Head of Care

**Head of Care**

**Salary**: Up to £54,000 depending on experience
**Hours**:Full time
**Location**:Dorchester

**Job Type**:Permanent

LifeCare Residences is recognised as a leading provider of high-quality retirement living and nursing care within the Retirement Community and Care sectors and is at the forefront of innovative solutions allowing residents to ‘age in place’.

We operate CQC (Care Quality Commission) regulated activities within our villages and nursing homes. We are seeking a Head of Care with excellent clinical knowledge, has previous experience of managing a nursing home, is passionate about elderly care and wants to make a difference.

This role will be required to be the registered manager of the nursing home.

**About the role**:
The post holder must have proven management skills, a positive, can-do attitude, knowledge of CQC regulations and other relevant legislation (including the Health & Safety Executive), a strong understanding of governance, clinical skills, and a passion for elderly care.

You will be expected to provide leadership on all issues relating to clinical excellence and improvement, including mentoring and training staff, conducting supervisions as required, care outcomes, medication administration, resident care plans and risk assessments.

You will be a role model for all staff working within the village and nursing home and help to create an open, positive, and inclusive culture. You will also be expected to build strong relationships with all stakeholders, such as GPs, Local Authorities, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Safeguarding Teams and the CQC.

You will co-ordinate all aspects of managing the nursing home within the Company framework. This will include further development, evaluation and monitoring of audit requirements, contribute to policy and procedure development and review, supporting risk management, resident experience, complaint responses, staffing requirements, recruitment, staff experience, clinical effectiveness, and quality.

The Head of Care will ensure that consistent after-incident processes are in place, ensure emerging themes are identified and shared and recommendations are put into practice. You will also support innovative ways to capture residents’ experience of care within the nursing home and village.

**Experience, skills, and knowledge required for the role**
- Strong clinical background
- Understanding of CQC requirements, safeguarding in adult social care, health and safety requirements and other relevant legislation
- Excellent communication, teamwork, and management skills
- Current registration with the NMC
- Previous experience of working in a leadership role in healthcare, ideally adult social care
- Proactive, friendly, and professional with the confidence to manage own workload
- Driving license (desirable)

**What we offer in return**:

- Competitive Salary
- 25 days holiday per year and bank holidays
- Auto enrolment pension scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Relocation may be an option we are open to discussing
- Evidence you have the right to work in the UK
- A satisfactory enhanced DBS and Adults Barred List check
- Two satisfactory references

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £54,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Dorchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- providing care: 3 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)
- NMC registration (required)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: Head of Care Somerleigh Court