Deputy Care Home Manager

Deputy Care Home Manager. Burscough Manor Care Home

• Salary: £50000 per annum
• Contract: 40 hours per week full supernumerary
• Shift pattern: 9am-5pm

At Burscough Manor we are dedicated to providing outstanding care in a warm and welcoming environment where both residents and staff feel valued and supported. Our 80-bed care home overlooking Burscough’s historic airbase offers a range of specialist services including complex care dementia care palliative care and general nursing and residential care.

As part of Sandstone Care Group we are proud to invest in our people and maintain the highest standards of care through strong leadership teamwork and continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in the ongoing success and development of the home.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Deputy Care Home Manager to support the Registered Home Manager in the daytoday leadership of the service. Both clinical and nonclinical candidates will be considered provided they have relevant experience within a care home or similar health and social care environment.

As Deputy Manager you will help ensure the home delivers safe effective and compassionate care at all times while supporting and developing the wider team.

Key Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Home Manager in their absence and support the overall leadership of the service
• Ensure a safe caring stimulating and homely environment for residents and visitors
• Lead by example promoting dignity respect and independence for all residents
• Support supervise coach and mentor nurses senior carers and care assistants
• Oversee or support care delivery care planning and risk management (clinical or nonclinical depending on background)
• Carry out audits quality checks and reviews to ensure regulatory compliance
• Support the home to meet and maintain CQC standards and internal quality expectations
• Contribute to recruitment induction and ongoing training of staff
• Maintain accurate records and support safeguarding and incident reporting processes
• Assess potential residents to support occupancy and safe admissions
• Work collaboratively with the Home Manager and multidisciplinary teams to drive continuous improvement

What can we offer you

• Opportunity for professional growth and to develop management skills in unique/complex areas of care
• Highly competitive pay rate
• 5.6 weeks annual leave this includes bank holidays
• Excellent wider employee-benefits package including 'Stream' giving full control and flexibility over how you access your pay savings and much more
• Paid meals on shift
• The confidence of working for a reputable employer with an established background in improving and maintaining excellent care home standards
• The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role in the further development of the home

What are we looking for

We are looking for a committed confident and valuesdriven leader with experience working in a care or health and social care environment. The successful candidate will be passionate about delivering highquality personcentred care and supporting teams to perform at their best.

You will demonstrate:

• Experience in a leadership or management role within a care home or similar setting
• A strong understanding of quality safety and regulatory standards in adult social care
• The ability to lead motivate and develop diverse teams in a positive and supportive way
• Excellent communication and organisational skills with a calm and professional approach
• A proactive mindset with the ability to problemsolve and manage changing priorities
• Commitment to dignity respect equality and compassionate care
• Confidence working alongside internal teams and external professionals
• A willingness to learn develop and contribute to the ongoing improvement of the service

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates LGBTQ as well as non-binary candidates and those with experience of mental health.