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Barchester Healthcare
Barchester Healthcare

Unit Nurse Manager (RGN) - Care Home

Gerrards Cross On-site 5-10 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 5,813 employees
Sponsorship verifiedRegistered NurseCare PlansRisk AssessmentsClinical PracticesRegulatory Frameworks

Requirements

Candidates must be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with current NMC registration and have experience in care planning and risk assessments. Knowledge of clinical practices and regulatory frameworks is essential, along with leadership and mentoring skills.

Job Description

About The Role

As a Unit Nurse Manager (General) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your compassion and initiative to make sure our residents get the quality care they deserve. We'll look to you to plan, manage and monitor the delivery of nursing that meets all of our residents' needs. This means you'll implement person-centred care plans that make a real difference to our residents' day-to-day lives. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you can expect to plan rotas, recruit, train and mentor staff and build relationships with local regulators and social services. In the role of Unit Nurse Manager (General), you'll have the freedom and autonomy to take your unit from strength to strength, with plenty of opportunities for professional development along the way.

About You

To join us as a Unit Nurse Manager (General), you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in producing well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge of recent clinical practices and regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You'll be a natural leader who has acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.

REWARDS PACKAGE

In return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive salary plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

NMC registration paid every year

Free training and development for all roles

Access to wellbeing and support tools

A range of retail discounts and savings

Nurse Mentor' and Refer a Friend' bonus schemes

Offer to pay Health & Care Worker Visa immigration fees (for eligible nurses)

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

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Education

["professional certificate"]

Skills

Registered NurseCare PlansRisk AssessmentsClinical PracticesRegulatory FrameworksLeadershipMentoringQuality CareTeam ManagementCommunicationCompassionInitiativeTrainingRecruitmentRelationship BuildingProfessional Development

About Barchester Healthcare

Founded in 1992, Barchester started with just one care home. Today, we're proud to have over 260 care homes and six independent hospitals across England, Scotland and Wales that continually meet and exceed all relevant regulatory compliance standards. We deliver exceptional levels of care to over 13,000 residents and patients and we employ over 18,000 dedicated people across the entire organisation. We have continued to remain at the forefront of the UK’s private healthcare sector by providing award-winning care and investing in our employees through training, continuous development and sector-leading rewards packages. We are also proud to be an Above National Living Wage Employer. With an extensive new build growth plan in place, we’re on track to opening 10 new care homes each year, for the next five years. But we can’t continue to thrive without the right people. We promote equal opportunities to our prospective and existing employees and display the Disability Confident logo with pride. We are also the only healthcare provider to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for in the UK by the Best Companies b-Heard Survey. With an array of awards and achievements under our belt, we know that we wouldn’t be where we are today without our people. Our residents, patients and their loved ones rely on us to deliver outstanding person-centred care and support, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In fact, every single role across our homes, hospitals and support functions is pivotal in shaping the future of our organisation.

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