Senior Team Leader

Rivendell Care Home:
Job Title: Senior Team Leader (Days/Nights)

Reporting to: Deputy Manager/ Manager

Job Purpose: Support the Management Team in ensuring that Rivendell provides a home for life for residents. Take a Lead role with the Senior Care Team and support the Care team to ensure a high standard of care for residents, liaising with other professionals where appropriate. Contribute towards the continuous development of the care provided within Rivendell in line with the Care Standards.

Section A

Lead the Senior Care Team and the Keyworker system to ensure a high standard of care for all residents.

Keyworker System

1. Lead, guide and give support to, your Senior team as well as the Care Team.

2. Develop the individual members of your Senior Care Team.

3. Maintain, Review and develop the work of the Senior Care Team.

4. Ensure the continuous development of your team in meeting the changing needs of the Residents.

Senior Team Leader
- To lead your senior team in ensuring all systems and policies are being met.
- To ASPIRE* to improve and develop the service we provide.

Shift Coordinator/Shift Leader

The role will involve doing shift work. But will also include some supernumerary time for service, staff and personal development.

1. When in charge of a shift, coordinate the running of the shift to ensure all residents’ needs are met.

2. Plan ahead to ensure that the needs of the residents are met on your shift, the next shift and future shifts as can reasonably be expected.

3. Ensure that all appropriate communication systems are up to date and maintained, including communication books, diaries, care plans, shift handovers, reviews, supervisions and any other communications required to ensure the continued High Quality of Service Provision within Rivendell House.

4. Provide leadership and training to other members of the shift team to give residents the most informed and professional support possible.

5. Carry out supervision in line with Policy and Procedures.

6. Liaise with GPs and other professionals when appropriate.

7. Lead and give direction about appropriate activities.

8. Use the care plan system effectively, ensuring accurate records are kept.

9. Communicate any concerns to a member of the Management Team.

10. Ensure suggestions as to how the Services provide by Rivendell House may be improved, are passed to a member of the Management Team.

11. Work with Management team and to support and lead the Senior Team and Support team to implement any new policies and to facilitate the continued service development.

12. Administer medications according to best practice.

13. Ensure that Policies and Procedures and any best practice guidelines are carried out at all times by Senior Team and all members of staff.

14. Take any new practices and ideas from staff on recent training and discuss these with Management and senior team identifying areas for further development and improvement of the Service Provision within Rivendell House.

14. Take any new practices and ideas from staff and discuss these with Management senior team identifying areas for further development and improvement of the Service Provision within Rivendell House.

15. Be open to new ideas, practices and actively develop yourself and your staff team.

Needs of Residents

1. Work with the management, Senior Care Team and Care staff team to ensure all residents are offered a home for life.

2. Work proactively to enable residents to express their needs, put forward their views, state their opinions.

3. Work within Rivendell policies and procedures to meet the needs of the residents.

4. Take a lead role in reviewing and updating polices.

5. Liaise with residents’ relatives and friends, while maintaining confidentiality.

6. Enable the continuation of community links

Section B

Care Commission Standards

1. Become familiar with the Care Standards.

2. Have an understanding of the big picture and how the different aspects of and systems within and out with Rivendell House inter-act and impact upon the meeting of a High-Quality Service as set out by the Care Inspectorate Quality Standards.

2. Work with and help lead the whole staff team to develop Rivendell in line with the Care Standards and Quality Assessment process.

3. Be prepared to undertake training and assessment (SVQs) relevant to your work and the needs of the Residents.

Section C

Staff Leadership

1. Contribute to the development and maintenance of good channels of communication within Rivendell.

2. Ensure that staff behave in a professional manner and carry out their duties to a high standard.

3. Enable cooperative working within the staff team.

4. Train, direct and support staff as needed.

5. Carry out staff supervision and appraisals as appropriate.

6. Work to ensure that shifts are covered with the required staff skill mix.

Section D

Registration

1. Meet and maintain Registration Requirements as set out by the SSSC, Care Commission or any o