Unit Nurse Manager (RMN) - Care Home

As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health) 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 the highest quality nursing and mental health care, assessing the needs of your residents and implementing people-centred care plans. You'll also be responsible for planning rotas, recruiting, training and mentoring staff, and building strong relationships with local regulators and social services.

Main duties of the job

The Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health) role involves planning, managing and monitoring the delivery of high-quality nursing and mental health care in a Barchester care home. This includes assessing residents' needs, implementing person-centred care plans, and ensuring the team provides compassionate and effective support. The role also encompasses responsibilities such as staff management, roster planning, and liaison with external stakeholders.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes across the UK. They are committed to delivering person-centred care that promotes the wellbeing and independence of their residents. Barchester offers a supportive and rewarding work environment, with a focus on professional development and a competitive benefits package.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health) 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 the highest quality nursing and mental health care. You'll assess the needs of your residents and implement people-centred care plans that make a real difference to our residents' day-to-day lives. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you'll plan rotas, recruit, train and mentor staff and build strong relationships with local regulators and social services. As a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health), 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 (Mental Health), you'll be a Registered Nurse (RMN) with a current NMC registration. Experience in providing care for older people and those with dementia is important, as is a successful track record of well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments. We'll also look for an up-to-date knowledge in the most recent clinical practices and an understanding of 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

As well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

• Free learning and development
• Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
• A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
• Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes
• Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

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 be a Unit Nurse Manager (Mental Health) at Barchester, you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RMN) with a current NMC registration. Relevant experience in providing care for older people and those with dementia is essential, along with a track record of developing effective care plans and risk assessments. You'll also need up-to-date knowledge of clinical practices and regulatory frameworks, and a proven ability to lead and mentor a team of 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.