Unit Manager

We Care Group

We Care Group are a family owned company. Founded on the tradition of healthcare excellence, we bring a combination of the highest quality health care services and experienced, compassionate and dedicated staff to all of our nursing and care homes

We offer a warm, supportive and uplifting environment, where our residents are able to maintain their own individuality and feel at home. We take pride in being both small enough to care and large enough to be able to care. After all, we believe in ‘caring for our loved ones, like they cared for us’

Are you looking for a fresh challenge? Wanting to take the next step in your healthcare career? Then look no further..

Job Overview

You will be ultimately taking responsibility of the care and wellbeing of our residents which includes making sure their physical, emotional and social needs are met but also leading, motivating and mentoring your team of carers whilst delivering clinical guidance and coaching. Providing strong leadership will ensure smooth, safe and efficient running of the unit. Being able to promote all our residents’ independence, dignity and choice is an extremely important to us and this will come naturally to you. Maintaining accurate records is very important and you will have an eye for detail to enable if any problems arise you are well equipped and ready to deal with this. You will have a strong professional judgement and will be able to make critical decisions.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits once you join our team;

1. DBS costs covered and uniform provided by Employer

2. Employer Contributory Pension of 3%

3. Employee Assistance Programme

4. Blue Light Card Scheme

5. Company Events (such as Care Awards)

6. Employee Competitions with Love2Shop Vouchers

7. Buddy System (£200)

8. Employee of the Month (£100)

9. Refer a Friend (£150)

10. Free Tea/Coffee and Soup/Sandwiches

11. Free On-Site Parking

About The Role

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

We are seeking to grow the team with the addition of an ambitious and dedicated Unit Manager with extensive experience in leadership and management, for one of the four units in Knowles Court. The post holder will influence, direct and lead the delivery of all actions required to meet the high standards and values of the organization.

The successful candidate will take responsibility and lead on a Unit leading the team and supporting individuals to achieve the best possible, person centered care. Although working under the guidance and support of a experienced Home Manager, the successful candidate will be expected to hit the ground running in a busy and complex environment. They will take responsibility for the management of the Unit, delegating responsibility and accountability where appropriate.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following competencies:

• A balanced and considered approach where the interests of our residents always come first.

• An understanding and experience of creating positive relationships with external parties.

• High-level communication skills.

• Ability to be self-motivated with good planning and organisational skills.

• Able to work as part of a dedicated team to try to develop and improve the services we provide.

In addition, this role will have a focus around the clinical governance of the service including:

• Supporting the delivery of an integrated approach to patient care across all professions.

• Identifying and addressing areas of development across the service

• Providing training from their own area of expertise.

• Carrying out investigations and identifying root cause.

• Oversee and coordinate unit operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and best practices.

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised care plans for patients/residents.

• Conduct regular assessments to monitor and improve the quality of care provided.

• Have understanding of Continuing Healthcare process

Our Value-Based Personal Qualities

Working Together

• Involve our residents, family, external agencies & colleagues.

• Speak up when things go wrong.

Respect and Dignity

• Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices.

• Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk-taking.

Everybody Counts

• Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded.

• Understand human rights and their impact on care delivery.

• Facilitating people to speak up about concerns and acting upon them.

Commitment to Quality of Care

• Striving for quality in everything we do recognise and understanding what quality in care means for people within our homes.

• Being accepting of criticism and focusing on improvement.

• Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge.

Compassion

• Treating people with kindness.

• Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of employment.

• Understanding the values of others and always providing a caring service.

Improving Lives

• Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas.

• Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to our residents.

• Improving outcomes for people.

• Ensuring appropriate services are provided for our residents.

Please note that the duties and requirements in this job description may change as the needs of our services users and homes change. They may also change to align with future policies.

Experience:

• Care Home Senior, Deputy Manager: 2 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 5 (preferred)

Skills Needed

About The Company

We treat all of our residents as individuals. We care about their unique needs as well as their likes and dislikes, hobbies and past times. We make sure every one of our residents is provided with a completely personalised care plan; giving them dignity, choice and independence in a home from home environment.

Our reputation is built on more than 15 years of experience in care and we work hard to make sure that all of our homes provide a safe, homely and happy setting for residents – we want our homes to be their homes. This also means that all of our 30 homes are completely unique, designed to meet the individual needs of our residents and make the most of the home environment and its surroundings.

Each home has a dedicated team delivering round-the-clock care to meet the varying and often complex needs of our residents. We continually invest in our homes and this, as well as our rigorous quality and safety standards, enables us to ensure our homes meet our exceptionally high standards and deliver the best support and care to residents.

Company Culture

As a family run business, we treat our people like they deserve to be treated; with dignity, compassion and respect. The principles of equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to creating a workplace community where everyone is treated fairly and which is representative of the people that we support.

We work hard to create a caring and welcoming environment for our residents based on our core values of privacy, independence, dignity and choice. We do the same for our people; nurturing their talents and celebrating their uniqueness to create a diverse, inclusive workplace where there are opportunities for everyone to grow and thrive.

We want our people to be themselves; bringing their best self to work so that they can provide the best care. That’s why we have a dedicated training course in equality and inclusion for our teams and operate a fair and open recruitment process. We also offer competitive rates of pay, flexible working hours, free uniforms and a range of benefits.

And we want you to be part of our future, helping us to grow as a family and put our residents and team members at the heart of everything we do.

Desired Criteria

Required Criteria

• Do you have the right to live and work in the UK?

Closing DateFriday 28th June, 2024