Deputy Manager

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees. They are now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Deputy Manager at Darwin Court Care Home in Lichfield.

Main duties of the job

As a Deputy Manager, your focus will be to support the General Manager in operating a compliant and effective person centred care home, providing a safe, caring, and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors, while meeting professional and statutory standards and commercial performance targets. Responsibilities will include providing inspirational leadership and management to the staff team, ensuring medication policies and procedures are followed, monitoring resident wellbeing, and completing monthly audits and quality reports.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They are passionate about creating meaningful lives together and offer exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery is committed to supporting and empowering their team members, providing a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift details; To be discussed

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day, your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

About the role

Your focus as Care Home Deputy Manager will be to support the General Manager to operate a compliant and effective person centred care home which provides a safe, caring and stimulating environment for residents and their visitors, whilst meeting stringent professional and statutory standards and commercial performance targets.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Providing on going inspirational leadership and management to the staff team.
• Ensuring that medication policies and procedures are adhered to and support with the reviewing of medication and administration.
• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting on care and care plans.
• Completing monthly audits, quality indicator report and any other report as required.
• Attending weekly clinical meetings and monitor clinical risk areas in the home.

About you

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have a minimum of two years experience working in a similar care environment, in a management position.
• Have excellent leadership and management skills.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and be competent in use of IT systems.
• Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we're not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes but a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you should have a minimum of two years' experience working in a similar care environment, in a management position. You should also have excellent leadership and management skills, the ability to communicate effectively, and be competent in the use of IT systems.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.