[ref. i7047100] Deputy Nursing Home Manager

The role is supernumerary.

You'll lead and manage the care team, helping them to deliver high standards across the organisation. You'll also play an important role in supporting the manager of the service.

Your role might include:

Supporting your manager to run your workplace, including covering in their absence and ensuring standards of care are maintained ensuring that the service safely plans staffing levels and complies with legislation and regulatory requirements, undertake care assessments of people needing care and support, as well as working closely with healthcare professionals and others helping the service to recruit and develop new care workers, supporting, supervising and performance managing them.

There are some specific skills needed to work in this role. These include:

Understand regulatory requirements

We would recommend that you have completed Level 2 or Level 3 Adult Care qualifications or Apprenticeship Standards before progressing into management roles.

The Lead to succeed learning programme can also be beneficial to help prepare you for the role and understanding key areas of adult social care management.