Position: Deputy Home Manager

Care home: The Lodge 
Location: Swallownest, S26 4WB
Contract type: Full Time, 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 2x12 hour shifts and 2x8 hours office days)
Rate: £48,858 per annum

Care home CQC rating: Rated 'Good' by CQC 
 

About Exemplar Health Care 

The Lodge is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. 

We support six adults with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities.

With this small group living, we provide a homely environment for the people we support. 

With us, you’ll be mindful that you’re working in people’s home and understand that every day is led by what the people living at The Lodge want to do. Flexibility and adaptability is a must. 

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress. 

About the role

As the Deputy Manager you will be responsible for supporting the Manager with the operational excellent of care in the home and leading the clinical team to ensure the provision of a high quality service and managing the service if the manager is off. 

The home itself is a 6 bedded service which supports adults with complex needs arising from severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and autism spectrum disorder.

You will support the manager and the clinical team to be the provide of choice with customers and be highly rated with the Care Quality Commission. The largest part of your role is to provide clinical oversight in the home and hold clinical accountability for the delivery of safe and effective care. You will be involved in safe recruitment, EQA systems, action planning, clinical governance, safeguarding, support with assessing new referrals and working effectively with the MDT members, CHC, CCG's, NHS trusts and local authority commissioners. The hours will predominately be worked Monday to Friday but there is an expectation that on occasion you will work weekend shifts to have oversight of the weekend team for the home and to do quality checks. On-call is also shared between the management team at The Lodge which you would be part of.

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

As this is a leadership role, you should have a minimum of three years management experience, ideally in a complex care setting.

• Nurse qualified with active PIN.

• Outstanding communication skills.

• Can do and driven attitude; you are a leader who likes to lead by example with high-quality care at your core value

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

• Excellent bonus scheme.

• Excellent pension plan.

• Life assurance program.

• BUPA health care cover.

• Access to a qualified coach within the first 6 months of joining

• Outstanding career progression with opportunities over 37 care homes and within the central support teams

• Exemplar MyFirst Rewards - retail discounts and vouchers.

• Employee assistance program – 24-hour helpline.

• Comprehensive induction program.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’. 

For an informal chat about joining us, you can call our Nurse Talent Specialist Lisandra Ferreira on 07951 794 598 or email lferreira@exemplarhc.com 

Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without an existing visa or right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable for the post.