Unit Nurse Manager (RGN) - Care Home

This role as a Unit Nurse Manager (RGN) at a Barchester care home offers the opportunity to use your compassion and initiative to ensure residents receive quality care. You will be responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring the delivery of nursing care, implementing person-centered care plans, and supporting a team of nurses and staff. The role provides autonomy and opportunities for professional development, along with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Main duties of the job

As a Unit Nurse Manager (RGN) at a Barchester care home, you will be responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring the delivery of nursing care to meet the needs of residents. This includes implementing person-centered care plans, managing staff, and building relationships with local regulators and social services. You will have the freedom and autonomy to take your unit from strength to strength, with opportunities for professional development.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality care and support to their residents. The company offers a range of benefits and rewards to attract and retain talented nurses.

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you will need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in producing well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments, as well as up-to-date knowledge of recent clinical practices and regulatory frameworks, are essential. You should also have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care and act as a clinical mentor, supporting newly qualified nurses.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.