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Please note: This position is a 6-month maternity cover contract ABOUT THE ROLE As Care Home Deputy Manager of a Barchester care home, you'll support the delivery of the quality care we're known for. Working closely with the General Manager and taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help with everything from ensuring care standards to motivating your team. You'll inspire a multidisciplinary team to make sure they help every resident to enjoy the best possible quality of life. That means leading by example and monitoring standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice and checking our regulatory compliance. You'll set the highest standards and draw on your skills to develop and deliver strategies that will help you achieve your goals. ABOUT YOU To join us as a Care Home Deputy Manager you'll need experience in helping residents with different health needs and a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. We'll also look for some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing and an understanding of budget management. Finally, you'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver qu
Main duties of the job
As Care Home Deputy Manager at Barchester Healthcare, you will support the delivery of quality care and assume leadership duties in the General Manager's absence. You will help ensure care standards, motivate the team, and enable residents to enjoy the best possible life quality, leading by example through audits and clinical practice. Applicants should have experience assisting residents with various health needs, managing safeguarding investigations, and conducting clinical risk assessments. HR experience, sales and marketing knowledge, and budget management comprehension are also required. Successful candidates will be compassionate and determined to deliver quality care in this dynamic environment.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading care providers, committed to offering quality care for older individuals in care homes and hospitals. They are renowned for delivering personalised services in a warm and safe environment and aim to enhance the lives of their residents by ensuring they are cared for with dignity and respect. The Barchester team is integral to achieving these aims and is dedicated to maintaining the high standards of service that Barchester Healthcare is known for. They invest in their staff by offering comprehensive training programs and various career development opportunities.
Details
- Date posted: 11 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £46,000 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
- Reference number: 1514359962
- Job locations: Barchester Healthcare, Falmouth, TR11 2EW, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
**Please note: This position is a 6-month maternity cover contract**
ABOUT THE ROLEAs Care Home Deputy Manager of a Barchester care home, you'll support the delivery of the quality care we're known for. Working closely with the General Manager and taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help with everything from ensuring care standards to motivating your team. You'll inspire a multidisciplinary team to make sure they help every resident to enjoy the best possible quality of life. That means leading by example and monitoring standards through regular audits, supervised clinical practice and checking our regulatory compliance. You'll set the highest standards and draw on your skills to develop and deliver strategies that will help you achieve your goals.
ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Home Deputy Manager you'll need experience in helping residents with different health needs and a successful track record of managing safeguarding investigations and clinical risk assessments. We'll also look for some HR experience, a strong knowledge of sales and marketing and an understanding of budget management. Finally, you'll be compassionate, resilient and determined to deliver quality care in our engaging and energetic environment.
REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes
If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience with health needs, safeguarding investigations, clinical risk assessments, HR, sales, marketing, budget management.
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This advert is for Care Home Deputy Manager with Barchester Healthcare in Bristol, South East, England. It is listed as a Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £46,000 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Aug 2026.
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