Care Home Deputy Manager

Job Description
Job summary
As a Care Home Deputy Manager at Barchester Healthcare, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality care to residents. Working closely with the General Manager, you will take on leadership responsibilities in their absence, ensuring the care standards and regulatory compliance are maintained. You will inspire a multi-disciplinary team, leading by example and developing strategies to achieve your goals.
Main duties of the job
As a Care Home Deputy Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the General Manager in various aspects of running the care home. This includes ensuring the highest standards of care, motivating the team, conducting audits, and managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. You will also have experience in HR, sales and marketing, and budget management. The role requires a compassionate, resilient, and determined individual who is committed to delivering quality care in an engaging and energetic environment.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of elderly care services in the UK. They operate a network of care homes and hospitals, offering a range of residential, nursing, and dementia care services. Barchester is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care and creating a comfortable and supportive environment for their residents.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs Care Home Deputy Manager of a Barchester care home, you'll support the delivery of the quality care we're known for. Working closely with the General Manager and taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help with everything from ensuring care standards to motivating your team. You'll inspire a multidisciplinary team to make sure they help every resident to enjoy the best possible quality of life. That means leading by example and monitoring standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice and checking our regulatory compliance. You'll set the highest standards and draw on your skills to develop and deliver strategies that will help you achieve your goals.
ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Home Deputy Manager you'll need experience in helping residents with different health needs and a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. We'll also look for some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing and an understanding of budget management. Finally, you'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment.
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 Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Offer to pay Tier 2 visa application fee for eligible nurses
If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To be considered for this role, you will need experience in helping residents with different health needs and a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. You should also have some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing, and an understanding of budget management.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Barchester Healthcare
Address
Barchester Healthcare
Lichfield
WS13 8JD