Unit Nurse Manager (RGN) - Care Home

NHS; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

The Unit Nurse Manager (RGN) role at Barchester Healthcare's care home in High Wycombe offers a £2000 Golden Hello and a competitive salary plus a range of benefits and rewards. As a Registered Nurse, you'll lead a team in providing high-quality, person-centered care to residents, with opportunities for professional development.

Main duties of the job

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. You'll plan, manage and monitor the delivery of nursing that meets all of our residents' needs, implementing person-centered care plans. Your responsibilities will include planning rotas, recruiting, training and mentoring staff, and building relationships with local regulators and social services. You'll have the freedom and autonomy to take your unit from strength to strength, with plenty of opportunities for professional development.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care and support services in the UK. With over 200 care homes and a team of dedicated professionals, they strive to deliver excellent, person-centered care that makes a real difference to the lives of their residents.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Unit Nurse Manager (General) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your compassion and initiative to ensure our residents receive the quality care they deserve. You'll plan, manage and monitor the delivery of nursing that meets all of our residents' needs, implementing person-centred care plans that enhance our residents' day-to-day lives. Your responsibilities will include planning rotas, recruiting, training, and mentoring staff, and building relationships with local regulators and social services. In this role, you'll have the freedom and autonomy to strengthen your unit, with ample opportunities for professional development.

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, 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To join 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.

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.