Job summary
Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision to create meaningful lives together for their residents through exceptional care and experiences. They are now seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their friendly, award-winning team as Care Home Deputy Manager.
Main duties of the job
As Care Home Deputy Manager, your focus will be to support the General Manager in operating a compliant and effective person-centred care home, providing a safe, caring, and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors, while meeting professional and statutory standards and commercial performance targets. Responsibilities include providing inspirational leadership and management to the staff team, ensuring medication policies and procedures are adhered to, monitoring resident wellbeing, and completing various audits and reports.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision to create meaningful lives together for their residents through exceptional care and experiences. They offer a range of benefits to their employees, including career development opportunities and access to leisure and retail discounts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, support your career development with a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.
We are now seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as Care Home Deputy Manager.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your focus as Care Home Deputy Manager will be to support the General Manager to operate a compliant and effective person-centred care home which provides a safe, caring and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors, whilst meeting stringent professional and statutory standards and commercial performance targets.
Other responsibilities will include:
1. Providing on-going inspirational leadership and management to the staff team.
2. Ensuring that medication policies and procedures are adhered to and support with the reviewing of medication and administration.
3. Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting on care and care plans.
4. Completing monthly audits, quality indicator report and any other report as required.
5. Attending weekly clinical meetings and monitor clinical risk areas in the home.
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
6. Have a minimum of two years experience working in a similar care environment, in a management position.
7. Have excellent leadership and management skills.
8. Have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and be competent in use of IT systems.
9. Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
ABOUT AVERY
As one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the later years of our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other. Our vision of creating meaningful lives together is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice for residents and employees.
Please note this role will require:
10. A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
11. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs. Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
12. The ideal candidate must have a minimum of two years' experience working in a similar care environment, in a management position, as well as excellent leadership and management skills, the ability to communicate effectively, and competence in using IT systems.