Deputy Manager

**Deputy Manager, Gullane £53,222 plus competitive benefits**

An opportunity exists for an exceptional individual to join us as fully supernumerary Deputy Manager at Muirfield Nursing Home in East Lothian, only 30 minutes from Edinburgh.

Are you currently working as a Deputy Manager who has always wanted to be able to properly lead and manage a team, but are maybe just not getting that opportunity because you are always working out on the floor? This is your opportunity to do so in a fullysupernumerary role.

Or are you an experienced Charge Nurse or Unit Manager ready for that step up into a Deputy level post?

Muirfield is a luxury 60 bedded nursing home in the town of Gullane, with a range of rooms offering enhanced space and facilities, and at the heart of the local community.

At Randolph Hill we display the highest levels of care for older people. Compassion, warmth and kindness are top priorities for our highly skilled team.

**We care, the way you care**

Since 1985, Randolph Hill have had an enviable reputation for quality care provision. We are large enough to be able to provide great support to our teams through comprehensive training, whilst still small enough to avoid becoming overly bureaucratic, andcan make decisions to fit every circumstance. With seven high performing nursing homes across our group, our homes are extremely well run, attaining positive grades with the Care Inspectorate. Randolph Hill are committed to quality, and look for like-mindedpeople to support us in achieving our objectives.

We offer a range of great benefits including;
- Highly competitive salary, plus joining bonus of £1500
- Excellent bonus scheme, averaging 10% of your salary based on home’s financial performance and internal/external quality gradings - can be as high as 20%
- Fully supernumerary status to offer full support to Manager and lead staff teams
- A strong ethos of work / life balance
- Highly skilled senior management team and head office support
- 33 days holiday which increases to 38 with length of service
- Competitive pension, private healthcare, and life assurance
- A strong, stable nursing home with positive Care Inspectorate grades
- Work for an organisation with an excellent reputation for delivery of quality care provision

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience**
- NMC or SSSC registered - SVQ 4 in Social Services and Healthcare desirable, but training will be provided
- Experience of first line management with demonstrable experience at Deputy, Charge Nurse or Unit Manager level.
- Clear and concise communicator with excellent listening skills
- Experience of 'Care of the Elderly’ and an in-depth understanding of dementia
- The ability to maintain a positive attitude at all times
- Knowledge of employment law, the private sector, and care home legislation are desirable

**Job Purpose**

Randolph Hill Group operates nursing homes offering long and short-term care to older adults, many of whom are frail or have cognitive difficulties. Each home’s philosophy is to provide competent, skilled and empathetic individualised care. The company iscommitted to future expansion, therefore each home must operate on a professional business basis, maintaining budgeted profit margins.

You will be ably supported on a daily basis by the Home Manager, and our experienced and accessible senior management team, as well as our staff at head office who provide help with financial matters, recruitment, marketing and facilities management.

**Main responsibilities**

Implement good management practice over a 24 hour period, seven days a week (mostly Monday-Friday but with on-call responsibilities and occasional planned out-of-hours shifts)

Maintain a safe, healthy, happy environment for residents, involving them in decisions about their care Achieve and maintain high standards of care, promoting the principles of respect, dignity, confidentiality

Operate an economically viable home to the highest possible standards, within budgets

Maintain high standards of housekeeping within company policies and the national guidance

Manage expenditure and maintain high levels of occupancy

Recruit, employ, train and develop staff at all levels

Monitor quality of care planning and care delivery

Develop and maintain strong and collaborative working relationships with external agencies, in order to benefit residents

Operate in a professional manner, meeting the expectations of the NMC or SSSC professional codes

Lead the staff team with a positive approach to resident participation

Keep accurate and up-to-date written records

Be accurate and timely in your completion of required documents and information for Head Office

Deputise for the manager in their absence in all areas of managing the home

Ensure the home complies with all regulatory and statutory obligations

In the Managers absence, keep in regular contact with the Directors, giving feedback on the operation of the home.