Care Home Deputy Manager
Meridian Business Support
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
£52,500 per annum
Permanent | Days
Are you an NMC Registered Nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership career? This Care Home Deputy Manager (Nursing) position offers the opportunity to join a well-established, award-winning care provider with a strong reputation for clinical excellence, staff wellbeing and resident-centred care.
Working closely with the Home Manager, the Care Home Deputy Manager (Nursing) will play a key role in maintaining high standards of care, compliance and clinical governance within a modern nursing home environment.
The Role As Care Home Deputy Manager (Nursing), you will support the day-to-day management of the service while providing visible clinical leadership to nursing and care teams. Responsibilities include:
- Supporting the Home Manager with the operational and clinical management of the home.
- Leading, mentoring and developing nurses and care staff to deliver outstanding resident care.
- Ensuring care plans are accurate, person-centred and regularly reviewed.
- Overseeing medication management, audits, documentation and clinical compliance.
- Conducting assessments, risk reviews and pre-admission evaluations.
- Promoting a positive culture focused on dignity, choice, wellbeing and quality outcomes.
- Building strong relationships with families, healthcare professionals and external agencies.
- Taking responsibility for the service in the absence of the Home Manager and ensuring ongoing compliance with CQC standards.
- Current NMC registration and relevant nursing experience.
- Previous experience as a Deputy Manager, Clinical Lead, Unit Manager or similar leadership role within elderly care or nursing home settings.
- Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, clinical governance and safeguarding procedures.
- Experience leading teams and driving high standards of care delivery.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with residents, families and healthcare professionals.
- A compassionate, resident-focused approach to leadership and care.
Benefits include:
- Comprehensive induction and training programme.
- Ongoing learning and career development opportunities.
- Clear progression pathways within a growing healthcare organisation.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Blue Light Card reimbursement and access to extensive retail and leisure discounts.
- Loyalty holiday scheme with the opportunity to earn additional annual leave.
- Paid DBS disclosure.
- Annual NMC PIN renewal paid.
- Supportive management team and positive working culture.
- Opportunity to work for an organisation recognised for delivering high-quality elderly and nursing care.
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
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