Team Leader - Days

Job summary

New Career, New You, New Opportunity; New Care!

Our stunning care home, Grosvenor Manor Care Centre, is a purpose built care home facility in Great Boughton, Chester. The home is registered to provide care to 81 residents who have a variety of care needs including residential, nursing and dementia residential. The home reflects the New Care vision of providing the highest standards of safety, comfort and care. Grosvenor Manor is rated OUTSTANDING in Responsive and GOOD in all other domains by CQC and has a 5* EHO rating. We provide the highest standards of safety, comfort and care to residents. We are in a great location and have a very good local reputation. New Care has had a 0 agency usage for over 4 years as we employ a permanent staff team to ensure continuity of care to residents from staff that know them and that residents know and trust. Across New Care, all of our staff are paid above national minimum wage.


We are seeking to appoint a kind, caring and motivated Team Leader to join our team. You will support the Home Manager and Deputy Home Manager in providing leadership to the care team and effective 24-hour management of the home within the available resources. We have a full time contract available with excellent hourly rate of £13.50! Shift times are 0745-2000, with alternate weekend working. You must have a care certificate or NVQ 2 or above in Health and Social Care with medication management and administration experience.

Role Responsibilities:

Promote the highest standard of person centred clinical nursing care to residents.
Manage, allocate duties and supervise the care team ensuring a quality delivery of care for the duration of the shift.
To be a role model and demonstrate person centred care delivery.
Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of adults that you are responsible for or come into contact with.
Manage the delivery of residents personalised care according to their agreed plan of care for the duration of a shift.
Promote professional standards within the home supporting the Deputy and Home Manager.
Provide supervision, coaching and assessment to Care Assistants.
Ensure effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident care through written care plans.
Maintain correctly written records as required by the company and regulatory bodies.
Manage daily rotas and delegate daily workload ensuring sufficient and safe use of manpower.
Ensure that all new admission files are completed within the week of arrival and the named nurse, senior carer and key worker must all contribute to completing the file
Build relationships with external professionals
Assist the home manager to carry out regular quality audits of care plans


Skills and experience required:

Medication management and administration experience
Experience working with older people.
Care certificate or NVQ Level 2 in Social Care or above is essential to apply for this role.
NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent/ the achievement of this in the first 12 months of their employment.
Evidence of the ability to contribute to the assessment, planning and evaluation of the care needs of older people.
Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the 6 principles of care and how they should underpin delivery of care in a residential/Nursing setting.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrate self-motivation and confidence.


The Benefits

Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles
Bank holiday and overtime enhancements
5.6 weeks annual leave per annum
Paid DBS
Uniform provided
Paid training
Refer a friend referral scheme, for the following roles only – Registered Nurse, Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant and Care Assistant
Excellent induction programme for new starters
A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company
Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications
A competitive rate of pay
Cycle to work scheme
Wellbeing programmes
Recognition awards – employee of the month and golden tickets
Ongoing career development
Travel plan – walk or ride a bike and get a free meal that day
Christmas Bonuses
Pension scheme
Early Pay - access to your money as you earn (pay advance)


About New Care

The care philosophy of New Care aims to ensure all residents maintain the highest level of independence and achieve their full potential, whatever that may be – physical, intellectual, emotional or social. We believe this philosophy can be achieved by providing professional, person- centred care, nurturing each resident individually, exploring and understanding their needs. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents is always our number one priority.

Each New Care home is purpose built and expertly designed with the needs of our residents in mind. Internally, the design is luxurious yet comfortable and practical.


The company ethos ‘To celebrate the wonder of people’ relates to all those who are part of the New Care family, residents, their family and friends, staff members and professional visitors. Ultimately, we want residents to live their lives to the fullest and to be proud of their home and feel happy to invite their family and friends to visit.


This position is subject to a DBS check