care Centre is a purpose-built 72 bed care facility and is situated in the town of Guiseley in the heart of west Yorkshire, Leeds. The homeprovidesthe highest standards of safety, comfort and care to residents who have a variety of care needs. We offer residential, nursing and dementia care. The home reflects the New Care vision of providing the highest standards of safety, comfort and care. We invest in the latest technology, and offer a purposeful programme of daily activity and gentle exercise to enhance the experience, care and wellbeing of our residents. All team members are hand selected for their warmth and passion, they have a full induction and ongoing training from our in house trainers in conjunction with the New Care Academy. New Care has had no agency staff use for over 5 years as we employ a permanent staff team to ensure continuity of care to residents from staff that know them and that residents know and trust. Across New Care all of our staff are paid national minimum wage or above.
We are seeking to appoint a kind, caring and motivated Team Leader to join our team. You will support the Home Manager and Deputy Home Manager in providing leadership to the care team and effective 24-hour management of the home within the available resources. Training will be provided for therapy services, and this will be an enhanced role within the home. We have a full time contract available with excellent hourly rate of £14.00! This vacancy is to cover both days and nights at Guiseley Manor Care Centre with shift times of 1945-0800 respectively, with alternate weekend working. To apply for this role, You must have a care certificate or NVQ 2 or above in Health and Social Care with medication management and administration experience.
Role Responsibilities:
1. Promote the highest standard of person centred clinical nursing care to residents.
2. Manage, allocate duties and supervise the care team ensuring a quality delivery of care for the duration of the shift.
3. To be a role model and demonstrate person centred care delivery.
4. Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of adults that you are responsible for or come into contact with.
5. Manage the delivery of residents personalised care according to their agreed plan of care for the duration of a shift.
6. Promote professional standards within the home supporting the Deputy and Home Manager.
7. Provide supervision, coaching and assessment to Care Assistants.
8. Ensure effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident care through written care plans.
9. Maintain correctly written records as required by the company and regulatory bodies.
10. Manage daily rotas and delegate daily workload ensuring sufficient and safe use of manpower.
11. Ensure that all new admission files are completed within the week of arrival and the named nurse, senior carer and key worker must all contribute to completing the file
12. Build relationships with external professionals
13. Assist the home manager to carry out regular quality audits of care plans
Skills and experience required:
14. Medication management and administration experience
15. Experience working with older people.
16. Care certificate or NVQ Level 2 in Social Care or above is essential to apply for this role.
17. NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent/ the achievement of this in the first 12 months of their employment.
18. Evidence of the ability to contribute to the assessment, planning and evaluation of the care needs of older people.
19. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the 6 principles of care and how they should underpin delivery of care in a residential/Nursing setting.
20. Good oral and written communication skills.
21. Demonstrate self-motivation and confidence.
The Benefits
Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles
22. Bank holiday and overtime enhancements
23. 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum
24. Paid DBS
25. Uniform provided
26. Paid training
27. Excellent induction programme for new starters
28. A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company
29. Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications
30. A competitive rate of pay
31. Wellbeing programmes
32. Recognition awards – employee of the month and golden tickets
33. Ongoing career development
34. Travel plan – walk or ride a bike and get a free meal that day
35. Christmas Bonuses
36. Pension scheme
37. Early Pay - access to your money as you earn (pay advance)