Clinical Deputy Manager (Nurse)

Clinical Deputy Manager (Nurse)

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse looking to take the next step in your leadership career?

Are you passionate about delivering excellent clinical care and supporting a team to achieve the highest standards?

If you are compassionate, motivated and committed to delivering outstanding, person-centred care, we would love to hear from you.

Strong Life Care  Howgate House Care Home is looking for an experienced Clinical Deputy Manager (Nurse) to join our management team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse who wants to combine their clinical experience with leadership and management responsibilities, while working closely with the Registered Manager to ensure the home provides safe, effective and high-quality care.

What would a typical day look like?

As Clinical Deputy Manager, you will support the Registered Manager in the day-to-day running of the home, providing strong clinical leadership and ensuring residents receive the highest standards of care.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Registered Manager in all aspects of the running of the home, including taking temporary responsibility during the Manager's absence.

• Providing visible clinical leadership and support to residents and staff.

• Working alongside the nursing and care teams to ensure high standards of clinical care are maintained.

• Supporting the assessment, planning, delivery and review of residents' care.

• Ensuring care plans and risk assessments accurately reflect residents' current needs.

• Supporting the management and monitoring of medication across the home.

• Monitoring residents' changing health needs and ensuring appropriate escalation where required.

• Supporting clinical decision-making and providing guidance to nurses and care staff.

• Taking an active role in clinical audits and quality assurance.

• Reviewing incidents, falls, wounds, infections and other clinical concerns and ensuring appropriate actions are taken.

• Supporting safeguarding investigations and clinical reviews.

• Liaising with GPs, district nurses, pharmacies and other healthcare professionals.

• Supporting CQC compliance and maintaining high standards of clinical governance.

• Coaching, supporting and developing nurses and care staff.

• Supporting clinical competencies, supervision and staff development.

• Supporting rota planning and ensuring appropriate clinical staffing levels.

• Promoting a positive culture where staff feel confident to raise concerns, learn and improve.

• Building positive relationships with residents, relatives and external professionals.

A visible and hands-on clinical leader

This is a role for someone who enjoys being visible and involved within the home.

The role will include clinical nursing shifts each week, providing hands-on clinical leadership and support to residents and the wider team.

You will also have supernumerary management time, subject to business needs, to undertake management and quality responsibilities such as:

• Clinical governance

• Audits

• Care plan reviews

• Quality assurance

• Investigations

• Staff supervision and development

• Clinical competencies

• CQC preparation

• Action plans

• Resident and family engagement

• Supporting the Registered Manager

We want our Clinical Deputy Managers to know their residents, support their teams and understand what is happening within their home.

What are we looking for?

You must be a Registered Nurse with a current NMC registration.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Experience working within a nursing, residential or dementia care environment.

• Previous senior nursing or leadership experience.

• Strong clinical knowledge and understanding of nursing care.

• Good knowledge of CQC requirements and regulatory expectations.

• Understanding of safeguarding, medication management and infection prevention and control.

• Knowledge of clinical governance and quality assurance.

• Experience with care planning, risk assessments and clinical audits.

• Confidence in recognising and escalating changes in residents' health.

• The ability to coach, develop and motivate a team.

• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

• The ability to manage competing priorities and make sound clinical decisions.

• A genuine commitment to person-centred care.

Most importantly, you will be someone who cares about people, takes responsibility and wants to make a difference.

Why join Strong Life Care?

At Strong Life Care, we believe in developing our people and supporting them to achieve their potential.

You will receive a comprehensive induction and ongoing support from our management, training, HR and quality teams.

We are committed to developing our future leaders, and this role provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse who is aspiring to progress towards becoming a Registered Manager.

You will have opportunities to develop your knowledge and experience in:

• Leadership and management

• Clinical governance

• CQC and regulatory compliance

• Quality assurance and auditing

• Safeguarding and investigations

• Staff development

• Workforce planning

• Care planning and risk management

• Service improvement

You will work alongside experienced managers and have the opportunity to take on increasing responsibility as your skills and confidence develop.

Join us and help us make a difference.

If you are ready to take the next step in your nursing leadership career and want to be part of a growing organisation where your contribution matters, we would love to hear from you.

What we offer :

42 hours per week 

KPI related bonus 

Free parking 

Good training and personal development