New Home, New Team, New Opportunity; New Care!
Our stunning care home Guiseley Manor Care Centre is a purpose-built 72 bed care facility situated in Guiseley, West Yorkshire, Leeds. The home provides the highest standards of safety, comfort, and care to residents with a variety of care needs, including residential, nursing, and dementia 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, receiving a full induction and ongoing training from our in-house trainers in conjunction with the New Care Academy. New Care has not used agency staff for over 4 years, employing a permanent staff team to ensure continuity of care from staff that residents know and trust. Across New Care, all staff are paid national living 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 full-time contracts available with an excellent hourly rate of £13.50! Shift times are 0745-2000, 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. 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 with contributions from the named nurse, senior carer, and key worker.
12. Build relationships with external professionals.
13. Assist the home manager to carry out regular quality audits of care plans.
Skills and Experience Required:
1. Medication management and administration experience.
2. Experience working with older people.
3. Care certificate or NVQ Level 2 in Social Care or above is essential to apply for this role.
4. NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent, or the achievement of this in the first 12 months of employment.
5. Evidence of the ability to contribute to the assessment, planning, and evaluation of the care needs of older people.
6. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the 6 principles of care and how they should underpin the delivery of care in a residential/nursing setting.
7. Good oral and written communication skills.
8. Demonstrate self-motivation and confidence.
The Benefits:
* Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles.
* Bank holiday and overtime enhancements.
* 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum.
* Paid DBS.
* Uniform provided.
* Paid training.
* Refer a friend referral scheme for specific roles.
* Excellent induction programme for new starters.
* A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company.
* Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications.
* A competitive rate of pay.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Wellbeing programmes.
* Recognition awards – employee of the month and golden tickets.
* Ongoing career development.
* Travel plan – walk or ride a bike and get a free meal that day.
* Christmas Bonuses.
* Pension scheme.
* HASTEE - access to your money as you earn (pay advance).
About New Care:
The care philosophy of New Care aims to ensure all residents maintain the highest level of independence and achieve their full potential, whatever that may be – physical, intellectual, emotional, or social. We believe this philosophy can be achieved by providing professional, person-centred care, nurturing each resident individually and exploring and understanding their needs. The health, well-being, and happiness of our residents is always our number one priority.
Each New Care home is purpose-built and expertly designed with the needs of our residents in mind. Internally, the design is luxurious yet comfortable and practical.
The company ethos ‘To celebrate the wonder of people’ relates to all those who are part of the New Care family, including residents, their family and friends, staff members, and professional visitors. Ultimately, we want residents to live their lives to the fullest and to be proud of their home and feel happy to invite their family and friends to visit.
This position is subject to a DBS check.
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