Clinical Deputy Manager

Clinical Deputy Manager

Salary: £46,500 per annum

Location: The Cottage Christian Nursing Home in Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7EQ

Hours: Full Time (37 Hours per week – To include alternate weekends)

We are looking for a Clinical Deputy Manager with strong clinical skills to join our team at The Cottage Christian Nursing Home in Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7EQ.

The key responsibilities of the Clinical Deputy Manager, along with the Home Manager, is to oversee all aspects of clinical care. You will provide leadership and development of the clinical care team ensuring we deliver the highest quality of care to our residents.

Responsibilities of the Clinical Deputy Manager

·   Ensure your team provide all aspects of care in line with residents’ care plans whilst encouraging them to retain their independence to carry out tasks themselves wherever possible.

·   Review and audit care plans to ensure they meet the needs of the residents.

·   Lead by example, working alongside your team promoting best practice. Understand your teams’ weaknesses and strengths and promote continual improvement by guiding and developing them.

·    Work with Nurses to manage staff deployment within the home, effectively time manage and plan each shift, communicate clearly with your team and manage the staff rota and allocate staff to suit the needs of the home.

·    Oversee the records your team complete and ensure that you or designated members of your team deliver clear and informative handovers to the incoming team.

·    Administer, order, and book in medication and assess others in medication administration.

·    Manage risks and emergency procedures, reporting hazards and ensuring that the wider care team are aware.

·    Liaise with external agencies regarding care provision, ensuring the care team follow the advice given.

·    Build relationships with residents, relatives, and advocates to ensure that residents’ needs are known and understood.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience of the Clinical Deputy Manager:

• Qualified nurse, either RMN or RGN, with an active NMC pin.
• Dementia Awareness.
• Thorough understanding of the five guiding principles of first-class care: SAFE, EFFECTIVE, CARING, RESPONSIVE, WELL-LED.
• Experience at supervisory level, ideally within a nursing home, having previously worked as one of the following: Home Manager, Deputy Home Manager, Nurse Manager or Clinical Lead, or Senior Nurse etc.

Benefits:

• Corporate induction programme
• Ongoing clinical development & support
• the opportunity to complete a Level 5 Diploma in Health & Social Care
• Enhanced pay rate at weekends
• Private healthcare scheme
• Paid breaks
• Subsidised meals
• Employee Assistance Program

About Us

Coverage Care has been providing nursing, residential and respite care services for older people and those living with dementia or a disability throughout Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin since 1997.

Originally formed to accept the transfer of the care homes from the then Shropshire County Council we now operate 10 homes across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, each home is different but operating to the same high standard of care.  

Coverage Care is a Society registered under the Cooperative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 having originally been incorporated as an Industrial and Provident Society, what that means is that we operate on a Not-for-Profit basis investing profits made back in to the continued development of the homes and services we run.

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